Warhol: Campbell Soup

A piece of art I’ve always wondered about and keeps haunting me is Andy Warhol’s “Campbell Soup” painting. When I was younger I never understood it but now I see it as a unique piece of art. Certainly Warhol’s art is controversial and in this case he tells about the commercialization of modern society. The soup can painting was made the same way objects are manufactured in factories. The painting is a piece of art but it doesn’t show any creativity at all because it looks machine made. The simplicity of the colors shows the lack of input of the artist.
Overall the painting makes others questions of whether Warhol is making art or a commercial illustration. The art is so simple in its form because it uses simple font and color that isn’t reproducible by hand and brush but rather something that is machine made. It’s unique because it takes something from the world around us and makes it into a painting. The painting technique is the most creative thing Warhol used which is silk-screening. The idea is more important than the painting. In order for the painting to have a better meaning you have to know the context of how it was made.