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Citizen Warhol carries this inquiry forward by unpacking the lasting effects of Warhols most deep-seated inuences - his Byzantine-rite religiosity and its relationship to the retinue of Roman Catholics that starred in his lms and staffed his studio, his art training in an institutional crucible dominated by Andrew Carnegies Gilded Age theory of art, his powerful identication with Shirley Temples frolic in the adult world under the cover of childhood, his formative dalliance with the guilt-ridden sensibility of arch-decadent and Catholic convert Aubrey Beardsley, and his triumphs as a commercial artist working in a professional world still beholden to the Red Decade ideals of the 1930s as a cheaper Ben Shahn, the leading Social Realist artist.
List of contents
INTRODUCTION 1 THE KINGSTON CONTEXT 2 KINGSTON'S DUB PIONEERS 3 LONDON: SOUND SYSTEM CULTURE DIGIDUB AND POST-PUNK 4 NYC: DUB, RAP, DISCO AND ILLBIENT 5 LONDON II: UK RAP AND THE DUBCORE CONTINUUM 6 THE BRISTOL SOUND 7 BERLIN: GLITCH AND TECHNO 8 CANADA'S DUB POETRY AND DANCEHALL CONCLUSION References Bibliography Discography List of Interviews Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements Index
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Paul Sullivan is a Berlin-based writer, editor, and photographer. Covering music, travel, and culture, his words and images have appeared in a broad range of international publications, such as the Guardian, the Sunday Times, National Geographic Traveller UK, BBC Travel, and the Wire. He has also written, photographed, and contributed to more than a dozen books, and he has written three books on music.
Summary
In Remixology: Tracing the Dub Diaspora Paul Sullivan explores the evolution of Dub; the avant-garde verso of Reggae.
