Andy Warhol's time capsule 21
Beginning in the 1970s, Andy Warhol collected and stored the remains of his most unusual life in 612 brown cardboard boxes, the so-called "Time Capsules". To date, only 100 of these boxes have been opened and examined. Everything Warhol deemed interesting and worth keeping -- from precious objects to the most quotidian of souvenirs -- was gathered together in these prosaic containers. The collecting strategy was straightforward enough: Warhol would keep an open box beside his desk, dropping in the daily flood of correspondence, magazines and newspapers, gifts, photographs, business records, collectibles, and ephemera that passed through his hands. This "Time Capsule" in progress would be taped shut and dated by an assistant when Warhol deemed it complete. Today, Warhol's leftovers provide us with the possibility for entering the atmosphere and curious cosmos of a life whose 15 minutes of fame may never really end, despite its physical end having long since passed. This first publication of Warhol's most personal diary will help the careful reader to reconstruct the artist's personality. Each and every item contained in "Time Capsule 21" is meticulously revealed. -- From publisher's description
Print Book, English, 2003
Dumont Literatur und Kunst Verlag ; Distribution in US by D.A.P., Cologne, New York, 2003