You are beautiful and you are alone : the biography of Nico
Bickerdike, Jennifer Otter2021
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Nico was an ever-evolving myth, an enigma that escaped definition. Born Christa Paffgen, Nico grew up in war-torn Berlin before being scouted by a fashion photographer in her early teens. At age twenty-seven, she became Andy Warhol's newest Superstar, securing the position of chanteuse for the Velvet Underground. Though she is primarily remembered for contributions to their seminal debut album - and her relationships with Brian Jones, Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison - her own artistry and influence have often been overlooked. Nico spent most of her career as a solo artist on the road, enduring empty concert halls, abusive fans and the perilous reality of being a drug addict. Yet beneath the superficial denigrations and one-dimensional myths was a complicated visionary determined to make art that was truly her own. In You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone, defying the sexist casting of her life as the tragedy of a beautiful woman losing her looks, youth and fame, Jennifer Otter Bickerdike cements Nico's legacy as one of the most vital artists of her time, inspiring a generation of luminaries including Bjork, Morrissey and Iggy Pop. Containing over a hundred new interviews and rare archival material, this is an empowering reappraisal of an underappreciated icon.
Main title:
You are beautiful and you are alone : the biography of Nico / Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.
Author:
Bickerdike, Jennifer Otter, author
Imprint:
London : Faber, 2021.©2021
Collation:
vii, 504 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Enter -- Exalted -- Existence -- End -- Epilogue.
ISBN:
9780571350018 (hardback)
Dewey class:
782.42166092B/NIC
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
586995