3°3 Campbell’s soup cans – Andy Warhol

Campbell‘s soup cans is a work of art made by Andy Warhol in 1962 and exhibited at the MoMA in NYC. It is composed of 32 canvases which represent cans /tins of Campbell soup. It’s a famous American brand of soup. At first we can think they are all the same / similar / identical, but in reality they are all different: they represent different tastes / flavors. It looks like an ad/ advert / advertisement / commercial.

Warhol was part of the Pop art movement. (pop = popular= from the people)

With “Campbell’s soup cans” Warhol denounces the consumer society along with mass consumption and mass production. He thinks our society is superficial: people buy and consume a lot but never think before doing it. Warhol criticizes the conformism of the American society: People are the same, they eat the same, they buy the same things because of social pressure. Mass production leads to the bad quality of products.

3°4 Campbell ‘s soup cans by Andy Warhol

Campbell’s soup cans is a work of art made by Andy Warhol in 1962. It’s composed of 32 paintings representing Campbell’s soup cans / tins. Andy Warhol was an American pop art artist. Campbell is a famous American brand of soups in a can. At first we can think the paintings are all the same, but in reality they are not. They are different. They all represent a different taste / flavour. They represent a red and white labelled can. It reminds an advert / commercial. Warhol criticises mass consumption and the consumer society by highlighting conformism and standardisation of the American society. People are all the same: they eat the same thing, no one has his own personality.

3°5

Campbell’s soup cans

It’ a work of art made by Andy Warhol in 1962, named “Campbell soup cans”. It is composed of 32 (thirty- two) canvases which all look the same / identical. They all represent a can / tin of Campbell Soup. Campbell is the most famous American brand of soup in a can. In fact / actually, they all represent a different type of soup, a different taste / flavor. The cans all have a red and white label. The brand name is written in white over a red background. It looks hand-written just as if the soup was home-made. All the cans look the same but one is different because it’s a new flavor so the tag / label sticks out to influence customers into buying it. It reminds an ad/ advert / advertising / commercial. Warhol denounces the mass production and mass consumption of the consumer society. He also denounced the conformism of the American society: they all live the same, have the same daily life, the same houses, cars etc… they lack personality./ they don’t have personality.