Andy Warhol: and friends : 1965-1966

Abstract

"In 1965, Steve Schapiro started documenting Andy Warhol for 'Life' magazine; Warhol was cementing a reputation as an important Pop artist. With his sunglasses, blond wig, and bland public utterances, Warhol was enigmantic, charismatic, and intensely ambitious. Schapiro, also ambitious and hardworking, was an ideal witness to Warhol's relentless rise from cult New York artist to 20th century icon. Ironically, 'Life' never published the story, so many of these images are seen here for the first time, scanned from negatives found deep in Schapiro's archive"--Inside jacket flap.

Contents

Pop life / by Blake Gopnik -- Witness to Warhol by Steve Schapiro / interview by Reuel Golden -- 1965: New York : The factory ; Philadelphia : ICA show -- 1966: New York : Castelli Gallery & VU Studio ; Los Angeles : Ferus Gallery ; Los Angeles : The Velvet Underground at the Trip -- Biographies of Warhol's friends / by Drew Zeiba.