I did not really start paying attention to Andy’s work until I watched the movie Basquiat in 1995 when David Bowie played Warhol.  John Waters said David did a terrible job then added “Andy didn’t strike a pose every time he looked at art!”

     I have always been more interested in the business aspect of Warhol and his production techniques than any of his final works.  From what I have read about him in books such as The Andy Warhol Diaries, by Pat Hackett, and Holly Terror, by Bob Colacello, and what I’ve observed in his films and audio diaries is that he was very interested in marketing art in its unique form.  Now, I am not talking about what is being marketed now of Andy’s work.  (And if I remember one thing in particular it was he did not want his art on bed sheets.  I feel I have betrayed him every time I sling my Campbell’s soup can mailbag over my shoulder or drink from my Warhol mug.)  I am referring to marketing art as he did.  Everyone has heard of his production line for silk-screens or portraits from Polaroids.  He produced them easily but sold them exclusively.  You can always mimic a Warhol but it is, in fact, not a Warhol.  I’ve seen so many sad attempts and I have seen the real thing.  It is easy to tell a real Warhol and that is what makes each one unique.