Index : A : Andy Warhol

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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

Andy Warhol

Who was the artist that Warhol briefly collaborated with in 1983?

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Jean-Michel Basquiat . Basquiat's lifestyle became so dangerous that even Warhol stopped associating with him, and Jean-Michel was dead of a drug overdose within a few years.



Who shot Andy Warhol?

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Valerie Solanis . Valerie Solanis was a devout feminist. She was one of the many who felt that Warhol was abusive and controlling (she wasn't wrong there). She thought that he deserved to die. Warhol was at one point pronounced dead, but was revived and slowly recovered. Some called him a martyr, and others felt that he got what he deserved.



Where were Warhol's parents from?

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Czechoslovakia. Andy Warhol was born Andrew Warhola, on August 6, 1928, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.



When Andy Warhol was in grade school, what serious disease did he contract?

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St. Vitus's disease. This left him in bed for over a month. He would later refer to this as his 'first nervous breakdown.'



What was Warhol's first film?

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Sleep. It was a six-hour movie of a man sleeping. Most of his movies were like 'Sleep' in that they were plotless, boring, and extremely LONG.



What was the nickname of Warhol's studio?

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The Factory. Here, Warhol was a type of king, manipulating his followers and playing them off against one another. People would come into the Factory group and quickly be discarded, all at Warhol's will.



What piece of work did Warhol NOT do?

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Lincoln. 'Lincoln' was by Robert Rauschenberg.



What organization did the person who shot Andy Warhol belong to?

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SCUM . The Society for Cutting Up Men - she was the founding and only member.



What magazine did Warhol NOT do ads for early in his career?

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Life. In high school, Warhol was so talented that the other members of the Art Club excluded him for being much better than them.



What did Warhol die of?

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gallbladder operation. He died on February 21, 1987, as one of the most popular and successful artists of the 20th century.



Warhol was the producer of the first album of what underground rock band?

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The Velvet Underground . He also painted the cover to their first album, entitled 'The Velvet Underground and Nico.'



To speed up the process of creating art, what method did Warhol famously adopt?

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silkscreening . Of which 'Mao' is a prime example.



This 1964 work had to be painted over because certain people were offended by it. What was it?

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Thirteen Most Wanted Men. People were offended because most of the men were Italian.



He also featured the group in his road show. What was this called?

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The Exploding Plastic Inevitable . Before anyone questions the name, keep in mind that it was the sixties...



Choose the BEST answer. Who was NOT a big influence on Warhol?

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Delacroix. According to USAD: Warhol, as well as many modern artists, have Seurat to thank for the idea of art detached from the self.

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