Published in association with the Whitney Museum of American ArtIn the mid-1960s, at the height of his creative powers, Andy Warhol produced hundreds of three-minute cinematic portraits, called "Screen Tests." Although rarely screened now, these short films captured a virtual who's who of the avant-garde, including such cultural icons as Edie Sedgwick, Bob Dylan, Salvador Dali, and Susan Sontag. At last, in the initial volume of the authorized catalogue raisonne of Warhol's films, Warhol authority Callie Angell examines all 189 people captured by Warhol's lens. Stills from many of the films appear here for the first time. Drawing on 13 years of original research into the Screen Test subjects and their relationships to Warhol, Angell provides an unprecedented look at the pop art master's working method, and a unique record of his colorful social and professional life.

Author Biography

Callie Angell has been Adjunct Curator of the Andy Warhol Film Project at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and consultant to The Museum of Modern Art on the preservation of Warhol's cinema since 1991. She is internationally recognised as the foremost authority on the films of Andy Warhol.