Andy Warhol
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Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 — February 22, 1987) was an American artist, a central figure in the movement known as Pop Art. After a sucessful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became famous worldwide for his work as a painter, an avant-garde filmmaker, a record producer, an author and a public figure known for his presence in wildly diverse social circles that included bohemian street people, distinguished intellectuals, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy aristocrats.
A controversial figure during his lifetime (his work was often derided by critics as a hoax or "put-on"), Warhol has been the subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions, books and documentary films since his death in 1987. He is generally acknowledged as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.
He founded the magazine Interview.
Selected
- Blow Job (1963)
- Sleep (1963)
- Bitch (1965)
- Camp (1965)
- Taylor Mead's Ass (1965)
- Vinyl (1965)
- Chelsea Girls (1966)
- The Velvet Underground and Nico (1966)
- The Loves of Ondine (1968)
- Flesh (film) (1968)
- Lonesome Cowboys (1968)
- Blue Movie (1969)
- Trash (1970)
- L'Amour (1972)
- Heat (1972)
- Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)
aka Andy Warhol's Frankenstein (USA) - Blood for Dracula (1974)
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