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43. There you go...

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Of �Brillo Boxes� and �Campbell�s Soup Cans� by Andy Warhol [View all] CTyankee Aug 2015 OP

If you have a chance to go to the Warhol museum in Pittsburgh, you should go. FSogol Aug 2015 #1

Thanks. I'm trying to get to MoMA for the soup cans with my art buddy... CTyankee Aug 2015 #2

Last Fall, I was visiting relatives in Pittsburgh and took my family there. We loved it and spent FSogol Aug 2015 #3

I am sure of that! It was such a smokestack place when I was at CMU... CTyankee Aug 2015 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author edhopper Aug 2015 #15

Soup or art? Makes me think of Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner's character Trudy explaining human Bluenorthwest Aug 2015 #5

I got a HUGE laugh out of that! It's wonderful! CTyankee Aug 2015 #6

It is a running motif/gag in the play and in Lily's amazing performance of it it was very funny and Bluenorthwest Aug 2015 #7

some people get really annoyed with that answer and it makes me wonder... CTyankee Aug 2015 #8

"But is it art?" gratuitous Aug 2015 #9

well, there is a difference between satire and art or at least I think there is... CTyankee Aug 2015 #10

It's art edhopper Aug 2015 #11

there are so many philosophical dimensions to Warhol's work as it progresses CTyankee Aug 2015 #12

The tragedy of Van Gogh was edhopper Aug 2015 #18

He was pretty sick, IIRC. I did an essay here on Starry Night... CTyankee Aug 2015 #19

No question he had serious mental illness edhopper Aug 2015 #20

First I'll address Danto edhopper Aug 2015 #13

So what you are saying I think is that functionality is pretty much key here. CTyankee Aug 2015 #14

Yes edhopper Aug 2015 #16

About Warhol edhopper Aug 2015 #17

I read that Warhol had originally wanted to do comic book art but Roy beat him to CTyankee Aug 2015 #21

This Rockwell edhopper Aug 2015 #32

it's funny, he's trying for all those great artists and he gets this...it shows he was CTyankee Aug 2015 #34

Rococo edhopper Aug 2015 #38

mine too. By far. Mannerism is another, with a very few exceptions. CTyankee Aug 2015 #40

Magritte kinda did the same thing (love your avatar!)... CTyankee Aug 2015 #28

The Magrtitte show at MOMA a few years ago edhopper Aug 2015 #29

I need a better explanation of his surrealism. This could take all day... CTyankee Aug 2015 #31

Juxtaposition of things that are related in some way, edhopper Aug 2015 #33

Thanks. But I do think Magritte had a sneaky kind of sense of humor in his works. CTyankee Aug 2015 #35

Oh edhopper Aug 2015 #37

how does This is not a Pipe fit your definition of surrealism, tho? CTyankee Aug 2015 #39

Surrealism is more than strange paintings edhopper Aug 2015 #47

Ah. This is what I get, too. CTyankee Aug 2015 #48

Pollack, yes. edhopper Aug 2015 #49

"I've got a brillo box and I say it's art." johnp3907 Aug 2015 #22

That's a great song. I didn't know it. CTyankee Aug 2015 #24

It's from the album Songs For Drella. johnp3907 Aug 2015 #27

I agree with this entire post. I think these works are, in part, a commentary RadiationTherapy Aug 2015 #23

so much research is possible now and sharing of images. I couldn't do this without CTyankee Aug 2015 #25

I have stopped answering that question. blogslut Aug 2015 #26

You can drive yourself nuts trying to solve that question... CTyankee Aug 2015 #30

Back in the 70s I went to the grocery and bought a box of brillos. PufPuf23 Aug 2015 #36

I love it! What a great story! CTyankee Aug 2015 #41

Can of Spam PufPuf23 Aug 2015 #45

Oh, boy! Now you've got my heart! Not with Spam which I would never even try to eat CTyankee Aug 2015 #46

This should probably be posted here: johnp3907 Aug 2015 #42

There you go... CTyankee Aug 2015 #43

Nice! johnp3907 Aug 2015 #44

kick Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #50