POPism: The Warhol Sixties [Paperback]

Andy Warhol (Author), Pat Hackett (Author)

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Publication Date: May 24, 1990 | ISBN-10: 0156729601 | ISBN-13: 978-0156729604

Anecdotal, funny, frank, POPism is where Warhol, in the detached, back-fence gossip style he was famous for, tells it all-the ultimate inside story of a decade of cultural revolution. Foreword by Andy Warhol; Index; photographs.

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"A vivid re-creation of a great time to live and a great time to die."--Martin Scorsese

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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"It is as absorbing as the best telephone gossip, funny yet full of insights."—Christopher Isherwood
 
A cultural storm swept through the 1960s—Pop Art, Bob Dylan, psychedelia, happenings, underground movies, the British Invasion—and at its center sat a bemused young artist with silver hair: Andy Warhol. Andy knew everybody—from the cultural commissioner of New York to drug-driven drag queens—and everybody knew Andy.

His studio, The Factory, was the place: where he created the large canvases of soup cans and Pop icons that defined Pop Art, where one could listen to Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground and rub elbows with Edie Sedgwick, where The Chelsea Girls and Warhol’s other underground classics were shot, and where Warhol himself could observe the comings and goings of the avant garde.

Anecdotal, funny, and frank, POPism is where Warhol tells it all—the ultimate inside story of a decade of cultural revolution.
 
"POPism reads like a novel . . . Social history of the rarest kind, set down in ultra-sharp focus by someone who helped shape the events he describes."—Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker
 
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was a painter, graphic artist, filmmaker, and leader of the Pop Art movement. He was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and died in New York in 1987.
 
Pat Hackett worked closely with Andy Warhol for twenty years, coauthoring two books and a screenplay as well as serving as his diarist.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Mariner Books (May 24, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0156729601
• ISBN-13: 978-0156729604
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #907,143 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Good News of Andy Warhol, December 12, 2004

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This review is from: POPism: The Warhol Sixties (Paperback)

Why wait for others to come along years later to write your Gospels? With Pat Hackett, Andy got out the Word.

If you've only read what others wrote about Warhol, you might be surprised to learn here to what extent the others seem to be using "Popism" as a source. You may wish you'd saved the money you spent on the other accounts. Few seem to present Warhol as well as he and Pat did.

It is to be wondered how many of the biographers and critics understood him. This guy who "lacked social skills" but somehow during the 60's seemed to have 10-20 friends with him whenever he went out for dinner shows in "Popism" what an extraordinary social magnet AND social observer he was. Sex and drugs and rock n' roll rarely get pushed this far.

"Popism" is surprising conventional in form, however unusual the people it describes. It flows easily. It is among the best publicity of Warhol and his circle. There's a helpful 8 page index of the people mentioned. To name a few: Brigid Polk, International Velvet, John Cale, Ultra Violet, Jackie Curtis, Joe Dallesandro, Candy Darling, Duchess, Baby Jane Holzer, Fred Hughes, Gerard Malanga, Mario Montez, Paul Morrissey, Billy Name, Nico, Ondine, Lou Reed, Edie Sedgwick, Ingrid Superstar, and Viva. You may never have been to The Factory, never seen a Warhol movie, never even seen a Warhol silkscreen, never heard Velvet Underground music, but, if you read "Popism" you'll feel like you know all these people and more.

Warhol's description of being shot and his recovery is especially fascinating. How was he able to be so objective? Andy and Pat are among the best storytellers.

After reading this book, treat yourself to watching "I Shot Andy Warhol" for another good presentation of what this scene may have been like.

Warhol lives.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Poptastic, December 3, 2001

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This review is from: POPism: The Warhol Sixties (Paperback)

With some 300 pages of prime slice Warholian gossip this book serves as an indespensible guide to the New York "Pop" scene and the Factory life of the sixties. Though written with aegis of co author Bob Hackett the essence of Andy- detached, voyeuristic, amoral/asexual, and humourous in his own dryly monosyllabic way- shines through on every page. Mildly autobiographical, thoroughly entertaining, and like the subject it describes; utterly disposable, this book is indescribaly essential reading material for the true Warhola fanatic. Yum.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Coolest Book!, January 25, 2002

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This review is from: POPism: The Warhol Sixties (Paperback)

This engaging and fast-moving book chronicles the incredible rise of 60's pop culture and it's devastating conlusion as the key mover of the New York Pop art scene describes in ironic, humourous and incredibly sad detail. There are lots of bodies in the wake of Warhol's rise to American iconography. It's facinating and incredible. Pat Hackett has to be one of the most talented writers around to have been able to compile Andy's story in such a way that it's only his authentic voice that you hear as you read any of the books that she collaborated on. It's well worth the price of admission!