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Andy Warhol, edited by Gregor Muir and Yilmaz Dziewior

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Andy Warhol

edited by Gregor Muir and Yilmaz Dziewior

As an underground art star, Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was the antidote to the prevalent abstract expressionist style of 1950s America. He introduced popular everyday subjects into his practice and openly acknowledged the wide-ranging influences on his work. Throughout his career, his forays into advertising, fashion, film, TV and music videos, marked a fascination with mainstream popular culture.0This book will position Warhol at the vanguard of artistic experimentation. Looking at his background as an immigrant, ideas of death and religion, and his queer perspective, it will explore his limitless ambition to push the traditional boundaries of painting, sculpture, film and music, and reveal Warhol as an artist who both succeeded and failed in equal measure; an artist who embraced the establishment while cavorting with the underground. It will further highlight Warhol's knowing flirtation with the commercial world of celebrity alongside his socially engaged collaborations and advocacy of alternative lifestyles. Including his iconic depictions alongide lesser-known works, as well as an installation of his Silver Clouds, this fascinating book returns Warhol to his conceptual ambition and positions him within the shifting creative and political landscape in which he worked, permitting a broad view of how Warhol, and his work, marked a period of cultural transformation. Exhibition: Tate Modern, London, UK (12.03-06.09.2020) / Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (10.10.2020-21.02.2021) / Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada (27.03-13.06.2021) / Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA (11.07-07.11.2021)

Andy Warhol: outsider on the inside? / Gregor Muir and Yilmaz Dziewior -- A la la la : an Andy Warhol alphabet / Olivia Laing -- Silver clouds : making Donald Judd float / Kenneth Brummel - Reproduction and reality / Diedrich Diederichsen -- The faces of Warhol / Stephan Diederich -- Like 2 look/make them see you / Martine Syms -- Exhibitionism / Fiontán Moran -- Andy Warhol through the eyes of Bob Colacello -- The works