१६ जून, २०१४

"But when she was not in character, with some combination of purple hair, purple lipstick, trowel-heavy purple eye shadow and beet juice as cheek color..."

"... she looked like the prettiest girl at the prom — a soignée brunette with a shoulder-length bouffant, delicate features and maximum false eyelashes."

She was Ultra Violet — Isabelle Collin Dufresne — one of Warhol's "superstars." She died Saturday at the age of 78.

Here's her website.

She wrote a book: "Famous For 15 Minutes: My Years with Andy Warhol." It begins with a description of Andy Warhol's funeral — "a farewell service for the shy, near-blind, bald, gay albino from ethnic Pittsburgh who dominated the art world for two decades" and "streaked across the sky, a dazzling media meteor, who, in another time or place, could have been a Napoleon or a Hitler."

Here's an interview with her:

९ टिप्पण्या:

The Crack Emcee म्हणाले...

I am so sick of those people.

Good. Die. Go away.

Bury her in a soup can,...

अनामित म्हणाले...

I love the photo of her with Dali. Worlds collide, watches melt.

George M. Spencer म्हणाले...

Wow, the obit mentions in passing that she converted to Mormonism, at least in part due to the revulsion she felt towards her Warholian lifestyle, and says nothing else about it.

Talk about missing the story.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Wahrhol would have been true-get in German.

Eric the Fruit Bat म्हणाले...

With a name like that I'm surprised anyone could see her at all.

The Crack Emcee म्हणाले...

St. George,

"Talk about missing the story."

No shit,...

David म्हणाले...

Crack said: "Bury her in a soup can,..."

Classic. It's time to ban Crack now, Althouse. He's getting funny.

Wilbur म्हणाले...

Warhol?

Wisconsin's blacks are in the shape they're in, and this is your concern?

donald म्हणाले...

I'm a big Ultra Violet and Mo Tucker fan.