David Bourdon
David Bourdon (born October 15, 1934 - March 27, 1998 in New York ) was an American journalist , art critic and author .
Bourdon was a feature editor at Life magazine from 1966 to 1971 , then a journalist at the Smithsonian and from 1983 to 1986 an editor at Vogue . Bourdon wrote numerous articles on contemporary art and culture ; he published monographs on Christo and Andy Warhol .
Due to his long-standing friendship with the pop artist Warhol, Bourdon was able to sketch a detailed picture of the 1960s, although records by other Warhol biographers such as Victor Bockris or Stephen Shore give different representations. Bourdon played a supporting role in Warhol's experimental film Batman Dracula in 1964 .
David Bourdon was known as a connoisseur of the Warhol Factory .
Fonts
- Christ. Wrapped: Reichstag, Berlin 1971–1995 with Christo, Jeanne-Claude and Wolfgang Volz. Revised edition Taschen Verlag 2002, ISBN 3-8228-5504-9 (on the wrapped Reichstag )
- Warhol . DuMont, Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-7701-2338-7 .
Web links
- David Bourdon Correspondence in The Museum of Modern Art Archives (English)
- Literature by and about David Bourdon in the WorldCat bibliographic database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bourdon, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist, art critic, and book author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1934 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 1998 |
| Place of death | New York City |