After gallbladder surgery, Warhol died of cardiac arrhythmia in February 1987 at the age of 58 in New York City. In June 1968, he was almost killed by radical feminist Valerie Solanas, who shot him inside his studio. He lived openly as a gay man before the gay liberation movement. He authored numerous books, including The Philosophy of Andy Warhol and Popism: The Warhol Sixties. In the late 1960s he managed and produced the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground and founded Interview magazine. He promoted a collection of personalities known as Warhol superstars, and is credited with inspiring the widely used expression ' 15 minutes of fame'.

His New York studio, The Factory, became a well-known gathering place that brought together distinguished intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, Bohemian street people, Hollywood celebrities, and wealthy patrons. After exhibiting his work in several galleries in the late 1950s, he began to receive recognition as an influential and controversial artist. 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).īorn and raised in Pittsburgh, Warhol initially pursued a successful career as a commercial illustrator. 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. Aug– February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director, producer, and leading figure in the pop art movement.

Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966 event)Īndy Warhol ( / ˈ w ɔːr h ɒ l/ born Andrew Warhola Jr.

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