Andy Warhol
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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