Did You Know Andy Warhol?
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Andy Warhol Sexuality - Contribution to gay, lesbian cummunity
Andy Warhol commented on mainstream America through his art while disregarding its conservative social views. Almost all his work filmed at the Factory featured nudity, graphic sexuality, drug use, same-sex relations and transgender characters in much greater proportion to what was being shown in mainstream cinema. By making the films, Warhol created a sexually lenient environment at the Factory for the "happenings" staged there, which included fake weddings between drag queens, porn film rentals, and vulgar plays. What was called free love took place in the studio, as sexuality in the 1960s was becoming more open and embraced as a high ideal. Warhol used footage of sexual acts between his friends in his work, such as in Blue Movie, a 1969 film directed, produced, written and cinematographed by Warhol. The film, starring Viva and Louis Waldon, was the first adult erotic film depicting explicit sex to receive wide theatrical release in the United States.
Holly Woodlawn and Jackie Curtis were noted drag queens who were part of the Factory group, as was transgender woman Candy Darling. Andy Warhol frequently used these women and other sexual non-conformists in his films, plays, and events. Because of the constant drug use and the presence of sexually liberal artists and radicals, drugged orgies were a frequent happening at the Factory. Warhol met Ondine at an orgy in 1962:
I was at an orgy, and [Warhol] was, ah, this great presence in the back of the room. And this orgy was run by a friend of mine, and, so, I said to this person, "Would you please mind throwing that thing [Warhol] out of here?" And that thing was thrown out of there, and when he came up to me the next time, he said to me, "Nobody has ever thrown me out of a party." He said, "You know? Don't you know who I am?" And I said, "Well, I don't give a good flying fuck who you are. You just weren't there. You weren't involved..."
- Ondine
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) : UBU .[Spoiler (click to open)]
Films by Andy Warhol
Sleep (1963)
Screen Tests (1963-66)
Soap Opera (1964)
Eat (1964)
Mario Banana #1 (1964)
Henry Geldzahler (1964)
Inner and Outer Space (1965)
Paul Swan (1965)
Kitchen (1966)
The Nude Restaurant (1967)
My Hustler (1965)
Vinyl (1965)
Chelsea Girls (1966)
The Velvet Underground In Boston (1967)
Documentaries, Interviews, etc.
Award Presentation to Andy Warhol Directed by (1964)
Andy Warhol Directed by Marie Menken (1965)
WNET, USA Arts Interview (1966)
Andy Warhol in Antonella Branca's film "What's Happening?" (1967)
Filmmakers (1969), dir. Takahiko Iimura
Warhol (1973) Directed by David Bailey
WARHOL's CINEMA - A Mirror for the Sixties (Documentary) (1989)
Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol (1971-76), Directed by Michel Auder
Andy Warhol (Documentary, dir. Lana Jokel) (1973)
Andy Warhol's Fight ( dir. Vincent Freemont) (1973)
Scenes of the Life Of Andy Warhol (dir. Jonas Mekas) (1982)
The Cars: Hello Again [Music Video] (1984)
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol dir. Chuck Workman (1990)
Absolut Warhola Documentary, dir. Stanislaw Mucha (2001)
https://www.ubu.com/film/warhol.html
So, we painted our home...
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Do you like to watch...?
Andy Warhol Sexuality - Contribution to gay, lesbian cummunity
Andy Warhol commented on mainstream America through his art while disregarding its conservative social views. Almost all his work filmed at the Factory featured nudity, graphic sexuality, drug use, same-sex relations and transgender characters in much greater proportion to what was being shown in mainstream cinema. By making the films, Warhol created a sexually lenient environment at the Factory for the "happenings" staged there, which included fake weddings between drag queens, porn film rentals, and vulgar plays. What was called free love took place in the studio, as sexuality in the 1960s was becoming more open and embraced as a high ideal. Warhol used footage of sexual acts between his friends in his work, such as in Blue Movie, a 1969 film directed, produced, written and cinematographed by Warhol. The film, starring Viva and Louis Waldon, was the first adult erotic film depicting explicit sex to receive wide theatrical release in the United States.
Holly Woodlawn and Jackie Curtis were noted drag queens who were part of the Factory group, as was transgender woman Candy Darling. Andy Warhol frequently used these women and other sexual non-conformists in his films, plays, and events. Because of the constant drug use and the presence of sexually liberal artists and radicals, drugged orgies were a frequent happening at the Factory. Warhol met Ondine at an orgy in 1962:
I was at an orgy, and [Warhol] was, ah, this great presence in the back of the room. And this orgy was run by a friend of mine, and, so, I said to this person, "Would you please mind throwing that thing [Warhol] out of here?" And that thing was thrown out of there, and when he came up to me the next time, he said to me, "Nobody has ever thrown me out of a party." He said, "You know? Don't you know who I am?" And I said, "Well, I don't give a good flying fuck who you are. You just weren't there. You weren't involved..."
- Ondine
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) : UBU .[Spoiler (click to open)]
Films by Andy Warhol
Sleep (1963)
Screen Tests (1963-66)
Soap Opera (1964)
Eat (1964)
Mario Banana #1 (1964)
Henry Geldzahler (1964)
Inner and Outer Space (1965)
Paul Swan (1965)
Kitchen (1966)
The Nude Restaurant (1967)
My Hustler (1965)
Vinyl (1965)
Chelsea Girls (1966)
The Velvet Underground In Boston (1967)
Documentaries, Interviews, etc.
Award Presentation to Andy Warhol Directed by (1964)
Andy Warhol Directed by Marie Menken (1965)
WNET, USA Arts Interview (1966)
Andy Warhol in Antonella Branca's film "What's Happening?" (1967)
Filmmakers (1969), dir. Takahiko Iimura
Warhol (1973) Directed by David Bailey
WARHOL's CINEMA - A Mirror for the Sixties (Documentary) (1989)
Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol (1971-76), Directed by Michel Auder
Andy Warhol (Documentary, dir. Lana Jokel) (1973)
Andy Warhol's Fight ( dir. Vincent Freemont) (1973)
Scenes of the Life Of Andy Warhol (dir. Jonas Mekas) (1982)
The Cars: Hello Again [Music Video] (1984)
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol dir. Chuck Workman (1990)
Absolut Warhola Documentary, dir. Stanislaw Mucha (2001)
https://www.ubu.com/film/warhol.html
So, we painted our home...
dr. π (pi)
.