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[bio] Andy Warhol [e]

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Posted: 05.10.2001; 18:58:43
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Andy Warhol *1928, Pittsburgh ?1987, New York [USA]; Warhol graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1949 after studying pictorial design and then moved to New York. There he worked in advertising, window dressing, magazine illustration, and book jacket- and record-cover design. He continued to publish drawings and books until the beginning of the 60s when he started comic-strip and portrait paintings. His studio at 231 East 47th Street became known as »The Factory«. After filmmaking and Velvet Underground-related performances, painting became Warhol's main occupation. He died in February 1987 after beginningthe »History of American TV«.

Solo Exhibitions | Filmography | Grants and Awards | Bibliography | Recommended Links

Solo Exhibitions
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1989
»Andy Warhol: A Retrospective«, Museum of Modern Art, New York [USA], Hayward Gallery, London [GB], Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris [F]
1981
»Andy Warhol: Bilder 1961 bis 1981«, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich [D]
1978
»Andy Warhol«, retrospective, Kunsthaus Zurich [CH]
1976
»Andy Warhol: Das zeichnerische Werk 1942-1975«, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart [D], Städtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf [D], Museum Moderner Kunst, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna [AT]
1970/1971
»Andy Warhol«, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena [USA], Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago [USA], Tate Gallery, London [GB]
1969
»Andy Warhol«, Nationalgalerie und Deutsche Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin [D]
1964
»Andy Warho«l, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York [USA]
1952
«Andy Warhol: fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote«, Hugo Gallery, New York [USA]


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Filmography
[selected]

1976
Lonesome Cowboy
Nude Restaurant

1966
Chelsea Girls

1965
The Life of Juanita Castro
My Hustle
Beauty #2
Vinyl

1964
Empire
Henry Geldzahler

1963
Blow Job
Eat
Kiss
Sleep

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Grants and Awards
[selected]

1965
National awards for work in graphic design and art direction

1952
Art Directors Club Medal

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Bibliography
[selected]

° By the Artist ::

A is an Alphabet, New York 1953; Love Is a Pink Cake, New York 1953; Wild Raspberries, New York 1953; Andy Warhol's Index, New York 1967; The Philosophy of Andy Warhol, New York 1975; America, New York 1985

° About the Artist ::

Henry Geldzahler Andy Warhol: Portraits of the Seventies and Eighties, Thames & Hudson and Anthony d'Offay Gallery, New York 1993; The Work of Andy Warhol, Gary Garrels (ed.), Dia Art Foundation, New York 1989; Victor Bockris, Andy Warhol: The Biography, New York 1989; Henry Geldzahler, Andy Warhol, Galeria Fernando Quintana, Bogotá 1988; John G. Hanhardt and Jon Gartenberg, The Films of Andy Warhol: An Introduction, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1988; Andy Warhol, Arbeiten/Works, 1962-1986, exhib. cat., Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, 1987; Andy Warhol: Portraits of the 70's, David Whitney (ed.), Random House in association with the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1979; Andy Warhol: Ein Buch zur Ausstellung 1978 im Kunsthaus Zürich, Erika Billeter (ed.), Kunsthaus Zürich, 1978; John Coplans, Andy Warhol, New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Connecticut 1970; Andy Warhol, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst e.V. Berlin and the Nationalgalerie, Berlin 1969

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Recommended Links

-> The Andy Warhol Foundation

-> The Andy Warhol Museum Pittsburgh [USA]

-> Dia Center for the Arts' Andy Warhol information page

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