Talk Arty to Me II: Andy Warhol, Life and Art

One of the rare artists to achieve “household name” status, Andy Warhol and the star-studded scene that developed around him remain a subject of enormous fascination. Many wonder why he’s ranked among the most important artists of the 20th century. The answer lies in his almost clairvoyant understanding of American culture and attitudes, still relevant more than fifty years after he proclaimed that canned soup could be not just "art," but important art. (Part II of the Talk Arty to Me series by artist, author and lecturer Gene Wisniewski.)