""IN THE FUTURE EVERYBODY will be world famous for 15 minutes.""
The Campbell's Soup Cans. The Marilyns. The Electric Chairs. The
Flowers. The work created by Andy Warhol elevated everyday images
to art, ensuring Warhol a fame that has far outlasted the 15
minutes he predicted for everyone else. His very name is synonymous
with the 1960s American art movement known as Pop.
But Warhol's oeuvre was the sum of many parts. He not only produced
iconic art that blended high and popular culture; he also made
controversial films, starring his entourage of the beautiful and
outrageous; he launched "Interview," a slick magazine that
continues to sell today; and he reveled in leading the vanguard of
New York's hipster lifestyle. The Factory, Warhol's studio and den
of social happenings, was the place to be.
Who would have predicted that this eccentric boy, the
Pittsburgh-bred son of Eastern European immigrants, would catapult
himself into media superstardom? Warhol's rise, from poverty to
wealth, from obscurity to status as a Pop icon, is an absorbing
tale--one in which the American dream of fame and fortune is played
out in all of its success and its excess. No artist of the late
20th century took the pulse of his time--and ours--better than Andy
Warhol.
Praise for "Vincent van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist":
"This outstanding, well-researched biography is fascinating
reading."--"School Library Journal," Starred
"Readers will see not just the man but also the paintings
anew."--"The Bulletin," Starred
"An exceptional biography that reveals the humanity behind the
myth."--"Booklist," Starred
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A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
An ALA Notable Book"
"From the Hardcover edition."
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