Hey everyone!
I was reading my Entertainment Weekly last night and in the "Encore" article
about
Andy Warhol I read something that I'm interested in getting more information
about.
The quote is: "By day, Warhol-who mentored younger artists like Jean-Michel
Basquiat and
Keith Haring-worked in his Manhattan studio, The Factory, where he made
experimental
films like _Eat_ and _Haircut_ (both 1963); barely survived gunshot wounds
inflicted by
the founder and sole member of SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men), Valerie
Solanas;
published _Interview_ magazine; and applied an assembly-line approach to
creating
the art that would make him famous; silk-screened prints of Campbell's soup
cans and stars
like Marilyn Monroe."
Ok-that is quite possibly the LONGEST sentence that I've ever typed. Anyway,
what I'm
interested in is the ***barely survived gunshot wounds inflicted by
the founder and sole member of SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men), Valerie
Solanas***
I would like to know A>what the situation surrounding this comment was (i.e
articles, maybe?) and
2>what SCUM was (other than the acronym) and 3>whatever happened to Valerie
SOlanas.
NO I am not looking to join!! I'm just wondering what the scoop is...
Thanks for your help!!
Leasa
