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by Arthur C. Danto


  aesthetic, 12–13, 29–30, 34, 49–50, 55–56, 60, 83, 86, 132, 135

  Art Deco collected by, xvi, 125

  as artist-executive, 121

  art world and, 4, 25–26, 35, 124

  attempted assassination of, 100–101, 102–105, 120, 122, 125

  as avant-garde artist, 2, 3, 81, 82, 85

  business art of, 117, 122–123, 125, 127–128, 130, 131, 133

  cameras used by, 76, 77, 79, 82–83, 85, 87–89, 115, 122

  camouflage works, 145

  capitalist production and, xii

  celebrity of, 47, 85–86

  childhood poverty of, 57–58

  as commercial artist, xiv, 2, 3–4, 8, 12–13, 16, 143, 146

  conception of art, 51

  criticism of works, 15, 26, 45, 67, 72–73, 97, 130

  as critic of American culture, x–xi;

  as culture and art icon, x, xii, xiv–xv, 1, 2, 3, 4–5, 6, 8, 9, 35, 45, 94

  death of, 37, 53, 88, 147, 148

  “Drella” nickname, 49, 95

  effect on art history, 123, 126

  effete charm of works, 146

  fiction about, 72

  film footage of, 70

  financial circumstances, 122–123, 124, 125, 130

  first death of, 102–103, 104–105, 120

  homosexuality of, 11–12, 75–76, 81

  ideas from other people for subjects, 32–33, 35, 41–44, 71, 91, 111, 118, 142

  identity/identity changes, 1, 2, 4–5, 8, 17, 47–48, 145–147

  influences on, 10, 14, 25, 70

  in Italy, 117

  last studio, 138;

  mechanical production methods, 49–51, 58–59, 60, 61, 62, 73, 115, 127

  novel by, 83

  Ondine and, 96–97

  ordinary American life portrayed by, x, xv, 2–3, 4, 22–23, 56–57, 73, 83, 88, 144

  patriotic aspects of works, 73

  personality, 49, 70, 88, 118–119, 127, 132, 141

  philosophy of art and, 135–136

  photography and, 65

  physical appearance, 12, 20, 44–45, 75, 85–86, 112, 119

  politics and, 56, 73, 116–117

  as Pop artist, xi, 4, 13, 32, 33, 45, 47, 58

  price of works, 122

  psychological scars from attempted assassination, 104–105, 125, 131

  public persona of, 45

  reconfiguration of art by, 48

  religiousness of, 139–141, 142, 145

  reputation as an artist, 122

  retirement from painting, 74, 81, 105–106, 108, 110, 121–122

  sale of works, 46

  sculptures/three-dimensional objects, 49, 74

  serial display of works, 34–35, 39

  sex portrayed in works, 141–142

  as television artist, 85, 86, 87, 88–89, 90

  as transvestite, 112

  as TV artist, 83, 84–85

  universal sameness concept and, 57

  use of outside craftspeople, 54, 55

  value of works, 100

  wallpaper produced by, 109–110, 113, 114

  worth of works, 137.

  See also exhibitions of Warhol’s work; films and videos by Warhol; sculptures/three-dimensional objects by Warhol; style of Warhol’s works; subject matter of Warhol’s works

  Warhola, Julia, 34

  Watson, Steve, ix, 101

  Wesselman, Tom, 4, 45

  “What is art?” controversy, xiii–xiv, 2, 22, 31, 36, 52, 62, 63, 64, 65–66, 69–70, 110–111.

  See also Brillo Box(es) (Warhol)

  White, Edmund, 64–65

  Whitney Museum of Art, 66, 80, 106

  Who Killed Andrei Warhol?, 72

  Wicked Witch of the West, 128

  Williams, Tennessee, 94

  Wise potato chips logo, 143

  Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 37, 60, 92

  Wolfflin, Heinrich, 61

  women artists, 108–109

  Women in Revolt film (Warhol), 112

  Woodlawn, Holly, 112

  World War I, 29, 52

  Woronov, Mary, 95–96

  youth culture, 92, 125

  Zotz Art, 73

 

 

 


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