Andy Warhol

I just watched a 2 hour PBS special about Andy Warhol. What did I learn?

• He was very sick as a kid.
• He was very close to his mother for most of his life.
• He had an intense desire to be famous.
• He was gay.
• He is lauded as one of the great artists of the 20th century.
• He was the shining star of the "pop" art movement, and successfully brought an end to the "impressionism" era.
• His works were largely overlooked for many years, especially because he started as a "commercial" artist, therefor not considered a "fine" artist.
• He was obsessed with the phenomenon of fame and celebrity, and deeply understood it. He's the one who said, "Everyone has their 15 minutes of fame."
• He employed a lot of silk screen, every day objects, monotony, and repeated objects.
• He claimed to have nothing to bring or contribute. He was just a mirror of the society around him.
• His 32 portraits of campbell's soup cans is valued at around $100 million dollars and is currently in a museum in New York.
• He later got into film-making.

I know people gush over his stuff, especially if they're "in the know." However, I can't help thinking it looks like some of the stuff I did in third grade...