Episode 54: Andy Warhol: New York and Rise of The Silver Factory - Part 2
We wrap-up the second of our two episodes by talking about just how high (pun intended) the Silver Factory could get. Powered by the social unrest brewing in the mid-1960s, this collection of junkies, drag queens and hangers-on led by the Oddball Oracle made some great work and also caused a lot of irritation in the art world. Andy couldn’t be stopped.
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(Top to bottom): “Marilyn Diptych” (1962), Polaroids of Irving Blum taken by Andy Warhol, “Andy Warhol with Brillo Box and Ruby the Cat” by Billy Name (1964), Warhol working in The Factory with his assistant Gerard Malanga
(Top to bottom): Cover of Factory Made by Steven Watson (Pantheon Books), pioneering emotive ads for Marlboro and Volkswagen
Andy Warhol Timeline (Rebecca Lowrey)
Andy Warhol Biography
(MoMA, The Andy Warhol Museum, Wikipedia)
“Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film” by Ric Burns
- Part 1 (YouTube), Part 2 (YouTube)
“Art’s Great Good Place? Warhol’s Silver Factory and Its Legacy” (The Gotham Center for New York City History)
“Inside The Factory: The Studio Where Andy Warhol Worked” (Art Life article)
Keith Haring discusses Warhol’s approach to life as art in this documentary (21:35-24:10).