LIVING IN A POST WARHOL 21st CENTURY

“Warhol was the diabolically clever author of his own celebrity -- indeed he almost single-handedly invented the notion of modern celebrity, the idea of being famous simply for being famous. (He also coined perhaps the century's most misquoted quotation -- In the future everybody will be world-famous for 15 minutes.'') He transformed himself into a ubiquitous icon -- a Zelig of the zeitgeist -- a star by virtue of his proximity, and access, to stars, many of whom he vastly outshone by the time of his death in 1987. Whether he was far ahead of the curve, or the curve has simply finally caught up to him, we live in a post-Warholian world. Andy is us.”

-New York Times
Sept 16 2001