nter stage with Andys films projected while colored lights of images fell over the band. Because of the publicity from the show more of Andys films began to be seen and shown in commercial theatres. On June 3, 1968 Andy was shot by actress, Valerie Solnis, who appeared in Andys movie, I, a man. He survived the shooting after spending two months in the hospital. This incident is the subject of the film, I shot Andy Warhol. During the 1970s and 80s Andys status as a media icon skyrocketed. When Andy returned to painting in 1972 after his announcement of retirement from painting in 1965, he primarily began doing celebrity portraits. A major retrospective exhibition was held of his work throughout the late 1970s and early 80s. In the last years of his life Andy worked on his Myths series, Endangered Species series, and Ads series. On February 22, 1987 Andy Warhol died following complications from a gall bladder surgery. He was fifty-eight....
