Back To Index Andy Warhol
 Barnes & Noble This extended episode of the British arts program The South Bank Show has a pop serenity that befits its subject -- Andy Warhol was, after all, the artist whose impassive eye and, in the words of his old art dealer Ivan Karp, "blank, blunt, bleak, stark images" pulled the rug out from the under the abstract expressionist "dripsters." Made in the wake of his death in 1987, it delves into the awesomely contrasting sides of Warholiana: his rough, fantasy-spiked childhood in a fairly wretched-looking Pittsburgh, the years advertising (feeding his foot fetish by drawing thousands of shoes in pulpy ads), the earliest breakthroughs made with imperfect silkscreening, a rest from painting spent revolutionizing underground filmmaking, the return to commissioned portraits, and the experiments in television. An early highlight is a hilarious interview conducted by a female TV journalist sporting Karp and Warhol, who plays the fey imp behind opaque sunglasses and whispered monosyllabic answers. A lucid contrast to the Chuck Workmans lofty, frenetic (and somewhat abstract-expressionist itself) Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol, this disc is shrewd, cool, and witty. As the shows narrator puts it, "Behind the apparent simplicity of his work lies an acute understanding of the iconography of the 20th Century…of the American dream -- or nightmare." Eddy Crouse Interested in the song lyrics? - Check out themostlyrics.com! Looking For A DVD? - Check out dvd-a-rama.com! |
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