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I, Monster: Gothic Metaphor in the Making and Unmaking of Andy Warhol

Posted by gildawilliams on April 18, 2012 in Guest Blog tagged with , ,

Gilda Williams Explores Gothic Content in the Art-Making and Self-narration of Andy Warhol. I, Monster: Gothic Metaphor in the Making and Unmaking of Andy Warhol Gilda Williams ‘There was […] enough Andy in Dracula — the pale, lifeless Carpathian vampire, embarrassed by his roots, lost in the modern world […]’ — Victor Brockris, The Life and Death of Andy Warhol Andy Warhol, Self-portrait with Skull, c.1976. Polaroid, 108 x 86 mm. ‘If someone asked me, “What’s your problem?”,’ Warhol wrote in 1975, ‘I’d have to say “skin”.’   In fact Wa