Born on August 6, 1928, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Andy Warhol is an American painter who revolutionized art from the 1960s to the 1980s, and is now a veritable myth.

Andy Warhol has left his mark on contemporary art. A leading figure in Pop Art, he understood, before many others, the importance of images in consumer society.

Warhol's life and work inspire scholars and creators the world over, thanks to his enduring imagery, his personality and the celebrity image he created for himself.

What should we see in Warhol's work? Is it a reflection of an era, of a society? A great cynicism? "If you want to know everything about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings, my films, me. There I am. There's nothing underneath."