Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) Campbell’s Soup Cans (detail). 1962. Synthetic polymer paint on thirty-two canvases, each 20 x 16″ (50.8 x 40.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Partial gift of Irving Blum. Additional funding provided by Nelson A. Rockefeller Bequest, gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A.M. Burden, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund, gift of Nina and Gordon Bunshaft in honor of Henry Moore, Lillie P. Bliss Bequest, Philip Johnson Fund, Frances R. Keech Bequest, gift of Mrs. Bliss Parkinson, and Florence B. Wesley Bequest (all by exchange)
Andy Warhol’s ‘Campbell’s Soup Cans’ at the MoMA The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) of New York presents ‘Andy Warhol: Campbell’s Soup Cans and Other Works, 1953–1967’, focusing on Warhol’s work during the crucial years between 1953 and 1967.]]>
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Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans is the signature work in the artist’s career and a landmark in MoMA’s collection. The 1962 series of 32 paintings is the centerpiece of an exhibition focusing on Warhol’s work during the crucial years between 1953 and 1967. The Soup Cans mark a breakthrough for Warhol, when he began to apply his seminal strategies of serial repetition and reproduction to key subjects derived from American commodity culture. Warhol also developed his signature use of the flat, uniform aesthetic of photo-screenprinting just after he completed the Soup Cans.
For the first time at MoMA, the 32 Soup Cans are shown in a single line (rather than a grid), echoing the way they were first exhibited at the Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, in 1962. The exhibition also includes drawings and illustrated books Warhol made in the 1950s, when he started his career as a commercial artist, and other paintings and prints from the 1960s, when he became a beacon of the Pop art movement.
“Andy Warhol: Campbell’s Soup Cans and Other Works, 1953–1967” is organized by Starr Figura, Curator, with Hillary Reder, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Drawings and Prints. The exhibition is supported by the MoMA Annual Exhibition Fund.
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