Tomorrow – August 6th – is Andy Warhol’s birthday. He would have been 81 years old. He passed away in 1987 yet his influence is still around us in so many ways. I believe that Andy Warhol was our first modern multi-media artist. He painted. He made films and documentaries. He created magazines and was influential in music. He was a performance artist and he worked the media like no one’s business. He was central to pop art and culture during the 60′s and the 70′s.
He coined the term “in the future, everyone will have their 15 minutes of fame.”
Here is a good Wikipedia entry on Andy Warhol. Click here. I went to see some of his work at the Bellagio museum in Las Vegas during the NHL Awards week. His work has real whimsy and style.
Next time you’re in Pittsburgh, the Warhol Museum is across the Allegheny River on the North Side. If the weather is nice, it’s within walking distance of downtown, just take either the 6th, 7th or 9th Street Bridges. For a point of reference, the Warhol is a block and a half from PNC Park, home of the Pirates.
http://www.warhol.org/
PS You don’t want to be walking across the bridge if the temperature is below 55. With the wind coming up through the grates, it gets friggin cold.