Tony Scherman and David Dalton are both longtime writers that are finally coming out with their book "The Genius of Andy Warhol POP". The book offers a detailed account of how he made the transition from successful New York illustrator to one of the most talked-about artists around, focusing specifically on Warhol’s life in New York in the Fifties and Sixties. David Dalton goes on to say:
“Picasso and Van Gogh had a pride in being bohemian, but when you got to Andy, that is gone. He embraced consumer culture, because he came from the lowest strata of society, and his father was a day laborer.” Warhol, he explains, erased “the line between art and product. A movie-star image was a product. He sold Campbell’s soup like Gristede’s sold it. Art had become a kind of religion since Van Gogh, but with Pop Art and with Andy, he said, ‘This is another piece of merchandise.’”
I am forever intruiged by the the eccentricity and genius of this man. This book would make an amazing holiday gift!
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