Andy Warhol by Wayne Koestenbaum
An intimate depiction of the visionary who revolutionized the art world A man who created portraits of the rich and powerful, Andy Warhol was one of the most incendiary figures in American culture, a celebrity whose star shone as brightly as those of the Marilyns and Jackies whose likenesses brought him renown. Images of his silvery wig and glasses are as famous as his renderings of soup cans and Brillo boxes controversial works that elevated commerce to high art. Warhol was an enigma: a partygoer who lived with his mother, an inarticulate man who was a great aphorist, an artist whose body of work sizzles with sexuality but who considered his own body to be a source of shame. In critic and poet Wayne Koestenbaum s dazzling look at Warhol s life, the author inspects the roots of Warhol s aesthetic vision, including the pain that informs his greatness, and reveals the hidden sublimity of Warhol s provocative films. By looking at many facets of the artist s oeuvre films, paintings, books, Happenings Koestenbaum delivers a thought-provoking picture of pop art s greatest icon.
Wayne Koestenbaum holds a B.A. from Harvard and a Ph.D. in English from Princeton University. After being named co-winner of the 1989 Discovery/The Nation poetry contest, he published his first book of verse, Ode to Anna Moffo and Other Poems, which was chosen as one of The Village Voice Literary Supplement's Favorite Books of 1990. He has since published two other books of poetry and three books of prose, including a collection of essays, Cleavage: Essays on Sex, Stars, and Aesthetics (Ballantine, 2000). He is a tenured Professor of English at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780670030002 |
| ISBN 10 | 0670030007 |
| Title | Andy Warhol |
| Author | Wayne Koestenbaum |
| Series | Penguin Lives Biographies |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2001-09-10 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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