Yes true, he was very secretive about his background and often told different stories to journalists too. But fact remains, he was extremely tied and and in an almost symbiotic relationship with his mother. It seemed to have been very ambivalent for him, understandably enough. I do think that the original title of his paining The Nosepicker 1, The broad gave my face but I can pick my own nose, was a try to do a quiet revolt against his mother.
He tried to hide the fact that he was from Pittsburgh .He didn't even attend his Mother's funeral there.
Yes true, he was very secretive about his background and often told different stories to journalists too. But fact remains, he was extremely tied and and in an almost symbiotic relationship with his mother. It seemed to have been very ambivalent for him, understandably enough. I do think that the original title of his paining The Nosepicker 1, The broad gave my face but I can pick my own nose, was a try to do a quiet revolt against his mother.