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| Andy Warhol, Liz, 1964 |
So much has been and could be said about Andy Warhol and his impact and influence on modern art and popular culture. He coined the term “pop,” first established the “fifteen minutes of fame” phenomenon, and was responsible for a major shift in the world of commercial art. I have been enamored with his work and the man himself since high school, even writing my first major research paper on his
THE Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again). I continued to focus on him in art school, and since moving to New York have had the good fortune to meet three separate photographers who spent time in his orbit: Stephen Shore
(Factory: Andy Warhol), Larry Fink
(Fink on Warhol: New York Photographs of the 1960s), and Duane Michals (who, I mentioned in a 2018 post, called Warhol one of the most boring people he’s ever met).
I have attended numerous gallery shows of his work, including the major retrospective at the Whitney Museum in 2018-2019. I have totes with his work on them and a wear a button of an early self-portrait of his on my denim jacket. You could say I’m a big fan.
I’ve been reading
This Must Be the Place by Jesse Rifkin, which mentions Warhol’s presence and influence in the back room at Max’s Kansas City. The artist has been front of mind recently, and I thought he deserved a spot on this blog.
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| Stephen Shore, Andy Warhol, The Factory, NYC, 1965-67 |
