Warhol (book)
ISBN 978-0-06-229839-3 (US hardcover) | 978-0-241-00338-1 (UK hardcover) | |
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Warhol (or Warhol: A Life as Art) is a 2020 biography of American artist
Publication
The book was first published in the
The book was published unsubtitled as Warhol in the United States in hardcover, e-book and audiobook format by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins, on April 28, 2020.[6][7]
The front cover of the book's dust jacket was designed by Allison Saltzman and features a photograph of Andy Warhol sitting in a chair in New York on February 27, 1968, photographed by Barton Silverman.[1]
Reception
At the
In its starred review, Kirkus Reviews called it "an immensely enjoyable book that blends snappy writing with careful exegeses of the artist's influences and techniques."[9]
Publishers Weekly gave the book a favorable review, writing, "Gopnik's exhaustive but stylishly written and entertaining account is Warholian in the best sense—raptly engaged, colorful, open-minded, and slyly ironic."[10]
Writing for Harper's Magazine, Gary Indiana panned the book, calling it "elephantine, ill-written, nearly insensible".[11]
The book was also reviewed by Waldemar Januszczak in The Sunday Times,[4] Lucy Sante in The New York Times,[12] Kathryn Hughes in The Guardian,[13] Stephen Metcalf in the Los Angeles Times,[14] Roger Lewis in The Times,[15] Dominic Green in The Wall Street Journal,[16] and Paul Alexander in The Washington Post.[17]
Publication history
- Warhol: A Life as Art. ISBN 978-0-241-00338-1.[3]
- Warhol. ISBN 978-0-06-229839-3.[6]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-06-229840-9.
- ^ "Art Critic Blake Gopnik Named Leon Levy Fellow for His Ambitious Andy Warhol Biography". Artnet. April 22, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ Penguin Books UK. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ a b Januszczak, Waldemar (February 16, 2020). "Warhol by Blake Gopnik review — the truth about the pop art pioneer". The Sunday Times. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Penguin Books UK. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ HarperCollins Publishers. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- HarperCollins Publishers. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- Book Marks. Literary Hub. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ "Warhol by Blake Gopnik". Kirkus Reviews. December 2, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Warhol by Blake Gopnik". Publishers Weekly. November 5, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ Indiana, Gary (June 2020). "Always Leave Them Wanting Less". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ Sante, Lucy (May 3, 2020). "Andy Warhol, Superstar". The New York Times. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ Hughes, Kathryn (February 22, 2020). "Warhol by Blake Gopnik review – sex, religion and overtaking Picasso". The Guardian. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ Metcalf, Stephen (April 22, 2020). "Review: Was Andy Warhol a saint or scourge, genius or dolt? A new biography befits a great life". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- ^ Lewis, Roger (February 15, 2020). "Warhol: A Life as Art by Blake Gopnik review — the triumph of a tiny talent". The Times. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- ^ Green, Dominic (April 20, 2020). "'Warhol' Review: Nothing Like the Real Thing". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- ^ Alexander, Paul (17 April 2020). "'Warhol' paints the Pop Art icon as the most influential artist of the 20th century". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
External links
- Warhol at Harpercollins.com
