ANDY
WARHOL's
at first he was andrew
of the magic of Hollywood, the New York beau monde. The boy cut out pictures from magazines: expensive cars, skyscrapers, and houses. He made collages and placed himself in the center. One day his mother asked him why he was doing that, and her son answered:
Shy boy Andrew Warhola (that's Warhol's real name), grew up in a family of immigrants from Slovakia in a working-class neighborhood in Pittsburgh. All his childhood, Andrew dreamed
"I want to live in this world and rule it!"
After graduating from college in his hometown, he moved to the Big Apple and changed his name to Andy Warhol. Here he became the number one artist and the king of "pop art"
Shy boy Andrew Warhola (that's Warhol's real name), grew up in a family of immigrants from Slovakia in a working-class neighborhood in Pittsburgh. All his childhood, Andrew
dreamed of the magic of Hollywood, the New York beau monde. The boy cut out pictures from magazines: expensive cars, skyscrapers, and houses. He made collages and placed himself in the center. One day his mother asked him why he was doing that, and her son answered:
Shy boy Andrew Warhola (that's Warhol's real name), grew up in a family of immigrants
from Slovakia in a working-class neighborhood in Pittsburgh. All his childhood, Andrew dreamed of the magic of Hollywood, the New York beau monde. The boy cut out pictures from magazines: expensive cars, skyscrapers, and houses. He made collages and placed himself in the center. One day his mother asked him why he was doing that, and her son answered:
factory birth
In the 1960s, Warhol was already a prominent figure. His apartment could not accommodate the volume of his creative production, so he started looking for space and helpers. It took him about six weeks to find it, and he happened to stumble upon a huge industrial space with full-wall windows. It wasn't the right place for an art studio at first glance, but
The shabby concrete and enormous ceilings gave a special, bohemian aura
Warhol was very satisfied with his choice. Subsequently the studio changed several addresses, but it was the Factory, or as they called it, the Silver Factory, located at the first address, that conveyed the spirit and atmosphere of the era most vividly
Andy Warhol named his new studio in New York the Factory, thus implying that art, like any commercial product, could be produced on an assembly line.
Andy Warhol named his new studio in New York the Factory, thus implying that art, like any commercial product, could be produced on an assembly line. In the 1960s, Warhol
was already a prominent figure. His apartment could not accommodate the volume of his creative production, so he started looking for space and helpers. It took him about six weeks to find it, and he happened to stumble upon a huge industrial space with full-wall windows. It wasn't the right place for an art studio at first glance, but
Andy Warhol named his new studio in New York the Factory, thus implying that art, like any commercial product, could be produced on an assembly line. In the 1960s, Warhol was
already a prominent figure. His apartment could not accommodate the volume of his creative production, so he started looking for space and helpers. It took him about six weeks to find it, and he happened to stumble upon a huge industrial space with full-wall windows. It wasn't the right place for an art studio at first glance, but
Andy Warhol named his new studio in New York the Factory, thus implying that art, like any
commercial product, could be produced on an assembly line. In the 1960s, Warhol was already a prominent figure. His apartment could not accommodate the volume of his creative production, so he started looking for space and helpers. It took him about six weeks to find it, and he happened to stumble upon a huge industrial space with full-wall windows. It wasn't the right place for an art studio at first glance, but
the silver era
The idea for the silver factory came when Warhol saw the apartment of his friend the photographer, director and designer Billy Name. It was all painted silver. Name decorated
silver paint, foil, broken mirrors
Warhol and Name decorated practically everything with foil: pipes, ducts, and even the toilet bowl. Silver balloons floated under the ceiling. The artists experimented with lighting, installing mirrors decorated with beads and feathers in various places. The studio ambience was striking in its bohemian, careless chic
the Factory and the elevator in the same spirit:
The idea for the silver factory came when Warhol saw the apartment of his friend the
photographer, director and designer Billy Name. It was all painted silver. Name decorated the Factory and the elevator in the same spirit:
the factory became a fabulous place
Guests of the Factory found interesting things in junkyards and brought them to the workshop. Billy Name found a red curved sofa on the street. This sofa blended very well with the silver interior and quickly became a favorite resting place for Warhol's guests. Andy often used it as a set for his underground films as well
factory residents
The Factory was an important place for New York bohemia. Filmmakers, poets, writers, dancers, photographers, or just loafers who liked to hang out with Andy were always there.
