BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:780@torontol.askapunk.net SUMMARY:Andy Warhol's New York - Gerard Malanga DTSTAMP:20260409T025244Z DTSTART:20260625T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Gerard Malanga worked closely for Andy Warhol during the artist ’s most creative\nperiod\, from 1963 to 1970. The New York Times referred to him as “Andy Warhol’s\nmost important associate.”\n\nAfter being introd uced by a friend\, Warhol hired Gerard because of his previous\nexperience s in silkscreening. Gerard eventually left college\, and as he said\,\nsta rted “a summer job that last seven years.”  On his first day of working wi th\nWarhol\, they created the iconic Elizabeth Taylor paintings.\n\nMalang a was heavily involved in Warhol’s filmmaking. Warhol’s famous\nthree-minu te “screen tests” stemmed from Gerard’s idea of creating a publicity\nphot o of himself using movie film. Warhol and Malanga went on to create 500\ns creen tests of some of the most famous and unknown visitors to The Silver\ nFactory. Malanga was active in many of the early Warhol films\, including  Chelsea\nGirls (1966)\; and co-produced Bufferin (1967) in which he reads his poetry\,\ndeemed to be the longest spoken-word movie on record at 33- minutes nonstop. \n\nIn 1966\, Malanga became a creative collaborator and choreographer with the\nlegendary rock group Velvet Underground\, part of Warhol’s multimedia\npresentation\, the Exploding Plastic Inevitable. \n\n In 1969\, Malanga was one of the founding editors of Interview magazine\, along\nwith Warhol and John Wilcock. \n\nIn December 1970\, Malanga left W arhol’s studio to pursue his work in poetry and\nphotography. \n\nA lifelo ng poet\, he's been publishing his acclaimed poetry for decades. He was\na lready a published poet before he went to work for Andy Warhol in 1963. Ge rard\nwrites poetry every day of his life. He’s the author of over a dozen books of\npoetry spanning a 50-year period\, including 2019’s “Cool and o ther\nthings" (Bottle of Smoke Press). In June 2024\, he published his lat est book of\npoetry called "Odie is Being Called Back & Other Poems" (Bott le of Smoke Press).\nHe is the co-author (with Victor Bockris) of Up-Tight : The Velvet Underground\nStory. Malanga recently completed his memoirs\,  In Remembrance of Things\nPast. His work has appeared in Poetry\, Yale Rev iew\, Harvard Review\, Paris\nReview\, Raritan\, Partisan Review and The N ew Yorker. In 2014\, he was named the\nOfficial Poet of the annual Glasgow Arts International. In 2024\, Gerard was\nnamed a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of\nCulture. \n\nTHE FLOWER S OF HELL is a Lou Reed-approved London/Toronto experimental ensemble\ntha t plays the Velvet Underground. It will accompany Gerard Malanga’s film “A ndy\nWarhol: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” (1964).\n\n \n\nTicket s available at Ticketweb [https://] URL:https://toronto.askapunk.net/event/andy-warhols-new-york-gerard-malanga LOCATION:Paradise Theatre - 1006c Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, ON\, M6h 1M 2 STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Gary Topp,Gerard Malanga,Andy Warhol X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Gerard Malanga worked closely for A ndy Warhol during the artist’s most creative period, from 1963 to 1970. Th e New York Times referred to him as “Andy Warhol’s most important associat e.”

After being introduced by a friend, Warhol hired Gerar d because of his previous experiences in silkscreening. Gerard eventually left college, and as he said, started “a summer job that last seven years. ”  On his first day of working with Warhol, they created the iconic E lizabeth Taylor paintings.

Malanga was heavily involved in Warhol’s filmmaking. Warhol’s famous three-minute “screen tests” stemmed from Gerar d’s idea of creating a publicity photo of himself using movie film. Warhol and Malanga went on to create 500 screen tests of some of the most famous and unknown visitors to The Silver Factory. Malanga was active in many of the early Warhol films, including Chelsea Girls (1966) ; and co-produced Bufferin (1967) in which he reads his poetry, deemed to be the longest spoken-word movie on record at 33-minute s nonstop. 

In 1966, Malanga became a creative collaborator and choreographer with the legendary rock group Velvet Underground, part of W arhol’s multimedia presentation, the Exploding Plastic Inevitable. 

In 1969, Malanga was one of the founding editors of Interview magazin e, along with Warhol and John Wilcock. 

In December 1970, Malan ga left Warhol’s studio to pursue his work in poetry and photography.  ;

A lifelong poet, he's been publishing his acclaimed poetry fo r decades. He was already a published poet before he went to work for Andy Warhol in 1963. Gerard writes poetry every day of his life. He’s the author of over a dozen books of poetry spanning a 50-year period, includi ng 2019’s “Cool and other things" (Bottle of Smoke Pres s). In June 2024, he published his latest book of poetry called  "Odie is Being Called Back & Other Poems" (Bottle of Smoke Press) . He is the co-author (with Victor Bockris) of Up-Tight: The Velvet Underg round Story. Malanga recently completed his memoirs, In Remembran ce of Things Past. His work has appeared in Poetry, Yal e Review, Harvard Review, Paris Review, Raritan, Partisan Review  ;and The New Yorker. In 2014, he was named the Official Poet of the annual Glasgow Arts International. In 2024, Gerard was named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Fre nch Ministry of Culture. 

THE FLOWERS OF HELL is a Lou Reed-approved London/Toronto experimental ensemble that plays th e Velvet Underground. It will accompany Gerard Malanga’s film “Andy W arhol: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” (1964).

 

T ickets available at Ticketweb

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