ANDY WARHOL: Celebrity, Death, Money (and the SCUM Manifesto)

I just do art because I am ugly and there’s nothing else for me to do….”- Andy Warhol Who was Andy Warhol? We know his work (soup cans- images of celebrities) but what motivated him to create his art? In this episode we will explore Andy Warhol’s life defining experience- the time he was shot by a radical feminist play write/drifter. This event was ultimately overshadowed by Bobby Kennedy’s assassination days later- maybe that’s why you haven’t heard the story. Let’s delve into the world of Andy Warhol, the good, the bad, and the ugly. WORKS REFERRED TO IN THE EPISODE “Boy drawings” (refers to the works Andy created in the mid to late 1950’s), Andy Warhol, Ink on Paper, Various Collections Campbell's Soup Cans, Andy Warhol, 1962, Synthetic polymer paint on thirty-two canvases, Each canvas 20 x 16" (50.8 x 40.6 cm). Overall installation with 3" between each panel is 97" high x 163" wide, Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York City The Marilyn Diptych, Andy Warhol, 1962, Acrylic paint on Canvas, Tate Museum, London Gold Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol, 1962,  Silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas, Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York City Andy Warhol (Scars), Richard Avedon (1923-2004), Photographed 1969 in NYC