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The Andy Warhol Museum is worth the trip to Pittsburgh. We have this cultural concept that iconoclastic artists are temperamental and difficult to work with, bu
by moron4hire 10y ago
The Andy Warhol Museum is worth the trip to Pittsburgh. We have this cultural concept that iconoclastic artists are temperamental and difficult to work with, but from all accounts Warhol was a consumate professional in his work, always seeking to give his clients his absolute best work, on time, on budget. And he worked constantly, maybe even obsessively. Very inspiring.
- justinator 10y agoIn a large part, he also birthed the modern idea of having a whole level of other artists underneath him, that did the majority of his paintings, screen prints, films, magazines - you name it. His name was much like a trademark for a product. He produced works en-mass, often as cheaply as possible. His art studio was named, "The Factory" after all... This is well and good - artists employing people to do much of the actual work dates to at least the Renaissance, but Warhol isn't known to exactly treat these people well - you could even call him exploitative. His nickname was, "Drella" (Dracula + Cinderella) How many people, for example, who hung out to The Factory in its hey-day, or worked with Warhol, then had their lives destroyed by severe drug addictions - perhaps even while being a part of a film he was shooting? His public indifference to some of these deaths is astounding - perhaps because he himself was severely addicted to drugs (amphetamines). Take a walk on the Wild Side.