ABSTRACT
Andy Warhol (1928–1987) was the leading artist of the 1960s Pop Art movement. He experimented with numerous art forms, including performance art, cinema, video installations, and even writing, as with the two autobiographical books The Philosophy of Andy Warhol and POPISM. Considered controversial in his lifetime for blurring the lines between fine art and pop-commercial culture, Warhol is now universally recognized as one of the most important artists of the 20th century, and perhaps as the quintessentially American artist. This chapter reappraises Warhol’s art by evaluating it in the light of his autobiographical narratives.
