Andy: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol: A Factual Fairytale (Art Masters)

From the 32 canvas Campbells Soup Cans to the Marilyn Diptych, Andy Warhols silkscreen prints are the epitome of Pop Art: witty, gimmicky and unafraid of repetition. Obsessed with consumerism and the cult of celebrity, Warhol (19281987) exalted the surface of thingsand yet he was a man of deep complexity. In Andy, Typex captures the remarkable life of the king of Pop Art, from his workingclass upbringing in Pittsburgh to the dizzying heights of his celebrity. Spanning a period that began with the talkies and ended with the advent of house music, it is also a memorable portrait of 20thcentury pop culture and the stars who defined it. Spanning Warhols early career as a commercial illustrator, his relationship with the Velvet Underground, and the development of his own instantly recognizable style, Andy is an exhilarating portrait of a transcendent artist and a master selfpromoter. Intensively researched, this 568page graphic biographywith silver edgestain on the pagesis the first to tell the complete life story of the iconic pop artist.