简介：Actor and artist, Allen Midgette passed away at 82, on June 16, 2021, at his home in Woodstock, New York. A representative of Midgette, Raymond Foye announced that Midgette had passed after suffering from cardiopulmonary disease.Allen Midgette, born February 2, 1939, in Camden, New Jersey began studying and pursing acting as a young adult in New York City. His first appearance in film was as an extra in West Side Story (1961), though he originally auditioned for the lead role of Tony. After filming West Side Story, Midgette received the opportunity to travel to Italy. There he befriended Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci, who at the time was assistant to writer and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini. Bertolucci, making his directorial debut, cast Midgette as a soldier in his 1962 film The Grim Reaper. Midgette was later cast again by Bertolucci to appear in his 1964 film Before the Revolution, in a more prominent role, as Agostino. Midgette embraced his work in Bertolucci’s films, especially since he was one of the few American actors to work and be a part of the Neo-Realist film movement occurring in Italy at the time. However, Midgette’s most infamous portrayal–and one he is partially unfavorable towards–is his impersonation of Andy Warhol.In 1967, Warhol hired Midgette to impersonate him on a visit to Rochester Institute of Technology for the lecture “Pop Art in Action.” This visit would eventually lead Midgette to attend multiple college lecture tours where he would pose as Warhol to unsuspecting audience members who thought they were meeting the artist.This bold stunt performed with elements similar to the Dada movement played upon the public’s perception, expectations, and intrigue surrounding the question of who exactly is Andy Warhol. With Andy Warhol only being an up-and-coming name outside of New York, information regarding the artist was scarce, aside from his notable consumer goods imagery. The lectures at the colleges would serve as an opportunity for War
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