Inside the Factory..

I wonder what it would have been like to have lived a day inside Andy Warhol's factory? From what it sounds like, there was a lot of wasted time on sex and drugs but also a priceless environment of creativity. I'm not sure how many of the people who were there realized it at the time, but the fact that Andy Warhol would allow people to be around him while he was creating art was incredible! I think a lot of his persona was an act but in some of the interviews I've seen with the actresses he worked with, they did say he came across as hot and cold. If he liked you, you were his best friend for that time but the second you were not a superstar in his eyes he would drop you. Even though he was constantly surrounded by a lot of people it seemed like he lived a very lonely life because he never let people in completely. As far as his art work, I thought it was genius! To take items that people would use in abundance everyday, deconstructualize them and turn it into art was amazing! I found it so interesting to see the comparison between Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp. Someone brought up in class the fact that people may have been unaware that Andy Warhol was mocking everyday life...well, maybe now 30 years later his art work might make some of us remember to be thankful for the everyday things we take for granted!!