Andy Warhol (1928-1987) changed the way we look at the world, and the way the world looks at art. With his exhaustive observation of cultural trends, he identified ideas, images, and aesthetics shaping the consumer-driven postwar American experience. His legacy continues to influence contemporary culture, and the philanthropic work of the foundation he established has ensured that Warhol's inventive, open-minded spirit continues to have a profound impact on the visual arts long after his untimely passing.
Pat Hackett, editor of THE ANDY WARHOL DIARIES, was one of Warhol's closest confidantes. She co-authored POPism: The Warhol Sixties and Andy Warhol's Party Book with him, and co-authored the screenplay for Bad, Warhol's cult movie classic.
"A remarkable literary achievement." --New York Magazine
"A remarkable tour of Warhol's unusual frame of mind, the circles
of slick celebrities he moved in, the friends he made, the enemies
he made, the enemies he had, and the years he could not shake...The
material seems so scandalous it's a wonder it made print." --Bergen
Record
"A vivid picture of this enigmatic man...It abounds with celebrity
gossip...It provides the definitive answer to the oft-asked
question, 'What was Andy Warhol really like?'"--Philadelphia
Inquirer
"Cruel, sexy, and sometimes heartbreaking...Like classic literary
diarist--Pepys, Byron--Warhol is no neutral observer, but a
character in his own right...People may pick up THE ANDY WARHOL
DIARIES to see celebrities with (literary) pants down and spoons up
there noses...But they'll remember the strange creature who watched
it all happen."--Newsweek
"Fascinating...disturbing...decadent...no one emerges unscathed.
Warhol managed to crystallize the times in which he lived better
than just about anyone." --Variety
"Gossip lovers will revel in the roster of names parading through
Warhol's life--Elizabeth Taylor, Jack Nicholson, and Mick Jagger
only head the list--while others will find clues to Warhol the
person in his descriptions and comments...The book does much to
shed light on the character of a man who hid from an intrusive
public while living in the blinding glare of a perpetual
spotlight." --Houston Post
"Great social history...an anecdote a minute." --Village Voice
"No study of Manhattan society in the strobe-lit 1970s or in the
shadow of AIDS will be possible without consideration of THE ANDY
WARHOL DIARIES, which provides an unforgettable portrait of what a
set of people imagined themselves to be and of what they really
were." --Baltimore Sun
"The author sooner or later catches everyone he knows with their
pants down...The tone is pure Warhol. At once insightful and
distracted...A book that revels in nakedness."--Chicago Tribune
"The diaries go far beyond idle gossip. They are a re-creation of a
time and a place in America...Endless fascinating...the Warhol
diaries will stand for at least a century, if not more." --Detroit
News
"The ultimate self-portrait."--Boston Globe
"This extraordinarily revealing diary paints a more penetrating
portrait of our time's Glitterati Era than any of Andy's fable
canvases."--Forbes
"Warhol on Warhol, as dictated by Warhol...noble in its
obsessiveness."--New York Times
"Warhol's diaries will provide laughs, gasps and thrill for those
he mentions, for those who want a quick peek through their
shades."--New York Daily News
"Warhol's observations about the stream of people around him are
rarely less than brilliant."--Details
"Will have many going great, wow, and even golly."--Vanity Fair
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