America
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Photography & Video
America Details
Review Praise for America:“Warhol’s 1985 work [is] part photo-diary and part written observations of celebrity and mediocrity . . . While it’s tempting to just flip through and gaze at all the famous people, there’s plenty of poor, huddled, unrecognized masses yearning for a taste of the American Dream. After 30 years, Warhol’s writing is surprisingly insightful and even applicable to the 2015 political and social landscape.”—Fine Books & Collections“Warhol’s eye catches the odd contradiction, the outlandish, the amusing, the touching. It is never contemptuous. The cumulative effect tells us something about contemporary America beyond the familiar picture-magazine view. . . . a truth-telling oratory style not unlike that of Will Rogers, with echoes of Mark Twain.”—Library Journal“He understood our obsession with celebrity culture better—and sooner—than anyone else.”—Sunday Telegraph“He created his own universe and became its star.”—David Cronenberg, Guardian Read more About the Author Andy Warhol was one of the most influential artists of the postwar era, and also produced a significant body of film work, including Chelsea Girls. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1928 and died in 1987. Read more
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I only recently discovered this book by one of the world’s great & most influential artists. Andy projected a certain persona that disguised just how knowledgeable, erudite & observant he was. Not unlike his art, this book of brief essays is as “contemporary” to today as his painting and just as witty and entertaining. It gives a more thorough picture of what was going on behind that inscrutable mask.
