As famous for his quips as for his arthe variously mused that art is what you can get away with and everyone will be famous for 15 minuteswarhol drew widely from popular culture and everyday subject matter, creating works. The factory years features finkelsteins seminal blackandwhite photographs, in addition to several series of previously unpublished color photographs that were thought lost for the past three decades. In 1975 warhol published the philosophy of andy warhol. Warhol s factory as seen through the lens of a young shore, providing an insider view of this extraordinary moment and place. Here, gopnik discusses five key books that offer crucial insight into warhol the man. He also produced a significant body of film work, including the famous chelsea girls. Andy warhol photography 01 by stephen shore, lynne tillman isbn. Andy warhol by wayne koestenbaum goodreads share book. Andy warhol s index book andy warhol, billy name, nat finkelstein on. Then, on june 3, 1968, he was shot by valerie solanas, a radical feminist and factory hangeron, in the throes of a psychotic breakdown. Andy warhols most popular book is the philosophy of andy warhol from a to b and back again. Its strange to picture andy warhol curled up with a novel, but the eccentric pop artist lived and breathed books, according to warhol by the book, the first us museum exhibition to explore.
Before andy warhol gained art world stardom for his portrayals of marilyn monroe and campbells soup cans, he worked as a commercial illustrator, creating. Discover pop artist andy warhol with this introduction to his radical oeuvre from soup cans to movie stars, published by taschen books. May, 2016 factory books is a new ebook series chronicling the world of andy warhol, the factory, and the lives of warhols superstars. Andy warhol s factory people is a threepart oral history that tells the story of warhols famous 1960s silver factory as told by the friends, superstars, and foes who worked with, partied with, filmed with, and slept with andy from 1964 to 1968 in the factory. Authored by exhibition curator sara krajewski, the books chapters trace the development of warhols printmaking practices and his exploration of the photographic image as his source material through three time periods. An adroit selfpublicist, he projected a concept of the artist as an. Andy warhol s people factory 2008, a threepart television documentary directed by catherine shorr, features interviews with several of warhol s associates. Warhol s activities became more and more entrepreneurial. Warhols factory as seen through the lens of a young shore, providing an insider view of this extraordinary moment and place.
Engagingly sequenced by renowned design firm pentagram, andy warhol. Andy warhol s factory people, and i am proud to say that we shared with him the fifty hours of interviews we did to create the original tv series. Mar 06, 2020 warhol spoke to this apparent contradiction between his life and work in his book the philosophy of andy warhol, writing that making money is art and working is art, and good business is the best. The factory was andy warhol s new york city studio, which had three different locations between 1962 and 1984. Andy warhol was born andrew warhola on august 6, 1928, in a tworoom shacklike apartment at 73 orr street in the working class neighborhood of soho in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, to andrej warhola. Andy warhols factory people, and i am proud to say that we shared with him the fifty hours of interviews we did to create the original tv series. This book presents a personal selection of photographs from shores. Andy warhol may have ended abstract expressionism when he launched pop art in the early 1960s, but, like picasso, he also became a cultural figure. We were fortunate to have met with them when we did to have them tell their stories first hand. May 14, 2014 andy warhols factory people is a threepart oral history that tells the story of warhols famous 1960s silver factory as told by the friends, superstars, and foes who worked with, partied with, filmed with, and slept with andy from 1964 to 1968 in the factory. Book i welcome to the silver factory, book ii speeding into the future, book iii your 15 minutes are upin book iii, the silver factory era comes to an end in 196768. The incident is depicted in the 1996 film i shot andy warhol. Book i welcome to the silver factory, book ii speeding into the future, book iii your 15 minutes are.
