Andy Again..Andy Warhol

The other day I was reminded of Andy's photograph, "Two Cakes and a Gun." I walked into my own kitchen and saw my cake and evidently my gun. The fact that mine is plastic makes it Andy Warhol redux.

Well, it's not cake but it's certainly eating.

Video of my friend Ultra Violet re: New Posthumous Album

"Ultra Violet - Songs & Conversations" An Album Trailer from Refinersfire LLC on Vimeo.

Ultra Violet—the Passing of an Era

Last night I went to pay my final respects to Ultra Violet a.k.a. Isabelle Collin-Dufresne. It was very moving. It was like a very surreal cocktail party with no drinks and no food but filled with interesting people of all ages and representing all the phases of her life. She looked beautiful, still in violet with a beaded collar and her glittering pins that spelled out Ultra Violet. 

We became friends in the last few years. She had a great spirit, interested in art and people, always shimmering in purple and glitter, and always herself. I shall miss her.

 

                                                           Photo ©2011 Susan Shaw

Andy Confluent

You know about my obsession with Andy Warhol...well, it's gotten stranger and more connected in odd ways than ever.

Now there is a silver Andy monument by Rob Pruitt right outside my window, where I used to see Andy himself everyday coming and going from Interview magazine...and my studio is neighbor to the Silver Factory which was his studio. (For a chronology of Andy and his players)...and now in Andy's honor I always wear the fragrance from Bond No. 9, Silver Factory...


...and last weekend I met a lovely artist, Madelyn Roehrig, who talks to Andy Warhol at his grave and who started filming people at the gravesite talking to Andy...which turned into...a work of art. November 5 at the Warhol—Madelyn Roehrig's Figments: Conversations with Andy: Year I & Year II (2009-11), with live music by Meeting of Important People, Dave Olson, and Uke & Tuba.

Andy is Dandy

You all know my fascination with all things Andy... So what more could a girl want? Andy would be proud to be associated with this shameless Susan and Kurt version of the home, no make that factory, shopping club. Yep, you can click and buy any item in this blog except me.

Let's start with the Philosophy of Andy Warhol. I haven't read it but I like anything in a soup can. Is the philosophy canned? I couldn't say—try it for fifteen minutes and let me know.

My current favorite Andy inspired product is the Bond no. 9 fragrance named "Andy Warhol's Silver Factory." I LOVE the way it smells. I could see Andy jumping on the scratch and sniff bandwagon, although certain sniffs might make all that art much more attractive.



In case you are faint from shopping and need to take a break, here's Andy and Brigid Berlin discussing how Andy was able to produce thousands of paintings.





Finally, I've included a really swell gift for a budding artists you know, Andy Warhol's Colors. At least they'll learn the colors and how to count—up to fifteen minutes.