Word: artists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Warhol's silence about himself and his knowingly dumb utterances about the culture he helped form-"Pop art is liking things"-underwrote his durability as a star. Indeed, his banality endowed him with an air of mystery, since few people could bring themselves to believe that any artist could possibly be so banal. They may soon be convinced of it, however, for Warhol is now both the author of a book and the subject of a retrospective exhibition...
...variety of reasons. Hemingway has played an important role in shaping the consciousness of our times...As a young writer I was intrigued by his style and found myself unconsciously trying to copy it...Eventually I became fascinated with the man himself, his internal contradictions as a man and artist...His failure to overcome the personal problems that led to his death...I was also interested in the possibility that--at least for theatrical purposes--past, present, and future could all occur simultaneously. This possibility merged with my musings about Hemingway and the form of the play resulted...
Bravo! Finally, a cover story [July 7] on an artist who is not only the biggest but the best thing to happen to the popular music scene since the Beatles...
...more item to Heiress-Artist Gloria Vanderbilt's list of keep-busy projects. After trying her touch at painting, fabric design and collages in recent years, Gloria, 51, now hopes to market some of her artistic know-how in a new magazine. The quarterly, which is modestly called Gloria Vanderbilt Designs for Your Home, promises to supply how-to tips in painting, crochet, needlepoint, embroidery, quilting, knitting, rug making, sewing and other skills for ambitious homemakers. All of which may help even Creative Director Vanderbilt to pick up a new stitch or two. "I haven't a clue...
...Good business is the best art," concludes Pop Artist Andy Warhol in his book, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again). The book, scheduled for release in September, includes Warhol's ruminations about money ("It shouldn't be for everybody-you wouldn't know who was important"), death ("I don't believe in it, because you're not around to know that it's happened"), and his unnerving experiences as a TV talk-show guest ("I just sit there saying I'm going to faint' "). To promote...