By laying bare the relationship between commerce and art, Warhol nullified the idea of being a sell out.
Warhol
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 ...
Marilyn’s floating head, garishly colored, functions as the Virgin Mary in a Byzantine icon.
Andy Warhol, Gold Marilyn Monroe
Warhol used a quasi-mechanical process of silkscreen to reproduce Marilyn Monroe’s familiar face again and again.