Andy warhols factory people is a threepart oral history that tells the story of warhols famous 1960s silver factory as told by the friends, superstars, and foes who worked with, partied with, filmed with, and slept with andy from 1964 to 1968 in the factory. He is famous for making prints of tins of campbells soup and brightlycoloured portraits of celebrities like marilyn monroe and michael jackson. This breathtaking tome is the definitive and comprehensive collection of billy names blackandwhite photographs from warhols factory. For anyone who has ever wondered about andy warhol as i have, this is an excellent book, told by the man himself. Stephen shore was 17 years old when he began hanging out at the factory andy warhol s legendary studio in manhattan. He was equally well known in the late sixties and early seventies as resident host at his studio, the factory, where one could listen to lou reed and the velvet underground and rub elbows with edie sedgwick. Warhols factory as seen through the lens of a young shore, providing an insider view of. Although so shy in interviews that he often dressed up doppelgangers to go in his place, he was incredibly insightful and perceptive. Andy warhol has 153 books on goodreads with 115733 ratings.
Warhols factory as seen through the lens of a young shore, providing an insider view of this extraordinary moment and place stephen shore was 17 years old when he began hanging out at the factory andy warhols legendary studio in manhattan. For more than two years, nat finkelstein was on the scene, documenting the explosive emergence of pop art, a subversive spectacle created by the constantly calculating andy warhol. Artistsintheirtime andy warhol lindabolton franklinwatts adivisionofsclnolasticinc. Book i welcome to the silver factory, book ii speeding into the future, book iii your 15 minutes are upin book iii, the silver. A novel is the perfect literary manifestation of andy warhols sensibility. Warhol and the sixties is a fascinating look at the avantgarde group that came togetherfrom 1964 to 1968as andy warhols silver factory, a cast that included lou reed, nico, edie sedgwick, gerard malanga, paul morrissey, joe dallesandro, billy name, candy darling, baby jane holzer, brigid berlin, ultra violet, and viva. A february 17, 1992 article in the new york times referred to him as andy warhol s most important associate. This book presents a personal selection of photographs from shores collection. The original factory was on the fifth floor at 231 east 47th street, in midtown manhattan.
Double denied 2006 is a 52minute movie by ian yentob about the difficulties authenticating warhol s work. Andy warhol modern masters by warhol, andy and ratcliff, carter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. After spending seven years writing this biography and living with andy warhol, as it were, i really did come to think that he is one of the great creative geniuses of our era, or indeed any era. A february 17, 1992 article in the new york times referred to him as andy warhols most important associate. The 1967 popup book for hipsters american pop artist andy warhol s glory days were the 1960s. The first us exhibition to focus on warhols book work, it features more than 400 objects including unique and unpublished materials, and highlights wcmas important holdings given by richard f. Best known for turning everyday itemslike soup cans and brillo boxesinto iconic works of art, andy warhol made the factory into an epicenter of cuttingedge art, fashion and culture. In 1968 warhol was shot and nearly killed by valerie solanas, one of an assemblage of underground film and rock music stars, assorted hangerson, and social curiosities who frequented his studio, known as the factory. Andy warhol lived at the center of the beautiful people in the new york clubcelebrity scene, from his factory to studio 54 and seemingly everywhere else. The best books on andy warhol five books expert recommendations.
Andy warhol was the most glamorous figure of 20thcentury american art. I would need a thousand pages to answer that question. The factory years, 19641967 by andy warhol goodreads. Stephen shore was 17 years old when he began hanging out at the factory andy warhols legendary studio in manhattan. Malanga was involved in all phases of warhols creative output in silkscreen painting and filmmaking. In each of three successive spaces called the factory, andy warhol created movies, paintings, time capsules and psychosexual dramas with a halflife of many decades.
Equally well known in the late sixties and early seventies as resident host at. Authored by exhibition curator sara krajewski, the book s chapters trace the development of warhol s printmaking practices and his exploration of the photographic image as his source material through three time periods. Making money is art, and working is art and good business is the best art. Aug 05, 2019 best known for turning everyday itemslike soup cans and brillo boxesinto iconic works of art, andy warhol made the factory into an epicenter of cuttingedge art, fashion and culture. Warhol left in 1967 when the building was scheduled to be torn down to make way for an apartment building. Gold marilyn monroe discussed here on page, the first work by. Andy warhol, american artist and filmmaker, an initiator and leading exponent of the pop art movement of the 1960s whose massproduced art apotheosized the supposed banality of the commercial culture of the united states. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. He owned an angelblue upper east side townhouse and the tastes to. Obsessed with celebrity, consumer culture, and mechanical reproduction, pop artist andy warhol created some of the most iconic images of the 20th century. A new exhibit at the brooklyn museum and a reissued classic book give fresh context to the artist, his factory, and their orgiastic creations. If you ever wanted to know what the new york state of mind was in the 1970s and 1980s, then this book is for you. It is a nearly wordforword transcription of tapes recorded.
