What can really be said about Andy Warhol that hasn’t been said already? Not much. So, to celebrate the latest exhibition of his work at MoMa, we have instead compiled a list of reasons of why we think he would have fitted in perfectly with us here at Ten Towers. There’s 10, naturally:
- His favourite thing to buy was underwear.
- In high school, the art club excluded Warhol because he was better than the other members.
- A friend once left him with a large pile of cash to play with in his apartment. ‘Because he knew how happy that would make Andy.’
- When painting self-portraits, he would deliberately leave out any blemishes. Why wouldn’t you?
- He hated eating leftovers.
- His nickname and drag-queen alter-ego was ‘Drella,’ a combination of ‘Dracula’ and ‘Cinderella’
- When Andy was 29 years old, he had a nose job.
- He was a serial hoarder.
- And a self-proclaimed mummy’s boy
- Warhol once said, ‘it would be very glamorous to be reincarnated as a great big ring on Liz Taylor’s finger.’
Unfortunately for us, the exhibition is being held in New York (we guess it would be sacrilegious to hold it anywhere else) – so, for those of you Stateside, it’s a must-see.
Andy Warhol: Campbell’s Soup Cans and Other Works, is on display at MoMa, New York until Oct 18. Photo: Jonathan Muzikar, courtesy of the gallery.
