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: drawings that we in the 21st
ember him, it was the glam-

10wed his creative talent. Forever

ed as the waifish man decked out

_ lopsided, grey wig and enormous

ack sunglasses, he looked and behaved

“a manner so eccentric that only a
eat artist could get away with.

_Andy’s studio was notorious for enter-

taining many of America’s most inter-

esting artists and celebrities, often

allowing them to witness the provoca-

tively spontaneous films he created of

his friends. Though Andy claimed that

he despised plot, and these films \ were

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in 1986, Bose of his icici im-
ple names like, “Cosmetic bottle with
lipstick,” and, “Constipated woman,”

appear as rather juvenile scratchings that
somehow capture the essence of the
sexualized western world perfectly. His
later work in commercial prints that
commonly show repetitions of popular
products and famous faces is what
eventually gave him the title of “pop
artist.” And of course, there is the cele-
brated “Campbell’s soup can,’ some-
times featured on a shopping bag, in
which time it is referred

“Campbell’s soup ca

Possibly, Warhol’
ece is his flashy

. you feel slightly

able, or cause you to erupt in
the artist should consider
ons a success.