Wayne Koestenbaum - Andy Warhol

In his bravura account of Warhol's life and work, scholar and culture critic Wayne Koestenbaum gets past the contradictions and reveals the man behind the blond wig and dark glasses. Nimbly weaving brilliant and witty analysis into an absorbing narrative, Koestenbaum makes a convincing case for Warhol as a serious artist, one whose importance goes beyond the '60s. Focusing on Warhol's provocative, powerful films (many of which have been out of circulation since their initial release), Koestenbaum shows that Warhol's oeuvre, in its variety of forms (films, silkscreens, books, "happenings", and so on), maintains a striking consistency of theme: Warhol discovered in classic American images (Brillo boxes, Campbell soup cans, Marilyn's face) a secret history, the eroticism of time and space.

Key Information
Authors		Wayne Koestenbaum
Nonfiction Category		Biography & Autobiography
Narrator		Arthur Addison
Professional Reviews
		New York Times Book Review: "Throughout the book Koestenbaum views Warhol through a scrim of the artist's homosexual longing....while Warhol successfully transferred the aesthetics of gay subculture to the mainstream, his impact is in his universality, and Koestenbaum never addresses how this 'outsider' was able to make that seminal artistic leap....In ANDY WARHOL, Koestenbaum does what he does best--serve up a psychosexual souffli of arch observations."
Book Editions
		Audio - Audio CassetteAbridgedApril 01, 2001Books on Tape9780736668118