The autobiography of an American icon Andy Warhol's The Philosophy of Andy Warhol is published in Penguin Modern Classics'I never think that people die They just go to department stores' Andy Warhol
- American painter filmmaker publisher actor & major figure in the Pop Art movement
- was in many ways a reluctant celebrity Here in his autobiography he spills his secrets & muses about love sex food beauty fame work money success New York & America & its place in the world But it is his reflections on himself his childhood in Mc Keesport Pennsylvania the explosion of his career in the Sixties & his life among celebrities
- from working with Elizabeth Taylor to partying with the Rolling Stones
- that give a true insight into the mind of one of the most iconic figures in twentieth-century culture Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was an American painter filmmaker publisher actor & a major figure in the Pop Art movement He also produced a significant body of film work including the famous Chelsea Girls; characterised the epoch with the now-famous expression 'fifteen minutes of fame'; produced the first album by The Velvet Underground; & was nearly killed just two days before the assassination of JFK If you enjoyed The Philosophy of Andy Warhol you might like 100 Artists' Manifestos also available in Penguin Modern Classics' Acute Accurate Mr Warhol's usual amazing candor A constant entertainment & enlightenment' Truman Capote