Andy Warhol

As a young child Warhol was obsessed with fame, fortune, and glamor. He used to cut pictures from magazines and newspapers of Hollywood film stares, he also collected autographs. As time went by his interest grew, he wanted to know more about the Hollywood lifestyle and how it would be to be famous, but who wouldn't wonder what there live would be like if they where famous. Both of Warhol's parents came from Milkova ( which is now know as Slovakia ) to the United States. When Warhol was a student in the summer he would work at a department store he would look at all the European fashion magazines. (Bolton, pages 6,7,9).

As Warhol grew older so did his artistic abilities. He went towards pop art. But although his talent changed his love for Hollywood stars never did. But that's a different paragraph. Pop art is a art technique that was very popular in the 20th century. It takes everyday products and gave it abstract artist touch, it also had a lot to do with reproducing the same picture over again but always different ways. ( www.biddingtons.com)

This piece of art work (shown above) is called the soup can and was painted in 1962. When he did pop art he did a lot of famous people like Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley, he also did name brand products like Brillo, and Campbell's. Not only did he Campbell's tomato soup a lot of times but he also did campbell manhattan clam chowder and many others. When he made his other art works he made them very colorful and bright which makes you think rainbows and happiness.

Now in his other works of art it seems very complicated. But in the Soup Can its very simple yet complex with the details that he focused on like the ridges on the top ad the sort of side ways O in soup, and the design on the bottom under the word soup. I think that he wanted it to be so plain and simple because it is different from all of his other bright works maybe it shows how he was when he was younger different. Or maybe be because it stands out and he wanted to stand out of the crowd. Or maybe because it's such a known brand that a lot of us Americans grew up with and he wants to make the adults go back and remember how it was when they where younger. Or maybe he signed a contract that no one knew about with Campbell's soup and wants people to buy more of it. Or maybe he was trying to put one of his favorite products out there and make it pop out to everyone, the possibility are endless.