ПОПизм. Уорхоловские 60-е

by Andy Warhol, Pat Hackett

Культурная буря охватила 60-е - поп-арт, сексуальная революция, психоделия, Боб Дилан, андеграундное кино, - и в центре всего этого Энди Уорхол. "ПОПизм" - это реконструированное десятилетие начиная с 1960 года, когда Уорхол только начал создавать свои полотна с банками супа Campbell's и Мэрилин; ретроспективный взгляд на живопись, кино, моду, музыку, знаменитостей и отношения, определявшие атмосферу "Фабрики" - места, ставшего центром 60-х в Нью-Йорке, места, где всегда можно было найти всех: от Лу Рида с Тhe Velvet Underground и Нико до Эди Седжвик, Джерарда Маланги и Пола Моррисси. Неоднородный, смешной и откровенный "ПОПизм" - своеобразный итог десятилетия, изменившего мир

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, History, Biography, Memoir, Pop Culture, Art History

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Andy Warhol was an American visual artist, film director and producer. A leading figure in the pop art movement, Warhol is considered one of the most important American artists of the second half of the 20th century. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture. Some of his best-known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) and Marilyn Diptych (1962), the experimental films Empire (1964) and Chelsea Girls (1966), and the multimedia events known as the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966–67).

Reviews

[AiK · Rating 4 out of 5]

Мемуаристика тоже может быть андеграундной, попистской и контркультурной.
Уорхоловские 60-е были весёлыми, с бесконечными тусовками, свободным сексом, лёгкостью, доступностью и изобилием наркотиков, которые считалось нормальным романтизировать, и от которых много талантливых людей умерли молодыми.
Это было время, когда наркотики были модными, их принимали и светские львицы, и отвязные тусовщики, артисты употребляли их, чтобы оставаться бодрыми 24 часа в сутки, недобросовестные врачи прописывали амфетамины, как средство для похудения.
60-е были временем сексуальной революции, поэтому также как свой фильм, эту книгу Уорхол мог бы запросто назвать "Трах".
Эта книга про то, как жил Уорхол, как творил, и не только в изобразительном искусстве, но и кино, музыке. Мне кажется, что он был талантлив в общении - кажется, что он лично знал всех более-менее значимых людей в кино, музыке и искусстве в США и Европе. Он умел коммерциализировать искусство и понимал важность галерей и кураторов в раскрутке художников и целых направлений. Художника в нем разглядел Эмиль де Антонио или Де. Как-то Энди спросил, отчего его другие художники не любят.
"Во-первых, пост-абстрактно-экспрессионистская чувственность, конечно, гомосексуальна, а они оба носят классические костюмы – то ли в армии, то ли на флоте служили! Во-вторых, их нервирует, что ты коллекционируешь картины: обычно художники не покупают работы других, так не делается. И в-третьих, – заключил Де, – ты коммерческий художник, а это совсем в их голове не укладывается, потому что это они занимаются рекламой – витринами и прочими заказами, что я для них нахожу, – они этим занимаются, чтобы заработать на жизнь. Они даже своими именами не пользуются. В то время как ты за рекламу призы получаешь! Знаменит благодаря ей!" Мир абстрактного экспрессионизма был мачистским, и Энди туда не вписывался. Поп-арт возник из ниоткуда. Одновременно несколько художников начали работать в этом стиле.
Книга дала импульс узнать и о других сторонах таланта Уорхола, в частности, творчества группы Velvet underground. Его фильмы что-то не решаюсь посмотреть.

[Madeleine Morrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

I fucking love Andy Warhol.

[7jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good introduction to books produced by Andy Warhol because it's light tone and optimism, interesting details and how easy it is to read. My father had the first copy of this book that I read many times. An introduction to the strange world of the Factory from its earliest days, the people come and go, the music (including the Velvet Underground plays), the cameras film on and tinfoil and the 1960s are everywhere, in fashion, drugs, people and art. Beautiful and interesting to read. Recommended.

