Andy's very much dedicated, in a very wholesome way, to his own fame. He loves it, he believes in it, he wants it, and it seemed as though he knew it had to come.
Ivan Karp, art dealer/director of OK Harris Gallery

Andy doesn't really talk about anything too much. He absorbs information better than he dispenses it.
Paul Morrissey, filmmaker, Warhol collaborator on Heat, Flesh, Trash, among others

You shouldn't have to sit through something if it's boring . Even Andy doesn't sit though his films.
Taylor Mead, writer, actor, performer

Andy Warhol's 15 minutes of fame is getting mileage this summer and tonight figures neatly into the legend: the Gagosian Store is hosting a book signing for The Autobiography and Sex Life of Andy Warhol, a collection of intimate interviews with Warhol's closest associates, friends, and his superstars, a few of whom are quoted above.

Photographs from The Autobiography and Sex Life of Andy Warhol, Trela Media.

Created by John Wilcock, founder of the Village Voice and Interview, the book was originally self-published in 1971 as a black-and-white paperback that sold for $5. The new edition of this long out-of-print volume is beautifully designed in a bright, Warholian palette. It features more than 120 images (including original portraits of numerous Factory superstars), as well as illustrations, and film stills.

Wilcock was first drawn into the milieu of Andy Warhol through filmmaker Jonas Mekas, assisting on some of Warhol's early films. "About six months after I started hanging out at the old, silvery Factory on West 47th Street," he recalls, "[Gerard] Malanga came up to me and asked, ‘When are you going to write something about us?' Already fascinated by Warhol's persona, Wilcock went to work, interviewing the artist's closest associates, supporters and superstars. Among these were Malanga, Naomi Levine, Taylor Mead, Ultra Violet, and Viva, all of whom had appeared in the Warhol films; scriptwriter Ronnie Tavel, and photographer Gretchen Berg; art dealers Sam Green, Ivan Karp, Eleanor Ward and Leo Castelli, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Henry Geldzahler; the poets Charles Henri Ford and Taylor Mead, and the artist Marisol; and the musicians Lou Reed and Nico. Paul Morrissey supplied the title.

Book signing for The Autobiography and Sex Life of Andy Warhol, with John Wilcock, photographer/journalist Gretchen Berg, and editor/publisher Christopher Trela. Thursday June 24, 6-8 pm. Gagosian Store, 988 Madison Avenue, New York, NY. 212.744.9200. Click to preview the book. Click for information about the Gagosian Gallery.

Andy Warhol: The Last Decade continues at the Brooklyn Museum through September 12. 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY. 718.638.5000.

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