{"product_id":"andy-warhol-andy-warhol-9788836642335","title":"Andy Warhol: The Alchemist of the Sixties","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRetracing the creative universe of pop art's most famous figure\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is difficult to overstate the influence that American artist and provocateur Andy Warhol (1928-87) has had on art and culture worldwide since he first premiered the 32 \u003ci\u003eCampbell's Soup Cans\u003c\/i\u003e in 1962 at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles. As part of a burgeoning pop-art scene in New York in the early 1960s, Warhol painted the things and images of the ordinary world--\"images that anybody walking down Broadway could recognize in a split second,\" as he explained it. \"Comics, picnic tables, men's trousers, celebrities, shower curtains, refrigerators, Coke bottles--all the great modern things.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWarhol took these \"great modern things\" into the painter's studio and, copying and painting them through the photo-silkscreen process, turned them into Warhols. Like an alchemist, Warhol transformed the base materials of reality into something new: into pop art, into transfigured commodities and into art historical icons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndy Warhol: The Alchemist of the Sixties\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on this transformative power of Warhol's work. The publication brings together more than 140 works by Warhol, including examples of some of his most well-known series, like the \u003ci\u003eJackies\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eMarilyns\u003c\/i\u003e. With a particular focus on Warhol's engagement with consumerism, mythmaking, music and the sexual revolution of the 1960s, this volume retraces the creative universe of pop art's most famous figure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andy Warhol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8836642330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788836642335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Silvana Editoriale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 7.00w x 1.40d","brand":"Andy Warhol","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43991342416127,"sku":"9788836642335","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9611d21f-de78-4351-ae0b-04771971a673.jpg?v=1683309736","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/andy-warhol-andy-warhol-9788836642335","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}