Popism
{{Short description|1980 memoir by Andy Warhol}}
{{Infobox book|
| name = POPism: The Warhol '60s
| image = File:Popism.jpg
| caption = Cover of the first edition
| author = Andy Warhol
| country = United States
| language = English
| subject =
| publisher = Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
| pub_date = 1980
| media_type = Print
| pages =
| isbn =
}}
POPism: The Warhol '60s is a 1980 memoir by the American artist Andy Warhol. It was first published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. The book was co-authored by Warhol's frequent collaborator and friend, Pat Hackett.
Content
The book covers the years 1960 to 1969, focusing primarily on Warhol's art and film work. It includes anecdotes about celebrities and infamous Factory characters.
Release
Popsim was published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in March 1980. Bob Colacello hosted a dinner party for the launch of the book at La Boite in New York City on March 24, 1980.{{Cite book |last=Warhol |first=Andy |url= |title=The Andy Warhol Diaries |last2=Hackett |first2=Pat |date=1989 |publisher=Warner Books |others= |isbn=978-0-446-51426-2 |location=New York, NY |pages=274 |postscript=Diary Entry: March 24, 1980}} The guests included Henry Geldzahler, Ahmet Ertegun, Richard Gere, Sylvester Stallone, Bianca Jagger, Debbie Harry, and Paloma Picasso.{{Cite news |last=Suzy |date=1980-03-26 |title=Astaire's 'Fine Romance' jars family |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/151979368/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |work=Daily News |pages=340}}
Reception
Thomas Sabulis of The Boston Globe wrote: "It's gossipy and alive, one of the best things you'll ever read about those crazy eight years—Warhol says the '60s ended in 1968. It's a Pop history in wraparound sunglasses and it reads like a dream."{{Cite news |last=Sabulis |first=Thomas |date=1980-05-08 |title=Andy Warhol's Pop People |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-andy-warhol-popism-book/152237031/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |work=The Boston Globe |pages=69}}
Ben Pleasants of the Los Angeles Times noted that "'Popism: The Warhol '60s' is not a book about turbulence in America, or upheaval in our cities or even experimentation in the arts; instead, it focuses on the chic gossip of the art crowd of Manhattan during that era."{{Cite news |last=Pleasants |first=Ben |date=1980-03-30 |title=Soupcons of culture in Warhol's decade |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-andy-warhol-popism/151981321/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |work=The Los Angeles Times - The Book Review |pages=12}}
Helen L. Kohen of The Miami Herald wrote: "The essence of Warhol's popism is disintegration, followed immediately by boredom."{{Cite news |last=Kohen |first=Helen L. |date=1980-05-04 |title=Defending the Right to Be Boring |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-andy-warhol-popism-book/152161129/ |access-date=2024-07-28 |work=The Miami Herald |pages=6-CW}}
Sources
- {{cite book|author=Bockris, Victor|title=The Life and Death of Andy Warhol|location=New York|publisher=Bantam Books|year=1989|isbn=0-553-05708-1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/lifedeathofandyw00bock}}
- {{cite book|author=Warhol, Andy|title=Popism: The Warhol Sixties|location=New York|publisher=Harcourt Brace Jovanovich|year=1980|isbn=0-15-1730-95-4}}
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Category:1980 non-fiction books
References
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