Famous for 15 Minutes: My Years With Andy Warhol
by Isabelle Collin Dufresne
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One of Andy Warhol's superstars recalls the birth of an art movement-and the death of an icon In this audacious tell-all memoir, Ultra Violet, born Isabelle Collin Dufresne, relives her years with Andy Warhol at the Factory and all of the madness that accompanied the sometimes-violent delivery of pop art. Starting with her botched seduction of the "shy, near-blind, bald, gay albino" from Pittsburgh, Ultra Violet installs herself in Warhol's world, becoming his muse for years to come. But she show more does more than just inspire; she also watches, listens, and remembers, revealing herself to be an ideal tour guide to the "assembly line for art, sex, drugs, and film" that is the Factory. Famous for 15 Minutes drips with juicy details about celebrities and cultural figures in vignettes filled with surreptitious cocaine spoons, shameless sex, and insights into perhaps the most recognizable but least intimately known artist in the world. Beyond the legendary artist himself are the throngs of Factory "regulars"-Billy Name, Baby Jane Holzer, Brigid Polk-and the more transient celebrities who make appearances-Bob Dylan, Jane Fonda, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon. Delightfully bizarre and always entertaining, filled with colorful scenes and larger-than-life personalities, this dishy page-turner is shot through with the author's vivid imagery and piercing observations of a cultural idol and his eclectic, voyeuristic, altogether riveting world. show lessTags
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I read this many many moons ago (like probably almost 25 years ago). I got it for cheap in hardcover on a sale display at one of those mall chain book stores that probably no longer exists. It's a lot of fun, but you have to go into it knowing that this woman is full of herself and wants to dish dish dish. In that way, it shows you just exactly why Warhol kept her around. Bitchy rich self-absorbed art-world jet-setter? She played her part in Warhol's world quite well.
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- Original title
- Ultra Violet: Famous for 15 Minutes. My Years With Andy Warhol
- Original publication date
- 1988
- People/Characters
- Andy Warhol
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- Czech, English, French
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