Popism, Andy Warhol
Popism, Andy Warhol
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Popism
The Warhol Sixties

Author: Andy Warhol, Pat Hackett

Narrator: Daniel Henning

Unabridged: 13 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/29/2025


Synopsis

Anecdotal, funny, frank, POPism is Warhol's personal view of the Pop phenomenon in New York in the 1960s.

A cultural storm swept through the 1960s—Pop Art, Bob Dylan, psychedelia, underground movies—and at its center sat a bemused young artist with silver hair: Andy Warhol. Andy knew everybody (from the cultural commissioner of New York to drug-driven drag queens) and everybody knew Andy.

His studio, the Factory, was the place: where he created the large canvases of soup cans and Pop icons that defined Pop Art, where one could listen to the Velvet Underground and rub elbows with Edie Sedgwick and where Warhol himself could observe the comings and goings of the avant-garde.

In the detached, back-fence gossip style he was famous for, Warhol tells all in POPism—the ultimate inside story of a decade of cultural revolution.

Contains mature themes.

About Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol (1928–1987) was an iconic American artist who
was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. He had a
successful career as a commercial illustrator, after which he became a renowned
and sometimes controversial artist. His works explored the relationship between
artistic expression, the culture of celebrity, and the pervasive influence of advertisements
that proliferated through the 1960s. Warhol’s works include some of the most
expensive paintings ever sold. He was also an author, a music promoter, and a producer
and director of innovative films.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Madeleine Morrison on September 28, 2008

I fucking love Andy Warhol.......more

Goodreads review by Vincent on October 10, 2011

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......more

Goodreads review by Naomi on October 17, 2013

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 subl......more

Goodreads review by Vienna on April 22, 2017

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.......more

Goodreads review by Ellen on May 31, 2016

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......more