Andy Warhol Libros

Visual biography of the American painter, printmaker and filmmaker, Andy Warhol.

This book is a summation of the career of an American artist whose work uniquely embodies the cultural shocks and ambiguities of our times. A master of media and an impresario of personality, Andy Warhol had by the time of his death in 1987 elevated himself to what Robert Rosenblum calls "the timeless and spaceless realm of a modern mythology that he himself both created and mirrored." His name, like Picasso's, is known throughout the world; his most famous creations, the familiar icons ofPpop art, are instantly recognized and relentlessly imitated. And yet, many of the works of this multifaceted and prolific artist have been shown and reproduced only sporadically. The exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art which this publication accompanies is the first full-scale, comprehensive Warhol retrospective. This volume, with more than six hundred illustrations, presents for the first time the full range of astonishing oeuvre.

This thoroughly revised and expanded third edition of Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonne 1962-1987 traces Warhol's complete graphic oeuvre from the first unique works on paper in 1962 through his final published portfolio in 1987. More than 1,100 works are illustrated, and complete documentation is provided for each. Among these are 650 unique edition prints, trial proof edition prints, and unpublished prints that Warhol created for personal projects and on commission, all works which were not included in the earlier editions of this catalogue. The illustrations and technical data are complemented by two essays that explore Warhol's graphic production from different perspectives.

Nach Abschluss seines Studiums (pictorial design) 1949 in Pittsburgh begann Andy Warhol eine erfolgreiche Karriere als kommerzieller Illustrator in New York (Schuh-Zeichnungen). Gleichzeitig entstanden seine privaten Zeichnungen, die hier erstmals gezeigt und veröffentlicht werden. Es sind Portraits, fast ausschliesslich unbekannter männlicher Figuren, wahrscheinlich Partybekanntschaften. Zu einer Zeit, in welcher Homosexuelle als eine unsichtbare Minorität und Travestie als Tabu angesehen wurden, fangen diese Zeichnungen eine private Welt ein.

This new catalogue documents a recent exhibition at the Starmach Gallery in Krakow, presenting Andy Warhol's Polaroid work during the last two decades of his life. The 65 color images here include Warhol's self-portraits - occasionally in drag or another kind of costume - as well as Warhol's pictures of celebrities and artists from all fields. Included here are artists such as Keith Haring, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Francesco Clemente, and Jean-Michel Basquiat; writers such as William S. Burroughs and Truman Capote; and actors including Liza Minelli and Dennis Hopper, among numerous others. These images mark out a territory all their own within Warhol's oeuvre, a space where both living humanity and the spectacle in which it is woven can coexist. Also featured here is "King for a Day," Francesco Clemente's brilliant and revelatory essay on Andy Warhol.

Andy Warhol is one of the most compelling figures of the twentieth- century art world, and his body of work has transformed the landscape of contemporary art. For this book, the museum has gathered the highlights of its collection to create a volume that is as compelling and idiosyncratic as Warhol himself.

Artwork by Andy Warhol. Contributions by Corinna Thierolf, Carla Schulz-Hoffmann.