{"title":"Andy Warhol","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"popism-the-warhol-sixties-paperback","title":"Popism: The Warhol Sixties - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnecdotal, funny, frank, \u003cem\u003ePOPism\u003c\/em\u003e is Warhol's personal view of the Pop phenomenon in New York in the 1960s.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA cultural storm swept through the 1960s--Pop Art, Bob Dylan, psychedelia, underground movies--and at its center sat a bemused young artist with silver hair: Andy Warhol. Andy knew everybody (from the cultural commissioner of New York to drug-driven drag queens) and everybody knew Andy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis studio, the Factory, was \u003cem\u003ethe\u003c\/em\u003e place: where he created the large canvases of soup cans and Pop icons that defined Pop Art, where one could listen to the Velvet Underground and rub elbows with Edie Sedgwick and where Warhol himself could observe the comings and goings of the avant-garde.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the detached, back-fence gossip style he was famous for, Warhol tells all in \u003cem\u003ePOPism\u003c\/em\u003e--the ultimate inside story of a decade of cultural revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is as absorbing as the best telephone gossip, funny yet full of insights. Christopher Isherwood \u003cbr\u003eA cultural storm swept through the 1960s Pop Art, Bob Dylan, psychedelia, happenings, underground movies, the British Invasion and at its center sat a bemused young artist with silver hair: Andy Warhol. Andy knew everybody from the cultural commissioner of New York to drug-driven drag queens and everybody knew Andy. \u003cbr\u003eHis studio, The Factory, was \u003ci\u003ethe \u003c\/i\u003eplace: where he created the large canvases of soup cans and Pop icons that defined Pop Art, where one could listen to Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground and rub elbows with Edie Sedgwick, where \u003ci\u003eThe Chelsea Girls \u003c\/i\u003eand Warhol s other underground classics were shot, and where Warhol himself could observe the comings and goings of the avant garde.\u003cbr\u003eAnecdotal, funny, and frank, \u003ci\u003ePOPism \u003c\/i\u003eis where Warhol tells it all the ultimate inside story of a decade of cultural revolution. \u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePOPism \u003c\/i\u003ereads like a novel . . . Social history of the rarest kind, set down in ultra-sharp focus by someone who helped shape the events he describes.\" Calvin Tomkins, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndy Warhol\u003c\/b\u003e (1928-1987) was a painter, graphic artist, filmmaker, and leader of the Pop Art movement. He was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and died in New York in 1987. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePat Hackett\u003c\/b\u003e worked closely with Andy Warhol for twenty years, coauthoring two books and a screenplay as well as serving as his diarist. \u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50117470322911,"sku":"9780156031110","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/XCYxft2-Pb9780156031110.webp?v=1781526654"},{"product_id":"the-philosophy-of-andy-warhol-from-a-to-b-and-back-again-paperback","title":"The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Philosophy of Andy Warhol, \u003c\/em\u003e the enigmatic, legendary Warhol makes the reader his confidant on love, sex, food, beauty, fame, work, money, success, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eAndy Warhol claimed that he loved being outside a party--so that he could get in. But more often than not, the party was at his own studio, The Factory, where celebrities--from Edie Sedgwick and Allen Ginsberg to the Rolling Stones and the Velvet Underground--gathered in an ongoing bash.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA loosely formed autobiography, told with his trademark blend of irony and detachment, this compelling and eccentric memoir riffs and reflects on all things Warhol: New York, America, and his childhood in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, as well as the explosion of his career in the sixties, and his life among the rich and famous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndy Warhol claimed that he loved being outside a party so that he could get in. But more often than not, the party was at his own studio, the Factory, where celebrities from Edie Sedgwick and Allen Ginsberg to the Rolling Stones and the Velvet Underground gathered in an ongoing bash. \u003cbr\u003eIn \"The Philosophy of Andy Warhol\" the enigmatic Warhol makes the reader his confidant on love, sex, food, beauty, fame, work, money, success, and much more. \u003cbr\u003e* Andy on love: \"People should fall in love with their eyes closed. Just close your eyes. Don't look.\" \u003cbr\u003e* Andy on beauty: \"I really don't care that much about 'Beauties.' What I really like are Talkers.\" \u003cbr\u003e* Andy on money: \"It's always good to get abstract when it comes to economics.\" \u003cbr\u003e* Andy on class: \"The rich have many advantages over the poor, but the most important one, as far as I'm concerned, is knowing how to talk and eat at the same time.\" \u003cbr\u003e* Andy on underwear: \"I would rather watch somebody buy their underwear than read a book they wrote.\" \u003cbr\u003eAndy Warhol (1928-1987), a painter and graphic artist, also produced a significant body of film work, including his famous \"Chelsea Girls.\" Equally well known in the late sixties and early seventies as resident host at his studio, the Factory, Warhol died in New York in 1987. \u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50117470585055,"sku":"9780156717205","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ePl7bAZACx9780156717205.webp?v=1781526656"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/andy-warhol.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}