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Andy Warhol interview with Bay Times Oct. 1965
“Do you think pop art is…”
“No.”
“What?”
“No.”
“Do you think pop art is…”
“No… no, I don’t.”
“Why did you leave commercial art?”
“Uhhh, because I was making too much money at it.”
“Is your present work more self-satisfying?”
“Uhhh, no.”
“OK, if you say so. Are you drawing for yourself to express your individuality more fully or because you are so well paid?”
“Uhhh… well, Gerard does all my paintings.”
“What was the purpose of making a 4 1/2 hour film of Robert Indiana eating two mushrooms?’
“How do you know it was two mushrooms? It was only one mushroom.”
“Well, in the article I read it said it was two mushrooms.”
“Oh, it was one mushroom.”
“What was the purpose of it?”
“Well, it took him that long to eat one mushroom.”
“I mean, why did you have to film it?”
“Uhhh, I don’t know. He was there and he was eating a mushroom.”
“About how much time do you spend on your painting?”
“No time… what color are your eyes?”
“I think they’re blue but my mother says they change a lot.”
“They look… they look brown.”
“Yeah, that’s what she says. She says at night they look brown.”
“Well, why’d you say they were blue?”
“Because that’s the color I’ve known all my life. She says they’re blue.”
“Really?”
“Yeah, they’re blue.”
“They’re brown.”
“They’re blue.”
“They’re brown.”
[excerpted from a longer interview in I’ll be your mirror: the selected Andy Warhol interviews : 1962-1987 By Kenneth Goldsmith, Reva Wolf, Wayne Koestenbaum]
Tags: andy warhol, bay times
brown mushroom cloud, blue sky,
brown mushroom cloud, blue sky,
i wonder what a conversation between andy warhol and rodney dangerfield would have been like
i wonder what a conversation between andy warhol and rodney dangerfield would have been like
Nobody would be getting any respect
Nobody would be getting any respect
What a dingus.
What a dingus.
“Uhhh… well, Gerard does all my paintings.”
This is great. I want to get someone to do all my writing.
Will someone please write a short story for me? I’ll put my name on it and submit it around.
“Uhhh… well, Gerard does all my paintings.”
This is great. I want to get someone to do all my writing.
Will someone please write a short story for me? I’ll put my name on it and submit it around.
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Maybe there’s something wrong with me, but I find his thought process and responses fascinating.
Maybe there’s something wrong with me, but I find his thought process and responses fascinating.
I will, Shya, I will.
I will, Shya, I will.
One of the best artist interviews I’ve ever read. Especially wonderful is “brown vs. blue” part.
One of the best artist interviews I’ve ever read. Especially wonderful is “brown vs. blue” part.
Good. Just send it to my email address. I’ll give you the list of all the places I submit, in addition to any feedback I get on the story.
Good. Just send it to my email address. I’ll give you the list of all the places I submit, in addition to any feedback I get on the story.
the key is finding someone named Gerard
the key is finding someone named Gerard
zing!
zing!
I’ve never seen anyone walk this line so well, between fascinating and bullshit. “I want to be plastic.” Indeed, sir.
I’d love to see this interview blankly, without it being known as Andy Warhol, front-loaded. I wonder the reception.
BTW, reading Factory Made. Of all the Warhol books (I have ready many–bit of a Warhol freak), I think it top 3.
I’ve never seen anyone walk this line so well, between fascinating and bullshit. “I want to be plastic.” Indeed, sir.
I’d love to see this interview blankly, without it being known as Andy Warhol, front-loaded. I wonder the reception.
BTW, reading Factory Made. Of all the Warhol books (I have ready many–bit of a Warhol freak), I think it top 3.
you should write a post about warhol books, i would really like that
you should write a post about warhol books, i would really like that
ding
ding
Me, too. That is, before he got shot.
Me, too. That is, before he got shot.
I would totally love that.
I would totally love that.
I would like to know what the interviewer thought about the interview after he completed it. If this excerpt is the indicative of the entirety of the interview, it seems like a good interview. But it seems like the kind of interview that would make the interviewer feel spurned after conducting it, even though I would consider this a highly successful interview.
I would like to know what the interviewer thought about the interview after he completed it. If this excerpt is the indicative of the entirety of the interview, it seems like a good interview. But it seems like the kind of interview that would make the interviewer feel spurned after conducting it, even though I would consider this a highly successful interview.
Me too, I’m liking Warhol more and more these days.
At least give us your other top two?
Me too, I’m liking Warhol more and more these days.
At least give us your other top two?
spurning the interviewer is always good i think.
spurning the interviewer is always good i think.
actually, the note about that in the book is really interesting. apparently the guy was so blown away by warhol’s method that he ended up doing work at the factory for him so he could hang around.
actually, the note about that in the book is really interesting. apparently the guy was so blown away by warhol’s method that he ended up doing work at the factory for him so he could hang around.
Factory Made (as I sad)
Warhol’s own “POPism.” is amazing like this interview above, the same tone but a bit more on topic (lots of topics)
Then Andy Warhol: Drawings 1942-1987. Dude has lots of table books and I find this one best.
Factory Made (as I sad)
Warhol’s own “POPism.” is amazing like this interview above, the same tone but a bit more on topic (lots of topics)
Then Andy Warhol: Drawings 1942-1987. Dude has lots of table books and I find this one best.
This one: http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/3aa/3aa565.htm
This one: http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/3aa/3aa565.htm
Book link here: http://www.amazon.com/Andy-Warhol-1942-1987-Mark-Francis/dp/0821226088
I’ll put a partial list with notes later.
plastic
Book link here: http://www.amazon.com/Andy-Warhol-1942-1987-Mark-Francis/dp/0821226088
I’ll put a partial list with notes later.
plastic
I like this idea.
I like this idea.
love that idea as well
love that idea as well
Good interviewers are those who listen to the people they are interviewing. Seems like that happened there.
Good interviewers are those who listen to the people they are interviewing. Seems like that happened there.
“The Pittsburgh presentation of Andy Warhol Drawings, 1942-1987 is made possible by support from the Campbell Soup Company”!!
“The Pittsburgh presentation of Andy Warhol Drawings, 1942-1987 is made possible by support from the Campbell Soup Company”!!
Ok. Good points.
Ok. Good points.