[Cari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy read but fascinating. Warhol's style is very conversational, very gossipy, and if it weren't for the tragic ends of so many of the individuals featured, Popism would be almost fluffy. The name dropping got to be a little much, as if he were trying to stuff as many big names as possible into the pages, and certain instances were quite clearly sugarcoated to downplay the drama and make himself look better by minimizing his involvement (example: Edie Sedgwick). Not much of a narrative, just vivid memories that Warhol does manage to interweave and bring together into an intriguing tale. I'm neither a Warhol nor New York in the 60s fanatic, but I still found myself interested. Popism definitely held my attention. Recommended.

[Carla Remy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Andy Warhol wrote Popism with Pat Hackett. Probably dictated it to her. His book about the 70s and 80s, the Andy Warhol Diaries, is also written with, probably dictated to, Pat Hackett. I mean, I think Pat’s female. Possibly Pat is a man.
Warhol died in 1987 of complications from Valerie Solonas shooting him in 1968. He did not do drugs and he did not have AIDs. But everyone in the factory was on amphetamines.
I read this when I was 19 and utterly loved it then, carried away by the glamour of the scene. Thirty years later I don’t care as much, just see it as interesting history.

[Vincent · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read The Philosophy of Andy Warhol many, many years ago but still quote that "McDonald's is Beautiful" phrase today. I like Andy Warhol's ideas and some of his work but fall short of being a fan. POPism is an interesting chronological record of the founding of the Pop Art movement from its widely accepted father, Andy Warhol.

Andy's penchant for gossip and name dropping helped me make new connections that were completely obvious but ignored because I never thought to put the personalities together. For example, mentions of Tennessee Williams are sprinkled throughout the book. I guess he was friendly with the Factory. Up until POPism, I would never have thought the two seemingly, radically different artists knew each other.

It's also interesting to read what the "enigmatic" Andy felt he had to explain. The biggest one being why he didn't try to save Edie personally. He makes the rationalization that people have to want to do things on their own. If you try to force them you might drive them further into their addiction or lose them entirely.

You also see an unseemly side of Andy when he talks about how he wished Ondine stayed on drugs. He said the new clean Ondine was unimaginative and boring compared to the unpredictable high Ondine. It really gave credence to the commonly heard criticism that Andy treated people like toys.

If you are interested in the rise of Pop Art and the life of Andy Warhol, I believe you'll like this book.

[Naomi Bimba · Rating 5 out of 5]

An incredible and mesmerising portrait of 1960's New York and all of the beautiful people that lived in Warhol's exclusive world. Junkies, supermodels, it girls and drag queens swarm the Factory, whilst Warhol watches and often documents. I could read this book again and again, Warhol is such a sublime oddball.

[Vienna · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the part about Andy himself, the Factory and the overall '60s vibe, but I didn't like the rest that much. He talked about lots of other people I didn't know and care about, so that made it very flat for me. Sadly that was what he talked about most, so that's why I can only give it 2 stars.

[Tosh · Rating 5 out of 5]

The 60's in New York City via the eyes of Andy Warhol. A very much straight forward memoir of what was happening at the time. Not hard to believe considering Warhol photographed every person he met or at the very least tape-recorded their conversations. Speed-like obsession over objects and people. One can argue if Warhol is truly the great artist of the 20th Century (no, Duchamp is) but without a doubt he is the 'recorder' of his time - and that makes him a historian of sorts. Essential book. Read it!

[Kimley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'd say I'm more intrigued by Warhol's work rather than a hardcore fan. I find him far more fascinating conceptually than aesthetically. That said, I thought this book would be a bit of light gossipy fun about all the characters that went in and out of The Factory which it is, but he's also surprisingly candid and dare I say it endearing. Talking about his insecurities starting out and his fears after getting shot, we get a fuller picture of the man and his humanity.

