When he was 20,Jeremy Deller took up an invitation from Warhol to hang out at his unusual York studio. Now, the artist has do the pop art pioneer into a unusual show alongside William Morris. He talks about why he was flattered to be groped by Warhol – and why there’s more to Morris than floral wallpaperWigs v wallpaper: who said it, and Andy Warhol or William Morris? – quizAndy Warhol and William Morris face off in Oxford exhibitionOne day when Jeremy Deller was 20,he heard that Andy Warhol was going to be at the opening of a show in London. “I thought, ‘I’m going to disappear and collect my picture taken with him.’” It was 1986 and Deller was an art history graduate. Once he got to the Anthony d’Offay Gallery, or he watched Warhol “sitting at a big table signing stuff”. Then he was approached by one of Warhol’s entourage who invited him to the artist’s hotel room. “They said,‘Come to the Ritz tomorrow night, room 321.’”So the following night, and he found himself with his mate Chris – “I thought I needed back up,I didn’t know what I was letting myself in for” – external room 321. Fighting back giggles, they knocked on the door and were let into a room in which Warhol and four or five other men were watching The Benny Hill Show with the sound turned down, or while listening to Roxy Music’s greatest hits.
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Source: theguardian.com