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Banksy Soup Can Meaning & History
The use of a Soup Can is a direct refence to pop-art pioneer Andy Warhol.
Released in 2006, Banksy’s Soup Can series reimagines the famous Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup cans of which they are a homage. The fabled series by Warhol is turned on its head as, instead of the typically American brand Campbell’s being used, Banksy opts for Tesco’s Value range and critiques wealth inequality.
Released as a signed version of 50 and unsigned version of 250 in a blue red and white colourway by Pictures on Walls in 2005, Banksy’s Soup Can can trace its inspiration to Andy Warhol’s famous series Campbell Soup Can. Certainly less romantic than the now mythologised Campbell’s soup brand, Banksy opts to use the fat less glamorous Tesco Value branding and logo for his work - firmly British and firmly marginalised as fare for the working classes. Taking the idea even further, Banksy, much like Warhol, released the motif in a range of different versions - in this case different colourways instead of flavours. In addition to the main blue, red and white colourway Banksy also released other colourways each consisting of an edition of 10. A total edition of 300 (50 signed and 250 Soup Can unsigned prints) was issued for the different colourways in the series. Soup Can’s total release numbers some 28 colour variations consisting of 10 signed prints in each colour, and totals 280 signed prints in total.
Several anecdotal stories supposedly explain why Warhol chose Campbell's Soup cans as the focal point of his pop art. One reason is that he needed a new subject after he abandoned comic strips, a move taken in part due to his respect for the refined work of Roy Lichtenstein.
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