![Andy Warhol, Coca-Cola [3] (detail), 1962, casein on canvas, 176.2 x 137.2 cm (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts)](https://smarthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Andy-Warhol-Coca-Cola-thumb-570x350.jpg)
With this canvas, Coca-Cola [3], Warhol becomes Warhol.
Pop
By laying bare the relationship between commerce and art, Warhol nullified the idea of being a sell out.
The Case for Andy Warhol
This war machine seemed obsolete before it was finished; Rosenquist explains why he painted it with SpaghettiOs.
James Rosenquist, F-111
By putting this in the museum, we see this as art. But what if it weren’t there?
Why is this art? Andy Warhol, Campbell’s ...
How do you make a nineteenth-century masterpiece ask twentieth-century questions?
Roy Lichtenstein, Rouen Cathedral Set V
Oldenburg’s wonderfully floppy, sloppy cake is filthy, humorous, and not at all edible.
Claes Oldenburg, Floor Cake
Marilyn’s floating head, garishly colored, functions as the Virgin Mary in a Byzantine icon.
Andy Warhol, Gold Marilyn Monroe
This sculpture, installed on the Yale campus during Vietnam War protests, was never meant to be permanent.
Claes Oldenburg, Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks
Warhol used a quasi-mechanical process of silkscreen to reproduce Marilyn Monroe’s familiar face again and again.
Andy Warhol, Marilyn Diptych
Pop seems to glorify popular culture, but a second look reveals a critique of post-war marketing and consumerism.
Pop Art
Since 1960, artists have come up with countless ways to engage audiences on a huge spectrum of topics.