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===Other media=== Although Andy Warhol is most known for his paintings and films, he authored works in many different media. [[File:Silver Clouds Warhol Musee dArt Moderne ville Paris.jpg|thumb|upright|''Silver Clouds'' reproduction at the [[Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris]], December 2015, Warhol Unlimited Exposition]] * '''Drawing:''' Warhol started his career as a commercial illustrator, producing drawings in "blotted-ink" style for advertisements and magazine articles. Best known of these early works are his drawings of shoes. Some of his personal drawings were self-published in small booklets, such as ''Yum, Yum, Yum'' (about food), ''Ho, Ho, Ho'' (about Christmas) and ''Shoes, Shoes, Shoes''. His most artistically acclaimed book of drawings is probably ''A Gold Book'', compiled of sensitive drawings of young men. ''A Gold Book'' is so named because of the [[gold leaf]] that decorates its pages.{{Sfn|Bourdon|1989|p=51}} In April 2012 a sketch of 1930s singer Rudy Vallee claimed to have been drawn by Andy Warhol was found at a Las Vegas garage sale. The image was said to have been drawn when Andy was nine or 10.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-17591826 |title='Andy Warhol sketch found' in US garage sale |date=April 2, 2012 |access-date=April 3, 2012 |work=BBC News}}</ref> Various authorities have challenged the image's authenticity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Adam |date=May 29, 2012 |title=Andy Warhol's Brother Says Drawing Bought at Garage Sale Is a Fake |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2012/05/andy-warhols-brother-says-drawing-bought-garage-sale-fake/327550/ |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref> * '''Sculpture:''' Warhol's most well-known sculptures are his [[Brillo]] boxes—silkscreened ink on wood replicas of the large branded cardboard boxes used to hold 24 packages of Brillo soap pads.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Levy |first1=Adrian |last2=Scott-Clark |first2=Cathy |date=August 20, 2010 |title=Warhol's box of tricks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/aug/21/warhol-brillo-boxes-scandal-fraud |access-date=November 21, 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The original Brillo design was by commercial artist [[James Harvey (artist)|James Harvey]]. Warhol's Brillo boxes were part of a series of "grocery carton" works that also included [[Heinz ketchup]] and Campbell's tomato juice boxes.<ref name="Staff of The Andy Warhol Museum-2004">{{cite book |author=Staff of The Andy Warhol Museum |title=Andy Warhol: 365 Takes |publisher=Harry N. Abrams |location=New York |year=2004 |page=35 |isbn=978-0-500-23814-1 |oclc=56117613}}</ref> Other famous works include the ''Silver Clouds''—helium filled, silver mylar, pillow-shaped [[balloon]]s. A ''Silver Cloud'' was included in the traveling exhibition ''Air Art'' (1968–1969) curated by [[Willoughby Sharp]]. ''Clouds'' was also adapted by Warhol for [[avant-garde]] choreographer Merce Cunningham's dance piece ''RainForest'' (1968).{{Sfn|Bourdon|1989|p=231}} * '''Audio:''' At one point Warhol carried a portable recorder with him wherever he went, taping everything everybody said and did. He referred to this device as his "wife". Some of these tapes were the basis for his literary work. Another audio-work of Warhol's was his ''Invisible Sculpture'', a presentation in which burglar alarms would go off when entering the room. Warhol's cooperation with the musicians of The Velvet Underground was driven by an expressed desire to become a music producer.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=de Duve |first1=Thierry |last2=Krauss |first2=Rosalind |year=1989 |title=Andy Warhol, or The Machine Perfected |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/778945 |journal=October |volume=48 |pages=3–14 |doi=10.2307/778945 |jstor=778945 |issn=0162-2870}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Scherman |first=Tony |date=November 7, 1999 |title=MUSIC; Warhol: The Herald Of Sampling |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/07/arts/music-warhol-the-herald-of-sampling.html |access-date=April 2, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> * '''Time Capsules:''' In 1973, Warhol began saving ephemera from his daily life—correspondence, newspapers, souvenirs, childhood objects, even used plane tickets and food—which was sealed in plain cardboard boxes dubbed Time Capsules. By the time of his death, the collection grew to include 600, individually dated "capsules". The boxes are now housed at the Andy Warhol Museum.