Written By: Victoria Christensen
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Anyone interested in art has stumbled upon the work of Andy Warhol at least once in their life. Warhol was known to be quite eccentric and we accepted him all the same because of his contribution to the awe-inspiring world of the Pop Art Movement. The Thirty-Two Campbell's Soup Cans installation really pushed pop art into the mainstream and is still a quite iconic work of art because of the images' familiarity. Most think this is the reason for it's great success even though it was mocked by some.
Before creating the first few Campbell's Soup Cans, Warhol had been working on new ads and comic strips when he came across Roy Lichtenstein's comic strip paintings. He started asking around for subjects to paint when his friend suggested that he pick an image that people were familiar with, like Campbell's soup cans. From there, he went on to purchase soup cans and trace their projects onto canvas. He wanted to the paintings to closely resemble the original labels as much as possible. After receiving an offer to show his work, that's when he decided to create images of all thirty-two varieties of soups sold by Campbell's in 1962.
Irving Blum's gallery(Ferus Gallery) displayed the Campbell's Soup Cans and ended up selling five of the canvases but then Blum realized that they should truly be displayed as an installation. So Blum bought back the five that were sold and purchased the rest of the set from Warhol for $3,000.
An installation like this is iconic of American culture and has stood the test of time because of that fact. People can identify with it in some way. Any artist that can make you feel something, has done their job well and Andy Warhol achieved that in a simple, yet classic way.
Before creating the first few Campbell's Soup Cans, Warhol had been working on new ads and comic strips when he came across Roy Lichtenstein's comic strip paintings. He started asking around for subjects to paint when his friend suggested that he pick an image that people were familiar with, like Campbell's soup cans. From there, he went on to purchase soup cans and trace their projects onto canvas. He wanted to the paintings to closely resemble the original labels as much as possible. After receiving an offer to show his work, that's when he decided to create images of all thirty-two varieties of soups sold by Campbell's in 1962.
Irving Blum's gallery(Ferus Gallery) displayed the Campbell's Soup Cans and ended up selling five of the canvases but then Blum realized that they should truly be displayed as an installation. So Blum bought back the five that were sold and purchased the rest of the set from Warhol for $3,000.
An installation like this is iconic of American culture and has stood the test of time because of that fact. People can identify with it in some way. Any artist that can make you feel something, has done their job well and Andy Warhol achieved that in a simple, yet classic way.