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“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.”
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Much ink has been spilt over Warhol's Soup Can Series that, whether intentional or not, any such analysis of the pieces would, much like the works themselves, become a repetition. It is this repetition that presented itself in Andipa's "Warhol on Walton Street" where the iconic series was exhibited. With Warhol in particular a strange thing occurs when his pieces are on display. A new meaning, a new context and a new space is created and thus breathes new life into his works, Mechanised in nature (the contents of the famous cans was condensed of course) and mechanised in production (print making) Warhol's series took an ordinary, every day staple of American 20th life and propelled it into the echelons of art history.
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Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.
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As with all things Warhol, the artist and his subjects are deeply intwined. The soup, a nourishing staple of his childhood, became his muse and the series most associated with the artist. In a career that spanned over 4 decades, Warhol's energy, eye for design and ability to help us see everyday objects as art is hard to match.
The Soup Can Series (the liquid slice of Americana) continues to excite and astound. Whether it is a single can or the entire series (packed in tightly like cans on a supermarket shelf) the energy, intelliegence as vibrancy of the pieces never get old.
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EVERYONE NEEDS A FANTASY - ANDY WARHOL
Exhibition: Warhol On Walton Street: Andipa
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