Warhol had by this time become a wellknown fixture on the fashion and avantgarde. Gerard malanga worked closely for andy warhol during warhols most creative period, from 1963 to 1970. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Andy warhol, a painter and graphic artist, also produced a significant body of film work, including his famous chelsea girls.
Andy warhol his biographer claims he has overtaken picasso as the most important and influential artist of the last century. This book presents ten works by andy warhol selected from the collection of the museum of modern art. Finkelstein accompanies these striking images with vivid memories, poetic recollections, and acerbic commentary, providing both visual and intellectual insight into the culture of the factory. Books by andy warhol author of the philosophy of andy warhol. As famous for his quips as for his arthe variously mused that art is what you can get away with and everyone will be famous for 15 minuteswarhol drew widely from popular culture and everyday subject matter. Most of the original factory people have passed on. Feb 22, 2020 andy warhol his biographer claims he has overtaken picasso as the most important and influential artist of the last century. Best known for turning everyday itemslike soup cans and brillo boxesinto iconic works of art, andy warhol made the factory into an.
A new book from stephen shore chronicles his time photographing at the factory in the midsixties. Andy warhol 19281987 was a painter, graphic artist filmmaker, and leader of the pop art movement. Earlier in her career, she worked for and studied with surrealist artist salvador dali. Thanks to his success as a commercial artist, he had built up an extravagant lifestyle. In the late sixties, warhol set out to turn a trade book into a piece of pop art, and the result was this astonishing account of the artists, superstars, addicts, and freaks who made up the factory milieu. Warhol was firmly ensconced in the new york art scene and had a decade of exhibitions and acclaim under his belt.
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Gerard malanga worked closely for andy warhol during warhol s most creative period, from 1963 to 1970. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. In each of three successive spaces called the factory, andy warhol created movies, paintings, time capsules and psychosexual dramas with a. Names photographs from this period 196468 are one of the most important photographic documents of any single artist in history.
Malanga was involved in all phases of warhol s creative output in silkscreen painting and filmmaking. Andy warhols factory people is a threepart oral hist. He started the magazine interview and even a nightclub. Apr 17, 2020 then, on june 3, 1968, he was shot by valerie solanas, a radical feminist and factory hangeron, in the throes of a psychotic breakdown. Warhol by the book is organized by the andy warhol museum, one of four carnegie museums of pittsburgh. Warhols factory as seen through the lens of a young shore, providing an insider v. Book i welcome to the silver factory, book ii speeding into the future, book iii your 15 minutes are upin book i. Dufresne lived and worked in new york city, and also had a studio in nice, france. The factory was andy warhols new york city studio, which had three different locations.
Andy warhols index book andy warhol, billy name, nat finkelstein on. Andy warhol, 25 cats name sam and one blue pussy 1954, printed by semour berlin, written by charles lisanby, bound artists book with. Andy warhol and silver clouds at the factory 1966 gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 40. Welcome to the silver factory ms catherine osullivanshorr, mr billy name, mr nat finkelstein, mr stephen shapiro on. It is a nearly wordforword transcription of tapes recorded by warhol and ondine over a twoyear period in 19651967. Warhol spoke to this apparent contradiction between his life and work in his book the philosophy of andy warhol, writing that making money is art and working is art, and good business is. Andy warhol s factory people is a threepart oral history that tells the story of warhol s famous 1960s silver factory as told by the friends, superstars, and foes who worked with, partied with, filmed with, and slept with andy from 1964 to 1968 in the factory. Inside a ramshackle studio known as the factory, the postwar art world encountered the industrial revolution.