Andy Warholアメリカ合衆国, 1928–1987

キャンベル・スープ缶

Campbell's Soup Cans

1962 · Painting

この絵画について

『キャンベルのスープ缶』（キャンベルのスープかん、Campbell's Soup Cans）は、アンディ・ウォーホルによって1962年に製作された美術作品群である。『32個のキャンベルのスープ缶』（32このキャンベルのスープかん、32 Campbell's Soup Cans）とも。作品が公開された当時は、スープ缶を芸術のテーマに選ぶことは抽象表現主義を一部侮辱しているとして批判を浴びた。しかしながら、ウォーホルはその後もキャンベルのスープ缶をテーマとした多種多様な芸術作品を制作し、最終的には本作品はアメリカ・ポップアートを代表するものとしての地位を確立した。

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作品データ

収蔵番号: 476.1996.1-32

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December 1961
The decision to paint money
After seeing Claes Oldenburg's installation The Store in December 1961, Warhol went home frustrated, feeling his comic-strip paintings were no longer original enough. He accepted Muriel Flatow's tongue-in-cheek advice, given for $50, to paint what he liked most — money — and began painting dollar bills.
1961–1962
Mastering silkscreen
Seeking technical advice, Warhol turned to Floriano Vecchi of Tiber Press, who showed him the basics of silkscreen printing: transferring designs to acetate, preparing screens and pulling ink with a squeegee. The experiments became a turning point and soon led to some of his earliest silkscreen works.
9 July 1962
Soup cans at the Ferus Gallery
The Los Angeles dealer Irving Blum, surprised that Warhol had no gallery, offered him a solo show at the Ferus Gallery. Warhol sent 32 canvases, one for each variety of Campbell's soup; the exhibition opened on 9 July 1962 and marked his West Coast debut.
October 1962
“The New Realists” at the Sidney Janis Gallery
Invited by the dealer Sidney Janis, Warhol took part in the exhibition The New Realists, showing 200 Soup Cans, Big Campbell's Soup Can 19c (Beef Noodle) and Do It Yourself (Flowers). The show was widely seen as a turning point for the acceptance of Pop art: The New Yorker likened its effect on the New York art world to an “earthquake”.
6 November 1962
First solo Pop show in New York