Episode 164: “White Light/White Heat” by the Velvet Underground
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The Art of Warhol in the 1950s
Warhol was a rather effeminate, very reserved man who strongly disliked showing his emotions. He also had a sideline in doing record covers for people like Count Basie. The dominant art style of the time was the abstract expressionism of people like Jackson Pollock. But towards the end of the 50s, the work for commercial artists started to dry up. If you wanted to advertise shoes now, you just took a photo of the shoes rather than get Andy Warhol to draw them.
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