Billy Name

Billy Name ( born February 22, 1940 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA; actually William " Billy" Linich ) is an American photographer, film director, and was a member of Andy Warhol's Factory Universal.

Life

Billy Name among the many quirky individuals of Warholian cosmos. Originally he was lighting from the off-Broadway scene. Linich or name - he missed his pseudonym on the question of his name constant pede with the answer " ... my name is name" - Warhol had met in the late 1950s, when the New York restaurant Serendipity 3 He as a waiter worked. Later he worked in a bookshop for esoteric writings and had become a disciple of fringe science.

Contact with Warhol developed and name quickly made priceless as factotum and caretaker in Warhol's Factory. He was responsible for the complete silver held interior of Warhol 's first studio ( the silver Factory) responsible. As a photographer, he delivered (next to Stephen Shore) countless pictures from this time and documented the outgoing 1960s scene Culture: Warhol's art events, happenings, discussions, films, several " Warhol Superstars" and much more. However, he photographed and promoted by Warhol first performances of The Velvet Underground & Nico.

From amphetamines cheered, spent the indefatigable name is the same all his life in the factory and rose excessively into the role of the guiding spirit (Idea Finder ) and archivist of Warhol art factory. Thus, for example, move sophisticated lighting effects and slide projections to Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable multimedia spectacle partly on account Names. He was responsible for the section of Warhol's films. Exhausted physically and mentally by Warhol, he retired ultimately completely into the darkroom of the Factory back, spent days and nights in it and began to scribble, until one day in 1970, suddenly disappeared from the factory the walls with occult formulas.

After holding various positions his path led him in 1977 back to New York, where he works as an artist today.

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