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| Title | : | Warhol: The Biography |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.66 (810 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 030681272X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 624 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-08 |
| Language | : | English |
Victor Bockris has written about the cultural heroes of the twentieth century for over thirty years. He is the author or co-author of major biographies on Andy Warhol, Patti Smith, The Velvet Underground, and many others. He lives in New York City.
Nathan said Warhol Primer. As a huge fan of this fascinating man who blured the line between art and commerce, I was looking for a well written bookthicker than a brick that would reveal once and for all the mystery that is Andy Warhol. Im still looking, the definitive Warhol bio is yet to be written it seems, but in the meantime I'll settle for this Bockris book which is a sound overall portrait of the artist and his life. Starting from his poverty and illness stricken childhood in an industrial town in Pennsylvania the author breezily tours the reader through hiscollege life, and hi. "Bockris is sympathetic, underawed and not sycophantic." according to A Customer. Victor Bockris' biography is sympathetic to Warhol's supposed contrived personality. The reader gets the impression that the author, who had a personal association with Warhol, really understood the facination his subject maintained for his adopted country (the U.S.) throughout most of his working life. While others tend to dismiss Warhol as a simple poseur Bockris relates his wide-eyed enthusiasm for the consumer society. While some have suggested he was manipulative, this biography suggests that he was slightly naive. Most of his life is covered here and, . Warhol as creep? calmly Bockris was a friend of Warhol, at least for several years. He shares a lot of detail but what seems to stand out in this biography in particular is that: * Warhol had a lot of boyfriends, none for long, and he was ridiculously jealous. * Warhol used people no end and generally didn't pay those who worked for him.So I was left at the end with a decidedly negative impression of Warhol.I'm suspicious. It didn't seem that Bockris explained how someone so creepy was able to get some many talented people to work with and hang out for him. All to be a part of the
Warhol is the definitive chronicle of Warhol's storied life.. Artist, filmmaker, magazine publisher, instigator of Pop Art, Andy Warhol (19281987) used his canvasses of dollar bills, soup cans, and celebrities to subvert distinctions between high and popular culture. His spectacular career encompassed the underground scene as well as the equally deviant worlds of politics, show business, and high society
His spectacular career encompassed the underground scene as well as the equally deviant worlds of politics, show business, and high society. . Warhol is the definitive chronicle of Warhol's storied life. Artist, filmmaker, magazine publisher, instigator of Pop Art, Andy Warhol (1928-1987) used his canvasses of dollar bills, soup cans, and celebrities to subvert distinctions between high and popular culture
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