a visual collective outlet of inspirationclassic pics by steve shapiro. in order, marcello, truman, a not so optimistic lady, edi, andy and gerard. have a great weekend. by pp.
andy warhol
Glenn o’brien remembers lou reed
Hey Lou, it’s me. “I wished I talked to you more when you were alive…”
You wrote that to Andy when he bought it. Well, fucking ditto.
I just wanted to say that you went out well. You went out on top. And the whole fucking thing…your um, oeuvre, is like, scintillating and mind-boggling and thrilling and scary. Thrills and chills, fear and loathing, and then, just when we least expected it, you pulled out a big fat heart.
I first saw Lou Reed when I was in college. It had to be the summer of ’67 because the first Velvet Underground album, The Velvet Underground & Nico, had come out in March. The one with the Warhol peel-able banana on the inside of the LP. I had seen it in the record store. I think I didn’t have enough money to buy the album right off but I knew that the band was involved with Andy Warhol and they looked more interesting than anybody I’d ever seen before, and that was good enough for me. There was Andy on the back cover, staring through a tambourine. Lou was the guitar player in wraparound shades and a cop hairdo holding a guitar with his fingers bent in a weird posture, possibly resulting from taking a pill.
So I went to see The Velvets play at La Cave, a folk club on the East side of Cleveland, Ohio. I had gone there numerous times to see gentle folkies like Bob Gibson, Tom Rush, Judy Collins, and Ian & Sylvia, but I was especially psyched to see the weird band managed by Andy Warhol that had a songs called “Heroin,” “The Black Angel’s Death Song,” and “All Tomorrow’s Parties.” With the incredibly beautiful German singer who was in La Dolce Vita. Nico!
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by pp.
andy warhol’s bmw m1 art car
“now i don’t care what you dress like or what you wear, but please make sure baby, you’ve got some colours in there.” by kd
COOL BUNCH
andy, bianca, mick, fred, jed and baby jade. by pp.
the other warhol – les levine
by les levine, irish-canadian artist… deemed “the other warhol” even though his works were generally ‘pre’ not ‘post’. he was a major precursor to the conceptual movement, but considered himself a ‘media sculptor’ as he was one of the first to use technology and information as a base for his art works.
by kl
are you still hungry?
depends on what these kids are cooking. by sv
dear andy love mick
by sv
springtime with the kids
mick jagger, catherine deneuve and andy warhol, waiting for their rocket to come. by sv
avedon at the gagosian
this fantastic exhibit, which runs through july at the gagosian gallery, features andy warhol and his factory kids, the chicago seven, the mission council of the vietnam war, and my personal favorite—the one and only allen ginsberg. the photos of ginsberg range from above to more personal shots of his family. the juxtaposition of subjects in this exhibit is mind-boggling; it ranges from the radical to the politically erect. standing in the center of the gallery amidst a whirlwind of the 1960’s, this is a must-see for anyone with half a mind. by sv
andy warhol and tennessee williams
two incredible minds and some tenebrous sunglasses by sv
what are you looking at?
nothing says spring like a topless mick in white pants avoiding contact with andy warhol. by sv
do you have the look? la eyework
when full on 80’s meet “studio harcourt” portraits you get “la eyework” campaigns. the famous californian spectacles brand release a book with all those famous portraits. by pp.
