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Campbell’s soup cans – Andy Warhol
Campbell‘s soup cans is a work of art made by Andy Warhol in 1962 and exhibited at the MoMA in NYC. It
is composed of 32 canvases which represent cans /tins of Campbell soup. It’s a famous American brand of
soup. At first we can think they are all the same / similar / identical, but in reality they are all different:
they represent different tastes / flavors.
It looks like an ad/ advert / advertisement / commercial.
Warhol was part of the Pop art movement. (pop = popular= from the people)
With “Campbell’s soup cans” Warhol denounces the consumer society along with mass consumption and
mass production. He thinks our society is superficial: people buy and consume a lot but never think before
doing it.
Warhol criticizes the conformism of the American society: People are the same,
they eat the same, they buy the same things because of social pressure.
Mass production leads to the bad quality of products.
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Campbell ‘s soup cans by Andy Warhol
Campbell’s soup cans is a work of art made by Andy Warhol in 1962. It’s composed of 32 paintings
representing Campbell’s soup cans / tins. Andy Warhol was an American pop art artist. Campbell is a
famous American brand of soups in a can.
At first we can think the paintings are all the same, but in reality they are not. They are different. They all
represent a different taste / flavour.
They represent a red and white labelled can.
It reminds an advert / commercial. Warhol criticises mass consumption and the consumer society by
highlighting conformism and standardisation of the American society. People are all the same: they eat the
same thing, no one has his own personality.
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Campbell’s soup cans
It’ a work of art made by Andy Warhol in 1962, named “Campbell soup cans”. It is composed of 32 (thirtytwo) canvases which all look the same / identical. They all represent a can / tin of Campbell Soup.
Campbell is the most famous American brand of soup in a can. In fact / actually, they all represent a
different type of soup, a different taste / flavor. The cans all have a red and white label. The brand name is
written in white over a red background. It looks hand-written just as if the soup was home-made.
All the cans look the same but one is different because it’s a new flavor so the tag / label sticks out to
influence customers into buying it.
It reminds an ad/ advert / advertising / commercial.
Warhol denounces the mass production and mass consumption of the consumer society.
He also denounced the conformism of the American society: they all live the same, have the same daily
life, the same houses, cars etc… they lack personality./ they don’t have personality.