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Warhol : A Life as Art

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'An eye-opening biography that reads like a potboiler' - New York Magazine

The definitive biography of one of the most famous and influential artists 

Based on years of archival research and on interviews with hundreds of Warhol's surviving friends, lovers and enemies, Warhol: A Life as Art traces the artist's path from his origins as the impoverished son of Eastern European immigrants in 1930s Pittsburgh, through his early success as a commercial illustrator and his groundbreaking pivot into fine art, to the society portraiture and popular celebrity of the '70s and '80s, as he reflected and responded to the changing dynamics of commerce and culture. 

Behind the public glitter of the artist's Factory, with its superstars, drag queens and socialites, there was a man who lived with his mother for much of his life and guarded the privacy of his home. He overcame the vicious homophobia of his youth to become a symbol of gay achievement, while always seeking the pleasures of traditional romance and coupledom. Filled with new insights into the artist's work and personality, Warhol asks: Was he a joke or a genius, a radical or a social climber? As Warhol himself would have answered: Yes.

Details
  • Author: Blake Gopnik
  • Pages: 976 pages 
  • Date published: February 2020
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 978-0241003381 - hardcover
               978-141977744 - paperback
  • Product Dimensions: 24.0 x 15.6 cm

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