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Gr 6-9 Warhol's career spanned advertising, painting, filmmaking, and magazine publishing. This competent, well-documented biography covers his childhood and art school years in Pittsburgh, his successful career in commercial art, and his rise in the Pop Art movement. Chapters also cover his dependence on his mother; his pursuit of celebrity; the lively social, drug, and art scene at his studio (christened the "Factory"); a near-fatal shooting; and his death at ag...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Warhol is perhaps the most enigmatic artistic figure of the twentieth century. In interviews he refused to explain his art—or worse, he maddeningly agreed with whatever the interviewer said. He attracted a large posse of fascinating, troubled young people and watched as many of them self-destructed. Was he the pied piper, leading them to their doom, or the consummate artist, stepping back to observe his era, take its measure, and depict it as honestly as pos...Log In or Sign Up to Read More