[Ellen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a Munson Williams Proctor (MWP) book club book. As with many book club books it is probably not a book I would have read on my own. This book illustrates why I love book clubs. The book was difficult to read in that it was very disjointed. He (Andy Warhol) mentioned so many people and many people were in and out of his circle quickly that it was very confusing. Also, most of the people around Andy Warhol were taking drugs- a lot of drugs. Andy talked a bit about his art but mostly he described his movies, which I didn't think very highly of. There were a few words that I had to look up "Seconal"-Andy described a "seconal sleep". Seconal is a barbiturate. Catafalque-a wooden frame or ornamental structure used in funerals.
I learned a lot. I learned that Jackson Pollack art is about movement. Instead of a painting being a still, stationary object, Jackson Pollack paintings capture that sense of movement and color. Andy also said that art is determined by who wants your work. If your art is desired by someone with money or in the art world, then its considered "art"
Now, we get to the discussion. The museum had a facilitator who had a PowerPoint. I learned that the point of Andy Warhol's paintings were the repetition and the packaging of everyday things in our lives. He realized that people don't really want the real reality, which he tried to show, they want the sanitized, cleaned up and put in a neat package tied with a bow version. He was also fascinated by the mechanical reproduction of things. He love coke because coke is a great equalizer: it doesn't matter who you are-the pope, royalty, a artist, a factory worker, a kid-coke tastes the same to everybody.
I also realized while we were talking that even though I didn't appreciate the movies he made, those movies had a big influence on film and maybe to a lesser extent but still very powerful to the evolving culture of the time.
On an aside, Andy lived his life true to himself at a time when it was dangerous to be out. Even though I believe that the over-the-top behaviors of the extroverted "out" crowd he hung around with helped to give gay people a bad name.

[Jade · Rating 4 out of 5]

Warhol’s tumultuous corner of that decade provides a read so interesting I had to come back to it (and I enjoyed it even more the second time.) This book left an aching aftertaste; a desire for the New York creative industry to regress back to before it was fragmented and a desire to experience it. Back to when The Velvet Underground would practice in the factory basement, as Andy Warhol had dinner with Mick Jagger upstairs, and a voicemail from Judy Garland was waiting on the studio answering machine. Anyone and everyone using art to engage with the world ended up in the creative whirlwind spinning around New York City in the sixties. It’s not like that anymore, and any future creative will never get to experience a community that intersected in such a mind-boggling way.

[Clara Mundy · Rating 3 out of 5]

7/10

Nothing astounding on the prose level and rarely a page-turner (with the exception of when The Velvet Underground enters the scene and when Warhol gets shot), but I loved learning about the underground art world of the ‘60s. Name drops galore: Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, Nico, Robert de Niro, Judy Garland, Jefferson Airplane, etc etc etc. The kind of book you can pick up and read a few paragraphs of whenever you have a minute and want to know some fun bits of ‘60s gossip.

“If I’d gone ahead and died ten years ago, I’d probably be a cult figure today.”

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Warhol's personal account of the 1960s Pop phenomenon/culture...
You have to either love Warhol, or be really into the NYC 60s social scene to enjoy this book. Being both, I thought it was great. This memoir is filled with interesting and oddly insightful stories/ observations that could only come from the unique perspective of Warhol. I used it for my thesis so I read it more than once.

[Alexa · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you're not interested by Andy Warhol or his factory mates, then you won't enjoy this book. It's not a guide to pop art, it's a glimpse into the life of an icon and the people he surrounded himself with. A great read for Warhol fans.

[Rodica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read it a couple of years ago. Great fun. There is art talk, there is a lot of name dropping and reminiscing, there is a very candid look at his whole crazy crew of protégées and cool kids drawn in by his fame and fortune.

[шаша · Rating 5 out of 5]

talented brilliant amazing как сказала бы гага всем рекомендую крысинг в виде книги. еще и про искусство

[Jordy A · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating life in the 60’s. Everyone knew everyone and reading this book allows you to feel a part of the scene.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loads of fun to read! I took copious notes on artists, writers, fashion designers, dancers, models and musicians to Google and films to see, etc, etc. Read it!

Spoilers/Quotes:

"I've been quoted a lot as saying, "I like boring things. ...if I'm going to sit and watch the same thing I watched the night before, I don't want it to be essentially the same-I want it to be EXACTLY the same. Because the more you look at the same exact thing, the more the meaning goes away, and the better and emptier you feel." -pg. 50

"As I said before, that had always fascinated me, the way people could sit by a window or on a porch all day and look out and never be bored, but then if they went to a movie or a play, they suddenly objected to being bored. I always felt that a very slow film could be just as interesting as a porch-sit if you thought about it the same way. And now all these kids on acid were demonstrating the exact same thing." -pg. 207

now, this is really saying something...

