Andy Warhol Summary

Warhol, Andy (1928-1987) Andy Warhol was the most renowned Pop artist in the 1960s and, more generally, one of the most important artists of the twentieth century. His boundless and apparently effortl... Read more

Andy Warhol was worried about a pimple he had found that morning. B, on the other end of the telephone line, told him to cover it up. Warhol got some makeup and did so. "Okay, B, okay. So now the pimp... Read more

Critical Essay by David Denby The dramatic action of [Viva and Louis, also known as Blue Movie and Fuck] consists of the two characters struggling to find enough to say and do to fill up the time it ... Read more

Critical Essay by Peter Buckley [My Hustler] really is just a home movie made by a few people who know a bit about cameras and a bit about their subject, and like any homegrown product, it has its up... Read more

Critical Essay by Stephen Koch Warhol was a central protagonist in a social drama that tried to make the 1960's look like another Age of Innocence. A childlike, gum-chewing naïvet... Read more

Critical Essay by Jonas Mekas [The work of Andy Warhol] is the last word in the Direct Cinema. It is hard to imagine anything more pure, less staged, and less directed than Andy Warhol's �... Read more

Critical Essay by Parker Tyler A part of Warhol's negotiable charm as a modern entertainer is his work as applied art-naiveté. There is something both perverse and violent about pasting... Read more

Art can be pleasurable; it does not have to be deep. Andy Warhol's pieces of work were not exactly profound. He developed his own style from, "taking an image familiar to millions and presenting i... Read more

It has been perceived throughout time that an artist's inspiration has had an impact on what was meaningful in that era and Andy Wahol was no exception to that rule. In fact because he was a prominent... Read more

In 1928 one of Pop Arts most famous painters was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His name is Andy Warhol or as it says on his birth certificate Andrew Warhola he was born to two Czechoslovak immigr... Read more