Warhol

De: Blake Gopnik

Narrado por: Graham Halstead

The definitive biography of a fascinating and paradoxical figure, one of the most influential artists of his—or any—age.

To this day, mention the name “Andy Warhol” to almost anyone and you’ll hear about his famous images of soup cans and Marilyn Monroe. But though Pop Art became synonymous with Warhol’s name and dominated the public’s image of him, his life and work are infinitely more complex and multi-faceted than that.

In Warhol, esteemed art critic Blake Gopnik takes on Andy Warhol in all his depth and dimensions. “The meanings of his art depend on the way he lived and who he was,” as Gopnik writes. “That’s why the details of his biography matter more than for almost any cultural figure,” from his working-class Pittsburgh upbringing as the child of immigrants to his early career in commercial art to his total immersion in the “performance” of being an artist, accompanied by global fame and stardom—and his attempted assassination.

The extent and range of Warhol’s success, and his deliberate attempts to thwart his biographers, means that it hasn’t been easy to put together an accurate or complete image of him. But in this biography, unprecedented in its scope and detail as well as in its access to Warhol’s archives, Gopnik brings to life a figure who continues to fascinate because of his contradictions—he was known as sweet and caring to his loved ones but also a coldhearted manipulator; a deep-thinking avant-gardist but also a true lover of schlock and kitsch; a faithful churchgoer but also an eager sinner, skeptic, and cynic.

Wide-ranging and immersive, Warhol gives us the most robust and intricate picture to date of a man and an artist who consistently defied easy categorization and whose life and work continue to profoundly affect our culture and society today.

Alllllll the TEA!

Brilliant, deep, intense, and moving. I thought I knew all about Andy. I learned SO much. I am enriched by this work.

so much information!

I feel secure in saying that, after this, I'll never need to read another book on Warhol because this covered it all. I loved learning so much about such a complicated man, who many people had lots to say about over the years.

Wow

This book was so in-depth it told me everything about Andy Warhol. He was a genius. He was kind of eccentric and neurotic at times, but he had a great hell of a story I would recommend this book to anybody.

Very long but a great in-depth coverage.

I enjoyed learning about the different phases of his art.and different genres . I did not know that much about his life. The audio version could not show his art but the author did an excellent job at describing his various works and the techniques used to create them. In the areas that describes his personal life all I can say is it left me wanting to take a shower . The explicit language used is pure filth. The man Warhol led a life of perversion. He led many others into this perverse lifestyle and this is described in the book in explicit language. I learned so much on both sides of Warhol art and life that i have given the book five stars, but be prepared for filth, this book is not for the faint of heart. Last comment is it was very well read but I will not read it again!

Andy

The most comprehensive collection of Andy-isms that this reader has ever read to date. An interesting and informative look at the life of an American artist, who is believed to be the best!!!