This work is formed by eight skate decks made of 7 ply grade A Canadian maple wood. Top-print includes the official Andy Warhol brand logo.
Colored Campbell's Soup - Skateboard art edition under license.
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The “Colored Campbell’s Soup Cans” series by Andy Warhol, created in 1965, emerged as an evolution of his iconic 1962 work, “Campbell’s Soup Cans”, which featured 32 canvases depicting different varieties of Campbell’s soup in their characteristic red and white design. The original series revolutionized pop art by transforming a mundane object into a cultural icon, exploring repetition, mass consumption, and the aesthetics of everyday American life.
Three years later, Warhol decided to reinterpret the project by introducing vibrant, varied colors. While the shape of the cans remained recognizable, each canvas in the 1965 series dramatically changed in its color palette, creating a more dynamic and playful visual effect. This shift encourages viewers to reconsider a familiar everyday object and to perceive it in a new, more stimulating and artistic way. At the same time, it reinforces the work’s connection to popular culture, advertising, and mass production, all central elements of pop art.
Unlike the 1962 series, which emphasized uniformity and the iconic nature of a common product, “Colored Campbell’s Soup Cans” adds a sensory and experimental dimension. Each can becomes a game of color and perception, reflecting Warhol’s fascination with industrial methods, repetition, and screen printing, while questioning the boundaries between art, consumption, and creativity. The 1965 series not only reaffirms the iconic power of the Campbell’s soup can but also expands its aesthetic and playful dimension, cementing Warhol’s role as a pioneer of pop art and a critical observer of mass culture.
