An essential portrait of the figure who changed art forever... Who was Andy Warhol, really? The iconic face of pop culture, obsessed with fame, consumerism, and the American dream, or the last great painter in the European tradition, haunted by what he owned, melancholic and nostalgic, rushing toward death? Tristísimo Warhol is a singular essay that begins on the day Jackson Pollock, the last romantic painter, dies in a car crash in 1956. As artists like David Hockney, Jasper Johns, and Tom Wesselmann come and go, the book reflects on key concepts of modernity: nostalgia, melancholy, and mortality. Though it ends with Warhol's death, this is not just a book about him or pop art; it's a daring, revealing story about all of us, caught in the syndromes of our time.
Format:Paperback
Language:Spanish
ISBN:8433947850
ISBN13:9788433947857
Release Date:October 2025
Publisher:Editorial Anagrama
Length:288 Pages
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