*Campbell Soup Cans

Artist: Andy Warhol
Title: Campbell's Soup Cans
Date: 1962
Material: Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Location: Museum of Modern Art, NY
Significance: This is piece is the most questioned and controversial piece so far in my research. Famous artists such as Duchamp have had trouble explaining his thought of the piece. Duchamp simply thought Warhol liked soup! This canvas consists of 32 variously flavored cans of Campbell's soup, all of which were actual soups offered from the company at that time. Many think some of the soups have dark, racist meanings while others look passed the names and focused on the soup and canvas itself. This piece is actually a collage per say. It started out as 32 individual art works.