15 minutes of fame
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| - | ==15 minutes of fame== | ||
| - | [[Andy Warhol]], a 20th-century American artist most famous for his [[pop-art]] images of [[Campbell Soup Company|Campbell soup]] cans of and [[Marilyn Monroe]], commented about the explosion of media coverage by saying, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." | ||
| - | Today, when someone receives a great deal of media attention for something fairly trivial, and he or she is said to be experiencing his or her “[[15 minutes of fame]]”, the allusion is to Andy Warhol's famous saying. | + | '''15 minutes of fame''' is short-lived media publicity or celebrity of an individual or phenomenon. The expression is credited to [[Andy Warhol]], who included the words "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes" in the program for a 1968 exhibition of his work at the [[Moderna Museet]] in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]. Photographer [[Nat Finkelstein]] claims credit for the expression, stating that he was photographing Warhol in 1966 for a proposed book. A crowd gathered trying to get into the pictures and Warhol supposedly remarked that everyone wants to be famous, to which Finkelstein replied, "Yeah, for about fifteen minutes, Andy." |
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| + | The phenomenon is often used in reference to figures in the entertainment industry or other areas of [[popular culture]], such as [[reality television]] and [[YouTube]]. | ||
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| + | It is believed that the statement was an adaptation of a theory of [[Marshall McLuhan]], explaining the differences of media, where TV differs much from other media using [[contestant]]s. An older version of the same concept in English is the expression "nine days' wonder", which dates at least as far back as the Elizabethan era. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * ''[[Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes]]'' (a television show hosted by Warhol) | ||
| + | * [[Fad]] | ||
| + | * [[Famous for being famous]] | ||
| + | * [[Internet meme]] | ||
| + | * [[It girl]] | ||
| + | * [[One-hit wonder]] | ||
| + | * [[Reality show]] | ||
| + | * ''[[15 Minutes of Fame]]'' (a Comedy-pop music duo from London, England) | ||
| + | * [[World famous in New Zealand]] | ||
| + | * [[Big in Japan (phrase)]] | ||
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15 minutes of fame is short-lived media publicity or celebrity of an individual or phenomenon. The expression is credited to Andy Warhol, who included the words "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes" in the program for a 1968 exhibition of his work at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden. Photographer Nat Finkelstein claims credit for the expression, stating that he was photographing Warhol in 1966 for a proposed book. A crowd gathered trying to get into the pictures and Warhol supposedly remarked that everyone wants to be famous, to which Finkelstein replied, "Yeah, for about fifteen minutes, Andy."
The phenomenon is often used in reference to figures in the entertainment industry or other areas of popular culture, such as reality television and YouTube.
It is believed that the statement was an adaptation of a theory of Marshall McLuhan, explaining the differences of media, where TV differs much from other media using contestants. An older version of the same concept in English is the expression "nine days' wonder", which dates at least as far back as the Elizabethan era.
See also
- Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes (a television show hosted by Warhol)
- Fad
- Famous for being famous
- Internet meme
- It girl
- One-hit wonder
- Reality show
- 15 Minutes of Fame (a Comedy-pop music duo from London, England)
- World famous in New Zealand
- Big in Japan (phrase)