"People say that you always want what you can't have, that "the grass is always greener" and all that, but in the mid-sixties I never, never, never felt that way for a single minute. I was so happy doing what I was doing, with the people I was doing it with." -pg. 220

referencing the 1st screening of his 24 hour film, ****...

"The strange thing was, this was the first time I was seeing it all myself - we'd just come straight to the theater with all the reels. I knew we'd never screen it in this long way again, so it was like life, our lives, flashing in front of us - it would just go by once and we'd never see it again." -pg. 252

[Martin Bihl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Let's start with the understanding that I am really intrigued by Mr. Warhol, that I used to watch his movies back in the day when you had to get video stores to order them on VHS tape, and that I have listened to far more than my fair share of the Velvet Underground. Does that make me an expert? No. Does it make me a fan? Undoubtedly. And yet, I both didn't expect a lot from this, and didn't quite know what to expect as well (which, not that I think of it, is probably the proper way to encounter any work by Warhol).

Boy was I pleasantly surprised. "Popism" is well-written and tells a truly inside story of Warhol's rise, the factory, the people around both, and even makes some subtle observations about it all. Worth reading if you're interested in the sixties, the art world, or American culture. And it's a must-read if you're a fan of Andy.

[you can also see a longer review of at http://theagencyreview.wordpress.com/...]

[Joey · Rating 4 out of 5]

For anyone who has ever wondered about Andy Warhol as I have, this is an excellent book, told by the man himself. Although so shy in interviews that he often dressed up doppelgangers to go in his place, he was incredibly insightful and perceptive. This book dishes all kinds of gossip on the people that flocked to be around him and his scene kids, the celebrities they encountered along the way and all the decadence that came with the New York pop culture scene. it does not focus much on his art but it does reveal a lot about what made him creative and also has the story in his own words of how he got shot and how the NY doctors were just going to let him die until one of his friends told them "He's famous and has lots of money". Excellent read.

[Ewan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thoroughly great for the early years and the build-up, but like many of the great stars at the heart of the Pop boom and heroin-clad era, more burnout and dismal periods of scattershot memories and unfulfilling moments follow. The build-up is superb, Andy Warhol writes of the famous faces around at the time, of Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan, with apathy and a wonder as to where their careers would go. A really great piece for those wanting to learn more about Warhol, if for every other bit of scrappy information, you can put up with a completely dull anecdote about whatever drug or drink was popular that evening.

[Hayden · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a weird one. Got super boring for a bit, and never strayed from what it was, gossip, but the characters this guy was around were so god damn weird that it made it worth finishing. Was also cool to hear a no filter recount of such an influential man’s life. He held nothing back about what may have been the craziest social scene anyones had in the past century. Cool to read overall, but got a bit repetitive.

[Julie Stout · Rating 5 out of 5]

Warhol is so insightful, clever and an absolute riot of a character! I adored every word of this book and found myself agreeing with so many of Warhol's sensibilities, like I was hanging out with a good friend. I'll read this again eventually, just like I'll eventually re-read the diary of andy warhol eventually. Warhol as the Proust of the 20th century!

[Aude · Rating 1 out of 5]

You have to really love andy Warhol to get through this because it is sooo boring.
Andy Warhol wrote it himself and I don't think he is a very good writer. He just tells it like it is which is not my kind of book.
But hey
it might be yours.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so good. It is such an interesting perspective on life in the 60s and Warhol name drops pretty much every important name in the entertainment business at the time. I really want to read all the Andy Warhol books now.

[Angela Sorby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Andy Warhol Nice

This book sews together many disparate strands of pop history. I found Warhol's voice to be surprisingly nice, candid and sensitive, but maybe that was the co-author's invisible hand at work.

[Ian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reads like a tabloid article.

[Lisa Kren · Rating 5 out of 5]

I highly recommend this to anyone interested in the life and works of Warhol.

[Alex · Rating 1 out of 5]

Literal doggerel. It took me two years.