The Chaotic But True Life Of Andy Warhol

Anyone who's ever wanted their "15 minutes of fame" has Andy Warhol to thank. Commonly associated with Campbell's Soup cans, pale wigs, and an assortment of strange artists and celebrities working together in a place known as the Factory, Warhol became one of the most famous American artists in history. The Andy Warhol life story is colorful, filled with the drugs, adult pleasure, and creativity that infected the New York art scene of the era. Although many wild tales exist about the Factory and his relationships with celebrities from the 1960s to the 1980s, true stories about Andy Warhol reveal a man who wasn't always in tune with his image.

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[LALacey]

Former Warhol museum employee here! Fun fact: the work that most visitors try to touch is the pee painting

[joghog]

Truman!”

This is why I LOVE this channel.

[ImJustKaren_]

Love Warhol! I live in Pittsburgh and go to his museum frequently. Seems most people either love his work or hate it, not much middle ground.

[btetschner]

A+ video!
LOVE IT! What a fascinating and unqiue history, did not know almost all those things about him!
Mind=Blown

[alycewonderland]

I loved Andy Warhol! I would've liked to see a little bit in this video about the artists Warhol pretty much discovered, like Basquiat, though. Even if some people didn't understand or like Andy's work, he was still incredibly adept at finding others whose artwork might have remained completely unknown if it hadn't been for Andy's intuitive sense of what was really unique and different and that would speak to others. ❤

[btetschner]

11:19 The Lou Reed song "Perfect Day, " sang by a collection of popular artists (including Elton John), was the #1 hit in the UK on my 18th birthday.

[normapadro]

I like his discipline. His actions spoke louder than words. He worked very hard to survive. I like stories like his. You get out of life what you put in. I admire that about him. He was always working.

[mattychristian]

His collab works with Basquiat are (imo) some of his best

[ruipacheco]

I was hoping to see Edie Sedwick mentioned... "Ciao baby"

[imeib.f-ddamedetritus]

Cool! I didn’t know Warhol designed the Sticky Fingers album cover! I remember being maybe 5 yrs old, going with my crazy Aunt Susie to Camelot Music and flipping thru the LP’s and coming across that one. She literally grabbed me as i had the zipper halfway down… 😆

[_The_Archive_]

Fun Fact: David Bowie borrowed one of Andy Warhol's wigs from The Andy Warhol Museum to portray him in the movie Basquiat (1996).

[btetschner]

2:44 The film Cabaret (1972) with Liza Minnelli is fantastic!

[zeusathena]

I'd like you to cover Georgia O'Keefe.

[btetschner]

0:36 Reminds me of the music video "Pop Goes The World" by Men Without Hats.

That is one of my favorite music videos of all time!

[Wigalot]

Kinda surprised video wasn't longer for Warhols wild life.

[adilsongoliveira]

I remember Bill Hader playing Warhol in Men in Black and, to be honest, it seemed the most plausible part of the movie 🤣

[jons.]

Debra Harry also did that cool video "Sweet and Low" that paid tribute with the video outlined images of her throughout and "Thanks Andy" at the very end!

[imeib.f-ddamedetritus]

Ahaha—almost as many tapes as Richard Nixon 😆
I love Weird History so much!

[christopherkelly]

The Rolling Stones logo is one of the coolest things he did

[watchingthewheelsgoround]

Very interesting, I never took the time to learn about him.