• Pop is the first new major biography of Andy Warhol in almost two decades.

• Many books have been written about Warhol but none accomplishes what Pop does—offering a readable, accessible narrative that takes Warhol's art as seriously as his celebrity, one that will satisfy diehard fans as well as readers unfamiliar with the arc of Warhol's story.

• Pop represents a level of original research unparalleled in the history of Warhol scholarship. The book abounds with fresh revelations from hundreds of never-before-used sources and scores of in-depth interviews and analysis.

• Beautifully designed, Pop will include sixteen pages of color plates, as well as black and white photos throughout.

To his critics, he was the magus of a movement that debased high art and reduced it to a commodity. To his admirers, he is the most important artist since Picasso. Indisputably, Andy Warhol redefined the boundaries of painting, sculpture, and film, bending them to serve the purpose of his vision. Taking its subject from comic books, tabloids, Hollywood publicity shots, and supermarket aisles, Pop Art, with Warhol at the forefront and his Factory at its nexus, broke through the entrenched avant-garde of Abstract Expressionism, and razed the barrier between pop and culture, high and low. Beneath the deceptively simple surface of his silk screens, the old hierarchies of art collapsed. His techniques allowed Warhol to fix the viewer’s gaze on mass culture, and the teeming, exciting, vulgar new world of 1960s America.

Focusing on that influential decade, Pop disentangles the myths of Warhol—fraught with contradictions—from the man he truly was, and offers a vivid, entertaining, and provocative look at the legendary artist’s personal and artistic evolution, focusing on his most productive and innovative years. A detailed, insightful chronicle of his rise, as well as a critical examination of Warhol’s most important work, this groundbreaking book sheds light on a man who remains one of iconic figures of the twentieth century. Drawing on brand new sources—including extensive new interviews and insight from those who knew him best—Pop offers the most dynamic, comprehensive portrait ever written of the man who changed the way we see the world.