July 4th's Tribute to Andy Warhol (Art no.2) by sandra46

Photography • Photo Manipulation • posted on Jul 04, 2010

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Campbell's Soup Cans is a work of art produced in 1962 by Andy Warhol. It consists of 32 canvases, each consisting of a painting of a Campbell's Soup can, one of each of the canned soup varieties the company offered at the time. The individual paintings were produced with a semi-mechanized silkscreen process, using a non-painterly style. Campbell's Soup Cans helped to usher in pop art as a major art movement in the USA. The combination of the semi-mechanized process, the non-painterly style, and the commercial subject initially caused offense, especially among elitist artists and critics devoted to the 'fine art' religion.The pundits could not believe an artist would reduce the art form to the equivalent of a trip to the local grocery store. The work did not translate into monetary success for Warhol. Dennis Hopper was the first of only a half dozen to pay $100 for a canvas. At first, the cans were accurate representations of actual Campbell's cans, but as his series progressed, they became more surrealistic, with Warhol experimenting with negative-reversed color schemes and other varied techniques (many of these which would be used on other Warhol paintings of the period, such as his celebrity silkscreens of the 1960s.) Warhol had a positive view of ordinary culture and felt the abstract expressionists had taken great pains to ignore the splendor of modernity. The Campbell's Soup Can series, along with his other series, provided him with a chance to express his positive view of modern culture.The regimented multiple can depictions almost become an abstraction whose details are less important than the panorama. In a sense, the representation was more important than that which was represented. Warhol's interest in machinelike creation during his early pop art days was misunderstood by those in the art world, whose value system was threatened by mechanization. In Europe, audiences had a very different take on his work. Many perceived it as a subversive and Marxist satire on American capitalism, which it wasn't, in fact was an appreciation of modernity.In his own way, Warhol showed the truth of what philosopher Martin Heidegger wrote in The Origin of the Work of Art: '... at bottom, the ordinary is not ordinary; it is extraordinary.' Campbell Soup Company, however, in 1910 had created a Lithograph Embossed Tin Plate Sign, predating Warhol's Pop Art by half a century. To celebrate their special 125th Anniversary, they created a special edition replica. I photographed it in the museum shop at Yorktown, Virginia. I manipulated the image in order to reproduce the idea of numberless replicas allowed by mechanical reproduction, using both the tin plate and a photo of Andy Warhol's pop persona I manipulated to hint to his celebrity silkscreen series.I hope you'll enjoy it. Thanks for your kind comments.

Comments (42)

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claude19

10:14AM | Sun, 04 July 2010

WONDERFUL comment and awesome idea ! Great presentation of a world famous american Artist !!!

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jmb007

10:27AM | Sun, 04 July 2010

bel hommage!!!

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magnus073

10:48AM | Sun, 04 July 2010

Sandra this is a marvelous dedi and great presentation. Reading the history behind Wahol's work on this really was fascinating. You once again made my day as a trip to your gallery is such an enjoyable and learning experience.

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Faemike55

10:48AM | Sun, 04 July 2010

Fantastic work and wonderful narrative Thanks

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durleybeachbum

11:00AM | Sun, 04 July 2010

What a clever idea, Sandra! I do indeed enjoy it, very much!!

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lyron

11:02AM | Sun, 04 July 2010

Great shot!!

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renecyberdoc

11:43AM | Sun, 04 July 2010

this is art, wonderful.

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rocserum

11:57AM | Sun, 04 July 2010

excellent work! RS

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flora-crassella

11:59AM | Sun, 04 July 2010

fantastic image!!! GREAT work!!!!!

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carlx

12:32PM | Sun, 04 July 2010

Superb imagination and mood!!!

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Sea_Dog

1:12PM | Sun, 04 July 2010

Very imaginative and creative, Sandra. Well done.

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brycek

2:42PM | Sun, 04 July 2010

Wonderful tribute..Happy 4th!!

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DananJaya_Chef

3:41PM | Sun, 04 July 2010

Wonderful image, love the story, well done.

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Madbat

4:11PM | Sun, 04 July 2010

Nice work on this! Imagine buying a Warhol for $100!

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jocko500

4:34PM | Sun, 04 July 2010

lot of history here so we can understand the POP art movement more. I like this

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psyoshida

4:47PM | Sun, 04 July 2010

Excellent work. As always, you delight us with your pictures and enlighten us with the history. I really appreciate it, thanks. It's wonderful.

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Richardphotos

4:56PM | Sun, 04 July 2010

I use to like soup when I was young but finally the bad ingredients that they use turned me against Campbell.I have not tasted any for more than 25 years.outstanding shot

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