Andy Warhol, Prince of Pop

Andy Warhol, Prince of Pop

â€œIN THE FUTURE EVERYBODY will be world famous for 15 minutes.â€

The Campbellâ€™s Soup Cans. The Marilyns. The Electric Chairs. The Flowers. The work created by Andy Warhol elevated everyday images to art, ensuring Warhol a fame that has far outlasted the 15 minutes he predicted for everyone else. His very name is synonymous with the 1960s American art movement known as Pop.

But Warholâ€™s oeuvre was the sum of many parts. He not only produced iconic art that blended high and popular culture; he also made controversial films, starring his entourage of the beautiful and outrageous; he launched Interview, a slick magazine that continues to sell today; and he reveled in leading the vanguard of New Yorkâ€™s hipster lifestyle. The Factory, Warholâ€™s studio and den of social happenings, was the place to be.

Who would have predicted that this eccentric boy, the Pittsburgh-bred son of Eastern European immigrants, would catapult himself into media superstardom? Warholâ€™s rise, from poverty to wealth, from obscurity to status as a Pop icon, is an absorbing taleâ€”one in which the American dream of fame and fortune is played out in all of its success and its excess. No artist of the late 20th century took the pulse of his timeâ€”and oursâ€”better than Andy Warhol.

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A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book

An ALA Notable Book
Country USA
Brand Laurel Leaf
Manufacturer Laurel Leaf
Binding Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber FBA-|297920
Model FBA-|297920
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2007-12-11
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780385732758

Country	USA
Brand	Laurel Leaf
Manufacturer	Laurel Leaf
Binding	Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber	FBA-\|297920
Model	FBA-\|297920
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2007-12-11
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780385732758

Andy Warhol, Prince of Pop

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