02/22/2007
A Visit to Andy Warhol's Grave
Discovered this on YouTube and thought it an appropriate post for today. Andy Warhol died 20 years ago today in New York City, at the age of 58 from a sudden heart attack while recovering from gallbladder surgery.
"Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someone's got to take care of all your details."
"I never understood why when you died, you didn't just vanish, everything could just keep going on the way it was only you just wouldn't be there. I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say "figment".
"Isn't life just a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?"
Love the soup can.
Posted 9:01 AM EST by Andy Towle in Andy Warhol, Art & Design, News | Permalink
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interesting....his stone is SO conventional.
Posted by: M | Feb 22, 2007 10:37:54 AM
Thanks for remembering Andy, he is still way ahead of his time especially in his ideas. At 16 ran into him one afternoon near Max's Kansas City the last incarnation of "The New York Dolls" was playing that night upstairs and we were all getting tickets, I believe. I was completely speechless as he was so tiny and pale and nervous he was getting a cab uptown after work. I was so in awe of him and miss his presence.peace out Andy
Posted by: Richie | Feb 22, 2007 11:30:56 AM
went with him and my boyfriend to a monster truck rally at madison square gardens, the debut of Bigfoot.
the artworld hasn't been the same without him... the ultimate artstar.
miss him very much indeed.
Posted by: A.J. | Feb 22, 2007 12:15:40 PM
AJ I totally agree, the artworld has not been the same without him.
I checked out his gravesite after Andy told us about a Andy Warhol documentary that aired on PBS. It's a travesty. For someone of his stature to be buried with a toughtless tombstone. You would think with the money his estate had they would put a little more time and heart into selecting the tombstone and location.
Posted by: Jack! | Feb 22, 2007 12:41:55 PM
OMG, that guy crouching at the gravesite is my friend, Richard. That is so weird to unexpectedly see him when watching this from your site. Thanks!
Posted by: stony_curtis | Feb 22, 2007 2:06:46 PM
i love andy warhol......
Posted by: john | Feb 22, 2007 11:32:27 PM
Hi there,
I'M the guy who posted this on youtube. Happy to know you like it. The guy crouching is my boyfriend Richard, you're right Stony Curtis
Posted by: Pierre | Mar 15, 2007 5:57:47 PM