The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: from A to B and back again (Penguin Modern Classics) - Softcover

Warhol, Andy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014118910X ISBN 13: 9780141189109

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2007

Synopsis

The autobiography of an American icon, Andy Warhol's The Philosophy of Andy Warhol is published in Penguin Modern Classics.

'I never think that people die. They just go to department stores'

Andy Warhol - American painter, filmmaker, publisher, actor and major figure in the Pop Art movement - was in many ways a reluctant celebrity. Here, in his autobiography, he spills his secrets and muses about love, sex, food, beauty, fame, work, money, success, New York and America and its place in the world. But it is his reflections on himself, his childhood in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, the explosion of his career in the Sixties and his life among celebrities - from working with Elizabeth Taylor to partying with the Rolling Stones - that give a true insight into the mind of one of the most iconic figures in twentieth-century culture.

Andy Warhol (1928-1987), was an American painter, filmmaker, publisher, actor, and a major figure in the Pop Art movement. He also produced a significant body of film work, including the famous Chelsea Girls; characterised the epoch with the now-famous expression 'fifteen minutes of fame'; produced the first album by The Velvet Underground; and was nearly killed just two days before the assassination of JFK.

If you enjoyed The Philosophy of Andy Warhol, you might like 100 Artists' Manifestos, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.

'Acute. Accurate. Mr Warhol's usual amazing candor. A constant entertainment and enlightenment'
Truman Capote

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Review:

'Acute. Accurate. Mr Warhol's usual amazing candor. A constant
entertainment and enlightenment'
-- Truman Capote

From the Author:

Andy Warhol (1928-1987), was an American painter, filmmaker,
publisher, actor, and a major figure in the Pop Art movement. He also
produced a significant body of film work, including the famous Chelsea
Girls. Equally well known in the late Sixties and early Seventies as
resident host at his studio, the Factory. Andy Warhol died following gall
bladder surgery, in New York on the 22nd February 1987. As Warhol said: 'I
never think that people die. They just go to department stores.'

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 014118910X
• ISBN 13: 9780141189109
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256