From the 32 canvas Campbell's Soup Cans to the Marilyn Diptych,
Andy Warhol's silk-screen prints are the epitome of Pop Art: witty,
gimmicky and unafraid of repetition. Obsessed with consumerism and the
cult of celebrity, Warhol (1928-1987) exalted the "surface of
things"--and yet he was a man of deep complexity. In Andy, Typex
captures the remarkable life of the king of Pop Art, from his
working-class upbringing in Pittsburgh to the dizzying heights of his
celebrity. Spanning a period that began with the "talkies" and ended
with the advent of house music, it is also a memorable portrait of
20th-century pop culture and the stars who defined it. Spanning Warhol's
early career as a commercial illustrator, his relationship with the
Velvet Underground, and the development of his own instantly
recognizable style, Andy is an exhilarating portrait of a transcendent
artist and a master self-promoter. Intensively researched, this 568-page
graphic biography--with silver edgestain on the pages--is the first to
tell the complete life story of the iconic pop artist.