Andy Warhol - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849766703 ISBN 13: 9781849766708

Publisher: Tate Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

A fascinating and groundbreaking re-visioning of Andy Warhol, and his unique view of American culture.

About this title

About the Author

Gregor Muir is Director of Collection, International Art, Tate Modern. Yilmaz Dziewior is Director of Museum Ludwig, Cologne.

From the Back Cover

A fascinating 're-visioning' of Warhol and his unique view of American Culture.
As an underground art star, Andy Warhol (1928-87) was the antidote to the prevalent abstract expressionist style of 1950s America. Looking at his background as a child of an immigrant family, his ideas about death and religion, as well as his queer perspective, this book explores Warhol's limitless ambition to push the traditional boundaries of painting, sculpture, film and music. It reveals an artist who both succeeded and failed in equal measure; an artist who embraced the establishment while cavorting with the underground. Exploring Warhol's knowing flirtation with the commercial world of celebrity alongside his advocacy of alternative lifestyles, it presents his work within the context of his time in a way that connects to contemporary concerns. Including a unique contribution from writer Olivia Laing, an artist's response from Martine Syms and an exclusive interview with former Factory insider, Bob Colacello, this book returns Warhol to the shifting creative and political landscape in which he lived, and highlights how he and his work marked a period of cultural transformation.

EXHIBITIONS:
Tate Modern: 12 Mar - 6 Sept 2020
Museum Ludwig: Cologne, 10 Oct 2020 - 21 Feb 2021
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto: 27 Mar - 13 Jun 2021
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas: 11 Jul - 7 Nov 2021

Edition details

• Publisher: Tate Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849766703
• ISBN 13: 9781849766708
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Muir Gregor, Dziewior Yilmaz