Of “Brillo Boxes” and “Campbell’s Soup Cans” by Andy Warhol

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21. I read that Warhol had originally wanted to do comic book art but Roy beat him to

it! And the guy who actually did design the Brillo box tried to sue Warhol for some kind of copyright violation. Interestingly, it didn't materialize so maybe that is another example of advertising art and non-commercial art being different.

Oh, and advertising art! I recently read an interesting book on Norman Rockwell and how he longed to be a true "artist" and even painted himself with his back to us painting on a canvas, a la Vermeer and a little twist on Velazquez Las Meninas (which was later "adapted" by Sargent in "The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit.&quot

I don't know Kostabis but Hirst and particularly Koons annoy me. I did rather like Hirst's polka dot boats on the Thames when I was in London but that was about it...