Archiving Warhol: Writings & Photographs [Paperback]

Gerard Malanga (Author, Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 2002

Gerard Malanga was chief assistant at Andy Warhol's legendary Factory in New York from 1963 to 1970. As well as helping Warhol produce many, now instantly recognizable, works of art, Malanga also appeared in several Warhol movies-including Couch and Chelsea Girls-and was the Velvet Underground's notorious "whip dancer." He has since been widely published as a poet and photographer in his own right.

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Archiving Warhol is Malanga's first major book publication on Warhol and his years at the Factory. Primarily a collection of his many writings on, and interviews with, Andy Warhol over the years, it is heavily illustrated with photographs from Malanga's personal archive, including many shots published here for the first time. Subjects include members of Warhol's enigmatic entourage such as Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, Edie Sedgwick, Nico, Bob Dylan, and of course Warhol and Malanga himself.

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Archiving Warhol provides a unique historical insight into Andy Warhol's art and philosophy, and is an invaluable document of the Warhol 1960s, one of the most crucial and innovative periods in modern art.

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Definitive document on Warhol by close friend and collaborator, Gerard Malanga.
? Complements major Warhol exhibition at Los Angeles' MOCA and Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont.
? Ongoing media and consumer interest in "Warholiana."
? National press coverage, full online promotion.

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"An extraordinary selfless artistic partnership . . . and an insightful peek at life at the epicentre of sixties Pop Art."-Evening Standard

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Editorial Reviews

Review

'You'll know about the work already, and know about the celebrities surrounding the Factory scene, but this account of them is personal, insightful and gives you a glimpse of something so far unseen in this day-glo legend. An essential addition to your bookshelf.' - Boyz

'An extraordinary selfless artistic partnership...and an insightful peek at life at the epicentre of Sixties Pop Art.' - Evening Standard

'The memories of parties, dinners, art, film, literature, New York, Lexington Avenue, sex, drugs and rock & roll are completely captivating. An accessible and compelling read,...and a wonderfully thorough treatment of Andy Warhol.' - Juice

'Warhol's most important associate.' - New York Times

'Malanga is among the elite editors and photographers who have long dazzled and propelled the New York avant-garde.' - The Village Voice

'(Malanga was) often referred to as the Prime Minister of the Factory.' - The New Yorker -- Review

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Creation Books (September 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840680768
• ISBN-13: 978-1840680768
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,264,755 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Archiving Warhol: Writings & Photographs (Paperback)

This fails as a Warhol bio and as a photographic essay. Malanga was one of the Factory's major identities (and Art scene pin up boy) of the time, ideally placed to give a terrific insider's view of the Factory and it's assorted eccentric denizens. What we get is a some nice B&W photos coupled with a collection of wafer thin, often narcssistic ramblings that barely qualifies as a book. No dish on art, filmmaking, drugs, rivalries or even humorous anecdotes here. Malanga often talks about anything but Warhol, and then only in self aggrandizing terms. And he presents the barest of mentions of Factory prime movers like Paul Morrissey, Fred Hughes, Billy Name, Superstars Edie Sedgewick, Taylor Mead or even the Velvet Underground & Nico. What was Malanga's relationship and feelings towards these folks and the many others in Warhol's orbit? I guess we'll never know. Much better is Bob Colacello's seminal 'Holy Terror', a sensational book about the Warhol empire, or 'All Tomorrow's Parties' featuring the photographs of another major Warhol alumni, Billy Name.