About this episode

The episode explores Andy Warhol's rise to fame, his near-death experience, and his impact on culture.

Andy Warhol was the first artist to achieve rock star status. He was a Beatle with a silkscreen printer. His work and play space, the Factory, attracted people of all ages; rich and poor, straight and gay, sane and…not so sane. It was in the Factory that he was shot by a would-be assassin. He was rushed to a hospital and pronounced clinically dead. But Andy Warhol's second life began the moment he was resurrected on an operating table. As soon as his heart began to beat again, he became a true cultural icon – bigger than his paintings or his Polaroids or his experimental films, bigger than life itself. Andy Warhol became the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• Andy Warhol
• cultural icon
• art history
• fame
• the Factory
• resurrection

Keywords

• Andy Warhol
• Factory
• cultural icon
• art
• fame
• assassination
• resurrection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Factory

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