Andy : the life and times of Andy Warhol
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From the thirty-two canvas Campbell's Soup Cans to the Marilyn Diptych, Andy Warhol's silk-screen prints are the epitome of Pop Art: witty, gimmicky and unafraid of repetition. Obsessed with consumerism and the cult of celebrity, Warhol exalted the "surface of things" and yet he was a man of deep complexity. In Andy, Typex captures the remarkable life of the king of Pop Art, from his working-class upbringing in Pittsburgh to the dizzying heights of his celebrity. Spanning a period that began with the "talkies" and ended with the advent of house music, it is also a memorable portrait of 20th century pop culture and the stars who defined it: from Elvis to Greta Garbo, Truman Capote to Lou Reed. Taking in Warhol's early career as a commercial illustrator, his relationship with the Velvet Underground and the development of his own instantly recognisable style, Typex's Andy is an exhilarating portrait of a transcendent artist and a master self-publicist. Intensively researched, this 568-page graphic novel--with silver edgestain on the pagesis the first to tell the complete life story of the iconic pop artist.
Andy : the life and times of Andy Warhol / art and story, Typex.
London : SelfMadeHero, 2018.
549 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm.
"A factual fairytale" -- cover.Includes fold-out page.Includes bibliographical references and filmography.Translated from the Dutch.
9781910593585
700.92B
English
373171
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Hampton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 700.92 WAR | Available |