Edited by Nina Schleif. Text by Marianne Dobner, Burcu Dogramaci, Simone Förster, Birgitta Heid, Lucy Mulroney, Susan M. Rossi-Wilcox, Anna Rühl, Nina Schleif, Jordan Troeller, Reva Wolf, Matt Wrbican.
Warhol as publisher, author, book artist and illustrator
Was Andy Warhol (1928-87) an intellectual or a comics reader? In any case, he loved books. From his student days onward, he was fascinated by the medium of print. Starting out with illustrations for famous novels by the likes of Truman Capote and Katherine Anne Porter, he became a successful graphic designer who then also created playful thematic booklets that he would hand out to New York's fashion scene as promotional gifts. He designed covers for large publishing companies and made silkscreens and lithographs for the covers of poetry books written by author friends. In his own books he documented the film and photographic work done at his Factory. Warhol also blasted apart the usual genres of literature by having sound recordings transcribed and published. Including a complete bibliography, this fascinating and fresh volume is the first substantial presentation of Warhol's important innovations in printed books.
"Andy Warhol’s Index (Book)" (1967) is reproduced from Reading Andy Warhol.
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Featured image is an advertisement designed by Andy Warhol for New York Daily
News delivery trucks circa 1967. Part of Warhol's Flash-November 22, 1963 series, published as an unbound illustrated book five years after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, it is reproduced from Hatje Cantz's fascinating but almost sold-out survey of Warhol's work in printed books, Reading Andy Warhol. Essayist Jordan Troeller writes, "The title refers to the conventions of the newsroom. 'Flash,' in distinction to 'first lead' and 'bulletin,' prefaces the most urgent reports as they come in on the wire. Thirty-five of these reports chronicle the events from the arrival of Kennedy in Dallas to the funeral three days later. The title also conjures the flashbulb of the reporter’s camera, and the experience of shock following such grisly illumination." continue to blog
FORMAT: Hbk, 8.75 x 11.25 in. / 304 pgs / 300 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $60.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $79 ISBN: 9783775737074 PUBLISHER: Hatje Cantz AVAILABLE: 2/28/2014 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: In stock TERRITORY: NA LA
Published by Hatje Cantz. Edited by Nina Schleif. Text by Marianne Dobner, Burcu Dogramaci, Simone Förster, Birgitta Heid, Lucy Mulroney, Susan M. Rossi-Wilcox, Anna Rühl, Nina Schleif, Jordan Troeller, Reva Wolf, Matt Wrbican.
Warhol as publisher, author, book artist and illustrator
Was Andy Warhol (1928-87) an intellectual or a comics reader? In any case, he loved books. From his student days onward, he was fascinated by the medium of print. Starting out with illustrations for famous novels by the likes of Truman Capote and Katherine Anne Porter, he became a successful graphic designer who then also created playful thematic booklets that he would hand out to New York's fashion scene as promotional gifts. He designed covers for large publishing companies and made silkscreens and lithographs for the covers of poetry books written by author friends. In his own books he documented the film and photographic work done at his Factory. Warhol also blasted apart the usual genres of literature by having sound recordings transcribed and published. Including a complete bibliography, this fascinating and fresh volume is the first substantial presentation of Warhol's important innovations in printed books.
