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PopArt privat: Warhols Alltagsweisheiten, 13. Juli 1999
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Wer glaubt, Warhols gesammelte Weisheiten entspringen dem staubtrocknen Enzyklopädien-Hirn eines Philosophen, wie der Titel THE Philosophy of Andy Warhol auf den ersten Blick nahelegen könnte, der irrt, und das gewaltig. Warhols Einsichten reichen nur von A nach B und dann wieder zurück, sie entspringen den Gesprächen zwischen Warhol und Brigid Polk, einer langjährigen Intimfreundin des Popart-Künstlers, die beide in stundenlangen Telefonaten über Liebe und Geld, Ruhm und Glamour, Schönheit, Erfolg und Unterhosenkauf ein Portrait der amerikanischen Alltagskultur der späten 60er Jahre malen. THE Philosophy of Andy Warhol ist das Kondensat: "If someone asked me, 'What's your problem? I'd have to say, 'skin'" - "The rich have many advantages over the poor but the most important one is knowing how to talk and eat at the same time." - "I never think positive, I always think the opposite." Der 'Papst des Pop' privat: Die erste Liebe, Sex ab vierzig, hartnäckige Schönheitsprobleme, Drag Queens, Elizabeth Taylors Friseur, seine rasante Kariere in den Sechzigern, sein Leben inmitten der gefeierten Schönheiten der New Yorker Gesellschaft. Und wer noch mehr erwartet, wird nicht enttäuscht. Warhol öffnet seine Schatzkiste und gibt verblüffende Einsichten in die Geheimnisse seiner Kunst und seines Erfolg. Wer wirklich reich werden will, findet bei Andy Warhol alles darüber. (Dies ist eine Amazon.de an der Uni-Studentenrezension.)
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ANDY: TAKE ONE NOW, ONE AT BEDTIME, 25. Juni 2000
I love this book with a passion - ironically, I guess. I was personally a late conversion to pop art and the wry nonsense of the post-sixties media-driven labels fetish. Now, well, if you can't best 'em ...! This deceptively relaxed book is a wondrous construct owing much to Warhol's brilliant assistant Pat Hackett (and maybe editor-nemesis Colacello?) - but it's pure war-and-love torn Andy. It's essentially a glamorous book, a book that dwells on the peacock finery of our weary world, without teasing the darker undercurrents. It's a memoir on the side of the Embattled Gods. Warhol, it has recently been said (Sunday Times, June 2000), displayed an autistic focus on things, and the evidence gushes here, like Sale Day at Macys. Commodities loom large (understatement) in his enjoyment of living. But! But! But! There is also a wider, functional and provocative philosophy that is too fudged by high living bonism. In one unsurpassable poetic passage Warhol (and Hackett) takes us through the sensual circus of an ambling sunny morning in Manhattan. The fragrance of pretzels, the light on Fifth, Chinatown babble, etc. This is an unparalleled, transcendent embracing of the temporal world that helps explain the fugacious intensity of Warhol's pictorial art - and, more universally important, urges us all to take stock of our brief mortal moments, and think again. Warhol in France, in Italy is fabulous. Warhol watching TV is a hoot. Warhol on valium is humbling. Warhol reflecting is who we all should be. Put this on your nightstand and wait till your ego goes Pop. Under the media barrage, uncowed by the soul of this soulless age, there is a shining light.
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An interesting read but not great, 15. März 2000
I agree very strongly with a previous review, "Excellent but with faults" by xosa@hotmail.com. To add to this very accurate previous review, I would say that the book is clever and does give some insight into Warhol's life and times. However the cleverness often becomes superficiality. I have read many other biographies of great thinkers (scientists, writers, artists) and find this work by Warhol comparatively unsatisfying. It has the air of someone (who's work is undeniably brilliant) who is hiding behind a facade and does not reveal any of his true thoughts or emotions. I had expected more from the personal philosphy of an artist of his calibre, but all the same this book is entertaining.
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