Andy Warhol is remembered as the king of pop art who embraced celebrity and consumerism, who would become an American icon.
Andy Warhol is remembered as the king of pop art who embraced celebrity and consumerism, and would become an American icon. Yet there is a lesser-known side to him: the shy, gay son of immigrants whose prolific, experimental and inclusive artistic practice enabled a counterculture that would play a part in transforming modern art.
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THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER
Mr Bill Powell
Bill's working career was in finance, firstly as an accountant with BT. He joined St Michael's Financial Services (now M&S Money) shortly after they were established in the mid-1980s as Head of Customer Service. He then became the UK Chairman of the Consumer Credit Trade Association.
He took early retirement and embarked on a completely different career as a tour manager, escorting groups of people to various destinations around the world. He started lecturing on cruise ships in 2013 and is able to use his experiences as a tour manager as the basis for many of his talks.
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