Blake Gopnik

Skämt eller geni? Radikal konstnär eller social klättrare? Andy Warhol var kontroversiell och full av motsägelser. Denna heltäckande biografi borrar djupt i Warhols liv och person och beskriver hur han kom att revolutionera populärkulturen. Baserat på åratal av efterforskningar i arkiv och intervjuer med hundratals vänner, älskare och fiender följer Blake Gopnik konstnärens väg genom […]

The definitive biography of a fascinating and paradoxical figure, one of the most influential artists of his—or any—age To this day, mention the name “Andy Warhol” to almost anyone and you’ll hear about his famous images of soup cans and Marilyn Monroe. But though Pop Art became synonymous with Warhol’s name and dominated the public’s […]

“Superb…Gopnik persuasively assembles his case over the course of this mesmerising book, which is as much art history and philosophy as it is biography” Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian When critics attacked Andy Warhol’s Marilyn paintings as shallow, the Pop artist was happy to present himself as shallower still: He claimed that he silkscreened to avoid […]