Among the characteristics said to have been exhibited by Warhol -
Amoral:
1. not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral.
2.
having no moral standards, restraints, or principles; unaware of or indifferent to questions of right or wrong: a completely amoral person.
voyeur:
a person who obtains sexual pleasure or excitement from the observation of someone undressing, having intercourse, etc.
[French, literally: one who sees, from voir to see, from Latin vidēre]
Warhol was also called a mirror of 60's society. He was called a camera, since his principal artistic impulse was to record events.
Inscrutable: incomprehensible; mysterious or enigmatic
[from Late Latin inscrūtābilis, from Latin in-1 + scrūtārī to examine]
Warhol was called "Drella." This nickname was a combination of Cinderella and Dracula.
He was widely criticized for his passivity as he filmed the self-destructive people who gathered at The Factory.
The most famous of his discoveries and film stars was Edie Sedgewick, a tragic figure built up by Warhol before being allowed to slip into oblivion.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
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