<ref>{{cite book|author=Staff of The Andy Warhol Museum |title=Andy Warhol: 365 Takes |publisher=Harry N. Abrams |location=New York |year=2004 |page=157 |isbn=978-0-500-23814-1 |oclc=56117613}}</ref> * '''Television:''' In 1968, Warhol produced a TV commercial for [[Schrafft's]] Restaurants in New York City, for an ice cream dessert appropriately titled the "Underground Sundae".<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 19, 1968 |title=Underground Sundae |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-emporia-gazette-andy-warhols-underg/159468313/ |work=The Emporia Gazette |pages=2}}</ref> Warhol dreamed of a television special about a favorite subject of his{{dash}}[[Nothing]]{{dash}}that he would call ''Nothing Special''.<ref name=":2" /> Later in his career he created three television shows: ''Fashion'' (1979–80), ''Andy Warhol's TV'' (1980–1983), and the [[MTV]] series ''[[Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes]]'' (1985–87).<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 22, 1991 |title=Warhol: Where And When |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/22/arts/warhol-where-and-when.html |access-date=August 23, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * '''Fashion:''' Warhol is quoted for having said: "I'd rather buy a dress and put it up on the wall, than put a painting, wouldn't you?"<ref>{{cite web|title=Monsters and Critics – Andy Warhol Biography |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/Andy-Warhol/biography/ |access-date=July 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216214910/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/Andy-Warhol/biography/ |archive-date=December 16, 2013 }}</ref> Warhol himself has been described as a modern [[dandy]], whose authority "rested more on presence than on words".<ref>[[George Walden]], ''Who's a Dandy?—Dandyism and Beau Brummell'', London: Gibson Square, 2002. {{ISBN|978-1-903933-18-3}}. Reviewed by Frances Wilson in [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/oct/12/featuresreviews.guardianreview3 "Uncommon People"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305005503/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/oct/12/featuresreviews.guardianreview3 |date=March 5, 2017 }}, ''The Guardian'', October 12, 2006.</ref> His work in fashion includes department store window displays, illustrations for ''Vogue'' and ''Harper's Bazaar'', and a career as a model.<ref name=":53">{{Cite news |last=Chilvers |first=Simon |date=March 2, 2020 |title='Hip, rebellious, even a bit sinister': how Andy Warhol made pop art fashion |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2020/mar/02/hip-rebellious-even-a-bit-sinister-how-andy-warhol-made-pop-art-fashion |access-date=April 2, 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He was friends with prominent figures in the fashion industry, including former ''Vogue'' editor-in-chief [[Diana Vreeland]], fashion designers [[Yves Saint Laurent (designer)|Yves Saint Laurent]], [[Halston]], and [[Calvin Klein]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meeting Andy Warhol |url=https://museeyslparis.com/en/biography/rencontre-avec-andy-warhol |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schwiegershausen |first=Erica |date=May 8, 2014 |title=A Look at the Fruitful Friendship of Warhol and Halston |url=https://www.thecut.com/2014/05/fruitful-friendship-of-warhol-and-halston.html |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=The Cut |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":53" /> In 1972, Warhol collaborated with Halston for the [[Coty Award|Coty Awards]].<ref name=":56" /> In 1997, the Whitney Museum in New York mounted the exhibition ''The Warhol Look: Glamour, Style, Fashion'', organized by the Andy Warhol Museum.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cotter |first=Holland |date=1997-11-07 |title=ART REVIEW; Fluffing Up Warhol: Where Art and Fashion Intersect |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/07/arts/art-review-fluffing-up-warhol-where-art-and-fashion-intersect.html |access-date=2025-04-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * '''Performance Art:''' Warhol and his friends staged theatrical multimedia happenings at parties and public venues, combining music, film, slide projections and even Gerard Malanga in an [[S&M]] outfit cracking a whip. The Exploding Plastic Inevitable in 1966 was the culmination of this area of his work.