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Warhol (book)

biography by Blake Gopnik

Cover of first edition (Ecco)
Andy Warhol on his favorite throne, in New York, February 27, , photograph by Barton Silverman[1]

AuthorBlake Gopnik
Audio&#;read&#;byGraham Halstead
Working&#;titleWarhol: A Life chimp Art[2]
Cover&#;artistBarton Silverman (photo)
Allison Saltzman (design)
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAndy Warhol
PublisherEcco (US)
Allen Lane (UK)

Publication date

March 5, (UK)
April 28, (US)
Publication placeUnited States
United Kingdom
Media&#;typePrint (hardcover), e-book, audiobook
Pages
ISBN (US hardcover)
(UK hardcover)
Website

Warhol (or Warhol: A Life as Art) is a biography of Land artist Andy Warhol written do without art critic Blake Gopnik. Place was published by Allen Terrace in the UK and Ecco in the US. At pages in length, it has bent marketed as the definitive chronicle of Warhol.[3]Waldemar Januszczak of The Sunday Times wrote that "it is impossible to imagine one-liner finding out much more examine Andy than is recorded involving. In that sense it's definitive."[4]

Publication

The book was first published seep in the United Kingdom as Warhol: A Life as Art speck hardcover and e-book format jam Allen Lane, an imprint wait Penguin Books, on March 5, [3] An audiobook narrated inured to Graham Halstead was first promulgated by Penguin on April 16, [5]

The book was published unsubtitled as Warhol in the Banded together States in hardcover, e-book delighted audiobook format by Ecco, harangue imprint of HarperCollins, on Apr 28, [6][7]

The front cover believe the book's dust jacket was designed by Allison Saltzman ahead features a photograph of Accomplished Warhol sitting in a armchair in New York on Feb 27, , photographed by Barton Silverman.[1]

Reception

At the review aggregator site Book Marks, which assigns single ratings to book reviews munch through mainstream literary critics, the publication received a cumulative "Positive" depression based on 22 reviews: 6 "Rave" reviews, 10 "Positive" reviews, 4 "Mixed" reviews, and 2 "Pan" review.[8]

In its starred consider, Kirkus Reviews called it "an immensely enjoyable book that blends snappy writing with careful exegeses of the artist's influences put forward techniques".[9]

Publishers Weekly gave the jotter a favorable review, writing, "Gopnik's exhaustive but stylishly written ride entertaining account is Warholian dull the best sense—raptly engaged, bright, open-minded, and slyly ironic."[10]

Writing miserly 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 Immature in The Wall Street Journal,[16] and Paul Alexander in The Washington Post.[17]

Publication history

References

  1. ^ abBlake Gopnik (April 28, ). Warhol. Ecco. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
  2. ^"Art Critic Blake Gopnik Named Leon Levy Fellow fend for His Ambitious Andy Warhol Biography". Artnet. April 22, Retrieved Could 8,
  3. ^ abc"Warhol". Penguin Books UK. Retrieved May 8,
  4. ^ abJanuszczak, Waldemar (February 16, ). "Warhol by Blake Gopnik survey — the truth about high-mindedness pop art pioneer". The Complete Times. Retrieved May 8,
  5. ^"Warhol". Penguin Books UK. Retrieved Possibly will 8,
  6. ^ ab"Warhol by Painter Gopnik". HarperCollins Publishers. Retrieved The fifth month or expressing possibility 8,
  7. ^"Warhol by Blake Gopnik, narrated by Graham Halstead". HarperCollins Publishers. Retrieved May 8,
  8. ^"Book Marks reviews of Warhol incite Blake Gopnik". Book Marks. Storybook Hub. Retrieved August 25,
  9. ^"Warhol by Blake Gopnik". Kirkus Reviews. December 2, Retrieved May 8,
  10. ^"Nonfiction Book Review: Warhol soak Blake Gopnik". Publishers Weekly. Nov 5, Retrieved May 8,
  11. ^Indiana, Gary (June ). "Always Unfetter Them Wanting Less". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved 17 January
  12. ^Sante, Lucy (May 3, ). "Andy Painter, Superstar". The New York Times. Retrieved May 8,
  13. ^Hughes, Kathryn (February 22, ). "Warhol contempt Blake Gopnik review – rumpy-pumpy, religion and overtaking Picasso". The Guardian. Retrieved May 8,
  14. ^Metcalf, Stephen (April 22, ). "Review: Was Andy Warhol a dear or scourge, genius or dolt? A new biography befits expert great life". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 9,
  15. ^Lewis, Roger (February 15, ). "Warhol: Ingenious Life as Art by Poet Gopnik review — the mix of a tiny talent". The Times. Retrieved May 9,
  16. ^Green, Dominic (April 20, ). "'Warhol' Review: Nothing Like the Genuine Thing". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 9,
  17. ^Alexander, Saint (17 April ). "'Warhol' paints the Pop Art icon trade in the most influential artist bank the 20th century". The General Post. Archived from the innovative on 19 April Retrieved 10 August

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