Here Andy was creating his own - momentary, no one familiar "superstars here and now," as opposed to world-famous Hollywood stars and gave each of them 15 minutes of fame.
the factory became Warhol's personal underground Hollywood
The heroes of the Factory never became famous outside it. Like Campbell's soup cans, put on the conveyor belt, they were appropriated, opened, emptied, and then replaced by the next batch
Here Andy was creating his own - momentary, no one familiar "superstars here and now," as opposed to world-famous Hollywood stars and gave each of them 15 minutes of fame. The Factory was
an important place for New York bohemia. Filmmakers, poets, writers, dancers, photographers, or just loafers who liked to hang out with Andy were always there.
Here Andy was creating his own - momentary, no one familiar "superstars here and now," as opposed to world-famous Hollywood stars and gave each of them 15 minutes of fame.
The Factory was an important place for New York bohemia. Filmmakers, poets, writers, dancers, photographers, or just loafers who liked to hang out with Andy were always there.
Here Andy was creating his own - momentary, no one familiar "superstars here and now," as
opposed to world-famous Hollywood stars and gave each of them 15 minutes of fame. The Factory was an important place for New York bohemia. Filmmakers, poets, writers, dancers, photographers, or just loafers who liked to hang out with Andy were always there.
Factory girl
Warhol called her an amazing blank space. For a while Andy and Edie were like twins: they wore the same hairstyle (Warhol wore a wig, while Edie cut her long brown hair and dyed it blonde), similar clothes, and behaved like a pair of lovers.
Edie Sedgwick was a big-eyed fashionista who escaped from the care of a wealthy family. Edie burned through life in the company of factory dwellers and spent her fortunes on drugs.
Edie introduced herself as "Mrs. Warhol"
Warhol shot Sedgwick in his films, which no one outside the Factory watched. Andy liked to watch Edie through the camera lens, letting her just be herself. In the frame she was usually smoking, listening to records, or applying makeup, and he enjoyed her authenticity
However, as soon as Edie stopped feeding Warhol's narcissism, he excluded her from his circle of friends. A pernicious addiction to drugs determined the fate of the muse. Like Marilyn Monroe, Edie Sedgwick died of an overdose of barbiturates. She was only 28 years old
Edie Sedgwick was a big-eyed fashionista who escaped from the care of a wealthy family. Edie
Edie burned through life in the company of factory dwellers and spent her fortunes on drugs. Warhol called her an amazing blank space. For a while Andy and Edie were like twins: they wore the same hairstyle (Warhol wore a wig, while Edie cut her long brown hair and dyed it blonde), similar clothes, and behaved like a pair of lovers.
"I shot Andy warhol"
the Factory either diverged or it consumed them and killed them. The answer to Andy Warhol's indifference was Valerie Solanas. The girl gave Warhol her script in the hope that he would make a movie based on it, but he either lost it or was just too lazy to look for it. So Valerie decided to take revenge...
Andy Warhol's Factory is called a conveyor belt of failed "superstars". Although people went there to gawk at Warhol himself, to gaze at his art, to make movies, their paths with
shot Andy Warhol three times
After that, the girl called the elevator and quietly left, believing that she had said goodbye to the "superstar" destroyer. She bought herself a peach ice cream and told the traffic cop: "I shot Andy Warhol"
On June 3, 1968, Solanas entered the Factory and then
Andy suffered a clinical death. After a long operation, the artist lost his spleen and part of his lung. For the rest of his life he would have to wear a corset
Andy Warhol's Factory is called a conveyor belt of failed "superstars". Although people went
there to gawk at Warhol himself, to gaze at his art, to make movies, their paths with the Factory either diverged or it consumed them and killed them. The answer to Andy Warhol's indifference was Valerie Solanas. The girl gave Warhol her script in the hope that he would make a movie based on it, but he either lost it or was just too lazy to look for it. So Valerie decided to take revenge...
The Factory spawned an unprecedented cultural revolution, and there is still no other artist's studio that so accurately embodies time, place, and artistic temperament as Andy Warhol's studio