{{Sfn|Bourdon|1989|pp=221-225}} * [[File:Debbie Harry by Andy warhol, 1980s photoshoot at The Factory NYC.jpg|thumb|Photograph of [[Christopher Makos]] [[Debbie Harry]] by Andy Warhol, taken at the Factory during the photoshoot for her silkscreen portraits in 1980]]'''Theater:''' Warhol's play ''[[Andy Warhol's Pork]]'', which opened at New York's La MaMa theater in May 1971 for a two-week run. It was brought to the Roundhouse in London for a longer run in August 1971. ''Pork'' was based on tape-recorded conversations between Brigid Berlin and And. Berlin would play Warhol tapes she had made of phone conversations between herself and her mother, socialite Honey Berlin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warhol.org/responsive/event.aspx?id=2215|access-date=January 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126195518/http://www.warhol.org/responsive/event.aspx?id=2215|work=warhol.org|title=Talk on the Wild Side: The Effect of Andy Warhol's PORK on the evolution of Glitter, Glam and Punk Rock|archive-date=January 26, 2016}}</ref> In 1974, Andy Warhol designed the sets for the musical ''[[Man on the Moon (musical)|Man on the Moon]]''.<ref name=":04" /> * '''Photography:''' To produce his silkscreens, Warhol made photographs or had them made by his friends and assistants. These pictures were mostly taken with a specific model of [[Polaroid Corporation|Polaroid]] camera, [[List of Polaroid instant cameras|The Big Shot]], that Polaroid kept in production especially for Warhol. This photographic approach to painting and his snapshot method of taking pictures has had a great effect on artistic photography. Warhol was an avid photographer and also used the [[Polaroid SX-70]] as a portable camera.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 30, 2021 |title=Andy Warhol Polaroids |url=https://publicartuhs.org/artwork/andy-warhol-polaroids/ |access-date=October 24, 2024 |website=Public Art University of Houston System |language=en}}</ref> He took an enormous number of photographs of Factory visitors, friends, and celebrities; many of these have been acquired by [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Andy Warhol Photography Archive |url=https://exhibits.stanford.edu/warhol |website=Spotlight at Stanford |publisher=[[Stanford University]] |access-date=February 5, 2022 |language=en |quote=From 1976 until his death in 1987, Andy Warhol (U.S.A., 1928–1987) was never without his camera. He snapped photos at discos, dinner parties, flea markets, and wrestling matches. Friends, boyfriends, business associates, socialites, celebrities, and passersby all captured Warhol's attention. Drawing on a trove of over 3,600 contact sheets featuring 130,000 photographic exposures acquired in 2014 from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., the images document Warhol's daily life.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.casualphotophile.com/2019/04/29/the-big-shot-polaroid-andy-warhols-pen-pencil/|title=The Big Shot Polaroid – Andy Warhol's Pen & Pencil|date=April 29, 2019|website=Casual Photophile|language=en-US|access-date=February 26, 2020|archive-date=May 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512160950/https://casualphotophile.com/2019/04/29/the-big-shot-polaroid-andy-warhols-pen-pencil/|url-status=live}}</ref> * '''Music:''' In 1963, Warhol founded [[The Druds]], a short-lived avant-garde [[noise music]] band that featured prominent members of the New York proto-conceptual art and minimal art community.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |last=desi |date=August 7, 2014 |title=My Mind Was Blown: Experiencing the Warhol's EPI Gallery |url=https://www.warhol.org/my-mind-was-blown-experiencing-the-warhols-epi-gallery/ |access-date=November 8, 2024 |website=The Andy Warhol Museum |language=en-US}}</ref> * '''Computer:''' Warhol used [[Amiga]] computers to generate digital art, including ''[[You Are the One (Andy Warhol)|You Are the One]]'', which he helped design and build with Amiga, Inc. He also displayed the difference between slow fill and fast fill on live TV with Debbie Harry as a model.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nowseethis.org/invisiblephoto/posts/108 |title=Andy Warhol's Amiga Experiments |year=2014 |access-date=May 19, 2014 |archive-date=May 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519221608/http://www.nowseethis.org/invisiblephoto/posts/108 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
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