Famous for 15 Minutes: My Years with Andy Warhol

Famous for 15 Minutes: My Years with Andy Warhol

One of Andy Warholâ€™s superstars recalls the birth of an art movementâ€”and the death of an icon

In this audacious tell-all memoir, Ultra Violet, born Isabelle Collin Dufresne, relives her years with Andy Warhol at the Factory and all of the madness that accompanied the sometimes-violent delivery of pop art.

Starting with her botched seduction of the â€œshy, near-blind, bald, gay albinoâ€ from Pittsburgh, Ultra Violet installs herself in Warholâ€™s world, becoming his muse for years to come. But she does more than just inspire; she also watches, listens, and remembers, revealing herself to be an ideal tour guide to the â€œassembly line for art, sex, drugs, and filmâ€ that is the Factory. Famous for 15 Minutes drips with juicy details about celebrities and cultural figures in vignettes filled with surreptitious cocaine spoons, shameless sex, and insights into perhaps the most recognizable but least intimately known artist in the world.

Beyond the legendary artist himself are the throngs of Factory â€œregularsâ€â€”Billy Name, Baby Jane Holzer, Brigid Polkâ€”and the more transient celebrities who make appearancesâ€”Bob Dylan, Jane Fonda, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon.

Delightfully bizarre and always entertaining, filled with colorful scenes and larger-than-life personalities, this dishy page-turner is shot through with the authorâ€™s vivid imagery and piercing observations of a cultural idol and his eclectic, voyeuristic, altogether riveting world.
Country USA
Manufacturer Open Road Media
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-02-17
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Open Road Media
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-02-17
Format	Kindle eBook

Famous for 15 Minutes: My Years with Andy Warhol

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