... most notorious of the 20th century was Pop Art. Pop Art took ideas or images from popular culture, and perverted them into art. Suddenly everything became art, from cans of Campbell's Soup, to comic books. The world began to look at things in new ways, and appreciate them for their aesthetic value. Part of this was due to the extravagance and ... create the icons of Pop Art. In the Series and Singles exhibition, his early work is well represented with Comics, Campbell's Soup Cans, Dollar Bills and other Coca-Colas. At the end of 1961, Andy created his first serial work with small Campbe...

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... did not only display his dollar bill paintings, composed of rows and rows of dollar bills, at his first show, but also displayed his famous Campbell's Soup can paintings. Everyone was familiar with the recognizable can of Campbell's Soup, but Warhol was the first artist to have the idea of making a painting of a soup can and call it art. When Warhol was ... , you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke" (David Bourdon, Warhol p.76). Moreover, his portrayal of something as basic as a Campbell's Soup can, simply showed that society had become ...

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... compositions and representations, were everywhere in their rapidly changing post-war world. Turning the corner in a supermarket to be faced with shelf after shelf of identical, symmetrical Brillo Boxes or Campbell's Soup cans could be a hypnotic experience or a revelation. Consumer goods or patriotic symbols like the American Flag deserved a second or third look because they had a primary place in our lives ... ...

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... and household objects. For the most part his work as a commercial illustrator was a heavy influence due to the commercials and advertising industry which soon was a reason for his painting of Campbell's soup cans. In terms of artists an influence of his was Roy Liechtenstein who was one of the first Pop artists, another was Ben Shahn who tackled social realism and ... ...

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... who were treated as outcasts. The nineteen-sixties is when Warhol started his best commercial pop-art that made the legacy he made. During these times, art pieces such as: "Campbell's Soup Can," "Cow," "Front and Back of Dollar Bills," and his well-known pieces of Marilyn Monroes. Silkscreen was his new weapon and it woked well with his bright colors ... ...

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