Who wants to party with Warhol?

Ah, Andy Warhol - you eccentric, creative, silver-haired party animal.  Of all the gajillion artists we study in Humanities, there is a short list of people you need to know in order to be considered a functioning human being, and Warhol is one of them. Monroe, soup cans, Elvis, Jackie, Mao - he was all the rage in the 1960's.  His studio, The Factory, located in Midtown Manhattan was the scene for socialites, hipsters, and celebrities.  The likes of Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, David Bowie (tears), Madonna, Liza Minnelli, Betsey Johnson (you'd recognize her jewelry label), and even Salvador Dali were some notable visitors.

Warhol and Dali hanging out and being weird together

Since I'm all about lists and the categorization of information, here are some fun facts about Warhol:

• He was born as Andrew Warhola to Slovakian Byzantine Catholic immigrants 
• Warhol was almost murdered by a radical feminist, but he slowly recovered
• He worked closely with the rock band, The Velvet Underground
• He usually wore sunglasses to cover up his "lazy eye"
• He began collecting photographs of celebrities at the age of nine
• A mama's boy through and through, he lived with his mother and 25 cats until her passing
• He was a fan of taxidermy and had a stuffed peacock, penguin and moose head

Reminders

1. 10th graders - please bring a pencil for registration tomorrow! Also, tonight is the deadline to RSVP for the practice exam online
2. Study hall in class tomorrow! Bring something to work on (perhaps your architecture reading?)

Looking for a Humanities Experience? 

• Check out the Vermeer collection at the DMA if you haven't done so already
• Watch a performance of Wicked at Fair Park (I'm going in two weeks!) 
• Visit the Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art (I think I've only referenced it 30 times in class this week...Gottlieb, Motherwell, Lichtenstein, and Pollock are all featured there)
• Listen to a FREE performance of the works of Mozart and Bach at UTD this Friday only

Lots of things in the news today! The music legend Prince died and Queen Elizabeth II of England turned 90. In Prince's memory, here he is performing Purple Rain at the 2007 Super Bowl halftime show.

Here's your Throwback Thursday for the month - this is when I visited Washington D.C. and posed in front of a Lichtenstein three years ago. Note my trusty handbag that comes with me everywhere I go.

All the Internet funnies. 

Modern art is so deep.

Someone get Mr. Stanton this.

- Warrior Princess Siddiqui