Warhol superstars
Warhol superstars were a clique of New York City personalities promoted by Andy Warhol during the 1960s and early 1970s. These personalities appeared in Warhol's artworks and accompanied him in his social life. They epitomized Warhol's famous dictum: "In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes." Warhol would simply film them, and declare them "superstars".[1]
History
The first recognised superstar was Baby Jane Holzer, whom Warhol featured in many of his early film experiments. The superstars would help Warhol generate publicity while Warhol offered fame and attention in return. Warhol's philosophies of art and celebrity met in a way that imitated the Hollywood studio system at its height in the 1940s and 1950s.
Among the most well-known of Warhol's superstars was Edie Sedgwick. Sedgwick and Warhol became very close during 1965 but their relationship ended abruptly early in the next year. Warhol would continue to associate himself with people including Viva, Candy Darling, Ultra Violet, Nico and International Velvet.
Warhol's 'Factory’ played host to most of his superstars and as his experiments in film continued he became more interested in the bohemian eccentrics attracted to the studio. Some of the most important superstars to emerge from the period of the first Factory (known as the 'Silver Factory' because silver foil had been applied to the walls and ceilings) include Paul America, Ondine, Taylor Mead, Mary Woronov, Eric Emerson, Gerard Malanga, Billy Name and Brigid Berlin.
In the later films, made in collaboration with Paul Morrissey, Warhol brought in new superstars including Joe Dallesandro, Penny Arcade, Andrea Feldman, Jane Forth, Geraldine Smith, Luke Wienecke and Sylvia Miles. During this period Warhol developed an increasing fascination with transsexuals and drag queens, and promoted Candy Darling, Holly Woodlawn and Jackie Curtis to superstar status.
Warhol significantly reduced his public accessibility after being shot by Valerie Solanas in 1968. The age of the Warhol superstar soon faded.
Films
Chelsea Girls (a film about life amongst the superstars at Hotel Chelsea) was the only film to achieve success beyond the confines of artistic New York.
The later Warhol/Morrissey collaborations Flesh, Trash, Heat and Women in Revolt, into which Warhol had little input, are more frequently seen.
List of Warhol superstars
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- Adam McDaniel
- Andrea Feldman
- Benedetta Barzini
- Bibbe Hansen (mother of musician Beck)
- Billy Name
- Brigid Polk
- Candy Darling
- Ceara Parkes
- Cherry Vanilla
- Chuck Wein
- Cyrinda Foxe
- Darius Margalith
- Edie Sedgwick
- Elecktrah (actress who starred in "Kitchen" & "the Life of Juanita Castro")
- Eric Emerson
- Fred Herko
- Gerard Malanga
- Holly Woodlawn
- Ingrid Superstar[2]
- Ivy Nicholson
- Jack Smith
- Jackie Curtis
- James Cummons
- Jane Holzer
- Jayne County
- Jim Morrison
- Joe Dallesandro
- Kraig Mc Govern/Kraig Oliver (Artist and half brother of Norman Mailer)
- Louis Waldon ("Nude Restaurant", "Lonesome Cowboys", "San Diego Surf", "Flesh", "Blue Movie")
- Majo Meanie
- Mario Montez
- Mary Woronov
- Naomi Levine
- Nico
- Niki Naranjo
- Ondine
- Pat Ast
- Pat Hartley
- Paul America[3]
- Richard Bernstein (Artist who did the covers of Interview for 15 years)
- Susan Bottomly (later known as International Velvet)
- Taylor Mead
- Ultra Violet
- Viva
References
- ↑ David Denby (6 May 1996). New York Magazine, Vol. 29, No. 18, "Her Revolution". New York Media, LLC. p. 83. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ↑ "Ingrid Superstar". www.warholstars.org. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ↑ "Paul America". www.warholstars.org. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
External links
- Warholstars Andy Warhol Films, Art and Superstars