Netflix’s “The Andy Warhol Diaries” is based on and takes its name from Warhol’s dictated memoirs, which detail everything from his expenses to his love affairs and the guest lists of exclusive parties. - NBCOUT
Andy Warhol Foundation/Courtesy of NetflixDuring his prolific career, Andy Warhol was a pervasive, yet elusive, art world icon who constantly reinvented himself. After his death, he’s remained an enigmatic figure, inspiring numerous documentaries, biopics and fictionalized portrayals — all looking to communicate some truth about the artist.
Rossi, who came of age in the decade in which Warhol produced his final works, said he was inspired to explore the often-overlooked side of Warhol by focusing on the artist’s private life and romantic relationships. Whereas most works about Warhol focus on this time period — when The Factory was the cultural center of New York and Warhol introduced the world to works like the “Campbell’s Soup Cans” series — Rossi is more concerned with how this period became a catalyst for Warhol’s first, and arguably most, formative romance: with Jed Johnson, the future interior designer.Warhol met Johnson, who had recently moved to the city with his twin brother, Jay, after he was hired to do odd jobs at The Factory.
Because of Warhol’s own claims that he was asexual, it’s been speculated that his relationships were chiefly platonic, if not merely exploitative — something the series refutes. Eventually, Warhol and Johnson split after 12 years together. Though, as the series portrays, the profundity of that relationship would continue to echo through the artist’s life and work.
“Andy had a tendency to just cut people out of his life when he was hurt or disappointed or they didn’t serve the purpose that he needed. I think that he was heartbroken and that he was desperately trying for something,” Jay Johnson said of Warhol’s split with his brother and the immediate courtship of the Paramount executive Jon Gould.
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