The Trip: Andy Warhol's Plastic Fantastic Cross-Country

The Trip: Andy Warhol's Plastic Fantastic Cross-Country Adventure

From the author of Strapless and Guest of Honor, a â€œjaunty romp through American pop-art historyâ€ (The Washington Post) about a little-known road trip Andy Warhol took in 1963, and how that journey profoundly influenced his life and art.

In 1963, up-and-coming artist Andy Warhol, along with a colorful group of friends, drove across America. What began as a madcap, drug-fueled romp became a journey that took Warhol on a kaleidoscopic adventure from New York City, across the vast American heartland, all the way to Hollywood, and back.

With locations ranging from a Texas panhandle truck stop to a Beverly Hills mansion, from the beaches of Santa Monica to a photo booth in Albuquerque, The Trip captures how Warhol intersected with Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, Marcel Duchamp, Elizabeth Taylor, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and other bold-faced names of the time. Along the way, Warhol also met rednecks, beach bums, underground filmmakers, artists, poets, socialites, and newly minted hippiesâ€”all of them leaving an indelible mark on his psyche.

In The Trip, Andy Warholâ€™s speeding Ford Falcon is our time machine, transporting us from the last vestiges of the sleepy Eisenhower epoch to the true beginning of the explosive, exciting sixties. Through in-depth, original research, Deborah Davis sheds new light on one of the most enduring figures in the art world and captures a fascinating moment in 1960s Americaâ€”with Warhol at its center.
Country USA
Manufacturer Atria Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-07-28
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Atria Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-07-28
Format	Kindle eBook

The Trip: Andy Warhol's Plastic Fantastic Cross-Country Adventure

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