Andy Warhol and the Can That Sold the World

by Gary Indiana

Book Overview

In the summer of 1962, Andy Warhol unveiled 32 Soup Cans in his first solo exhibition at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles--and sent the art world reeling. The responses ran from incredulity to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465002331
• ISBN13: 9780465002337
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Key to any arts collection

Andy Warhol and the Can That Sold the World tells of the first solo exhibition of Warhol's works in Los Angeles in 1962, the Campbell's Soup cans, and considers their origins and Warhol's early years. In silk-screening an ordinary object, Warhol rose to fame and fostered a new area for the arts: Andy Warhol and the Can That Sold the World is more than just another Warhol expose; it's a survey of a new movement, and is key to any arts collection.