EVEN MORE (ICKY) TRICKY DICKY

He never looked so good...





As I inch my way through Andy Warhol "Giant Size", a near 630 page biblical in scope tome on the pop culture art of Mr. Warhola, I keep finding images that must be shared with you. (My full review of the near 10 lb(!) book will appear soon at www.boomermediareview.com)
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Love Warhol or hate him-or anywhere in between-you gotta be impressed by the sheer audacious volume of his output.
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Case in point for today are the silkscreen images AW undertook in the 70s.
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Up top is Andy's take on Richard Nixon circa 1972. Charitable, really.
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Did you know that Dick and Andy go way back?
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Give a click on the scan of the letter, at left.
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It seems that Nixon, in keeping with his glib, Machiavellian manner was even in 1969 interested in recruiting Andy and some of his gang for the new administration.
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Good Lord. Guess the only Warhol Nixon knew about was the Campbell soup can one, and not the various other artrocities and Factory debauchery whom anyone within 100 miles of New York City had surely heard of.
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Actually, too bad Nixon never appointed Andy to the cabinet.
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Him and John Mitchell would have got on terrific!