New York, NY - Armand Bartos Fine Art is pleased to present Warhol Soup, the first exhibition to focus solely on Andy Warhol's Soup Can works, and his transformation of the Campbell's Soup brand into an American icon. This survey showcases Warhol's three decades of art making, and brings to light the significance of this recurring image throughout his career. This presentation of paintings, sculpture and prints by the renowned Pop artist will be the gallery's final exhibition before closing its doors to the public. Armand Bartos will continue to sell works privately.
"Andy's Soup Can is the single most iconic work of art in the 20th Century and stands apart from other Pop works of the era," says Armand Bartos, founder of Armand Bartos Fine Art. "The development of these images parallels both the history of art and the greater culture, in that-like many of the great Pop works of the Sixties-its underlying power lies in the ability of the subject matter to both tap into and critique the rise of consumer culture."
Highlights from the Exhibition
· Campbell's Soup Can (Chicken with Rice), 1966 - a rare, cast-aluminum replica of a Soup Can from an edition of ten published by Ben Birillo and Leo Castelli
· Campbell's Soup I, 1969 - a series of ten Soup Can prints, which became the most widely reproduced of Warhol's work
· Colored Campbell's Soup Can (Double Exposure), 1971 - a Factory Polaroid of a Colored Campbell's Soup Can, with a haunting double exposure, taken in London at the time of his Tate Gallery exhibition
· Campbell's Tomato Soup (Red), 1985 - a late painting where Warhol re-interprets his 1960's Soup Can painting
· Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup Box, 1986 - from his late series which immortalized a then new line of Campbell's brand soup boxes
During the exhibition the gallery will be open Tuesday-Friday, 10-5 and Saturday 12-5.
