Beauty

'He created his own universe and became its star' David Cronenberg, Guardian<BR><BR>Andy Warhol carried a camera with him everywhere he went and, taken from ten years of extraordinary shots, his America aspires to the strange beauty and staggering contradictions of the country itself. Exploring his greatest obsessions - including image and celebrity - he photographs wrestlers and politicians, the beautiful wealthy and the disenfranchised poor, Capote with the fresh scars of a facelift and Madonna hiding beneath a brunette bob. He writes about the country he loves, wishing he had died when he was shot, commercialism, fame and beauty.<BR><BR>An America without Warhol is almost as inconceivable as Warhol without America, and this touching, witty tribute is the great artist of the superficial at his most deeply personal.

A unique collection of brilliant quotations from the legendary Pop artist<BR><BR>One of the most influential artists of his time and ours, Andy Warhol is nearly as renowned for what he said as for what he did. Indeed, he is so quotable that things he never said are endlessly and plausibly attributed to him, including, fittingly, the most celebrated fake Warhol saying-"In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." Warhol-isms separates legend from fact to present a unique and comprehensive collection of authentic quotations from the Pop artist. Gathered from interviews and other primary sources, these deadpan, droll, ironic, and sincere gems-in which a superficial embrace of superficiality often disguises provocative, unconventional ideas-provide compelling insights into the life and work of an artist who has left an indelible mark on art and popular culture.<BR><BR>Select quotations from the book:- I think an artist is anybody who does something well.- I went to [a psychiatrist] once, and he never called me back.- They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.- I've never met a person I couldn't call a beauty.- New things are always better than old things.- I'm still a commercial artist. I was always a commercial artist.

NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES<BR><BR>'His last great work of art' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian<BR><BR>'Cruel, sexy, and sometimes heartbreaking ... Warhol is no neutral observer, but a character in his own right' Newsweek <BR><BR>Andy Warhol kept these diaries faithfully from November 1976 right up to his final week, in February 1987. Written at the height of his fame and success, Warhol records the fun of an Academy Awards party, nights out at Studio 54, trips between London, Paris and New York, and surprisingly even the money he spent each day, down to the cent. With appearances from and references to everyone who was anyone, from Jim Morrison, Martina Navratilova and Calvin Klein to Shirley Bassey, Estee Lauder and Muhammad Ali, these diaries are the most glamorous, witty and revealing writings of the twentieth century.<BR><BR>Edited with an Introduction by Pat Hackett

Überall, wo er hinging, hatte Andy Warhol eine Kamera dabei. Dieser Band enthält eine Auswahl aus zehn Jahren: außergewöhnliche Aufnahmen, die die ambivalente Schönheit und die unauflösbaren Widersprüche Amerikas zeigen. Warhol fotografierte Wrestler und Politiker, die Schönen und Reichen ebenso wie Obdachlose. Viele bekannte Persönlichkeiten finden sich auf diesen Seiten: Truman Capote mit den frischen Narben nach einem Facelifting, Madonna, die sich hinter einem brünetten Bob versteckt, ein nackter Keith Haring, der gerade im Meer badet. Warhol, der als Kind osteuropäischer Einwanderer als Andrew Warhola geboren wurde und zum wichtigsten Künstler der USA avancierte, war gleichzeitig dessen bester Entlarver und Deuter. Amerika ist eine sehr persönliche Sammlung von 250 Fotografien, durchsetzt mit Anekdoten und aphorismenhaften Reflexionen, die einem die USA besser erklären als dicke Wälzer. Das Buch, das zum ersten Mal auf Deutsch erscheint, ist eine zeitlose Momentaufnahme über Starkult, Kommerzwut, Schönheitswahn, also des American Dreams und Wahns.

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books<BR><BR>'People should fall in love with their eyes closed. Just close your eyes. Don't look.'<BR><BR>From Warhol's romantic relationships to his thoughts on interior design, these candid, highly entertaining musings - on love, sex, beauty, work and space - give an intimate glimpse into the mind of one of the most iconic figures in twentieth-century culture.

'Good b.o means good "box office." You can smell it from a mile away'<BR><BR>The legendary sixties New York pop artist Andy Warhol's hilarious and insightful vignettes and aphorisms on the topics of love, fame and beauty.<BR><BR>Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.