Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup I Green Pea (F & S II.50) For Sale

Andy Warhol once claimed that he drank Campbell’s soup almost every day for 20 years; "I used to drink it. I used to have the same lunch every day, for 20 years, I guess, the same thing over and over again." Therefore, perhaps it is not shocking to realise why Warhol turned to something as ordinary as the soup can as inspiration for perhaps one of his most iconic series ever made. Rather than drawing inspiration from emotion, violence, and human struggle in a way the Abstract Expressionists did, Warhol was drawn to the artificial and the processed. He saw widespread commodities, such as the soup can, as a quintessential representation of the current American culture, and as a symbol of human achievement in industrialisation and commercialism. His Pop Art could not be more opposite to the visceral nature of the Abstract Expressionists; his soup cans are sterile, inexpressive, and completely emotionless. However, Warhol’s soup cans do not lend themselves to a formalist interpretation. They are conceptually rich and show Warhol’s ability to go against the grain of art movements of his time.

Not only this, but the soup cans series shows Warhol’s understanding of the art market, and the relationship between art and business. He raises a question – if people buy and sell paintings as valuable commodities in the art market, why not sell recreations of objects that are already for sale? Warhol cleverly subverts notions of what makes art valuable, elevating an ordinary and universally recognisable soup can to the artistic status of an Old Master painting.

Green Pea (FS II.50) has undoubtedly become a hallmark of not only Pop Art, but of Modern art. The Soup can series ultimately reflect Warhol’s obsession with consumer culture and capitalist iconography and remain one of the most recognizable symbols of the Pop Art era. This series was instrumental in elevating the Pop Art movement into arguably one of the most important and impactful art movements of the late 20th century. Through his Soup Cans, Warhol forced people to rethink previously established codes of artistic decorum, value, and inspiration, transforming the artistic landscape forever.

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