Oyster Stew, from Campbell's Soup II

In this work, Andy Warhol turns an everyday grocery item into something worth slowing down for. The familiar Campbell’s soup can is shown plainly, front and center, with no background story or dramatic setting. By isolating the label and repeating it across the series, Warhol asks us to look carefully at what we usually overlook. The can becomes an image, not a meal.

Created in 1969 as part of the Campbell’s Soup II series, this version reflects Warhol’s growing interest in repetition and variation within a fixed format. Slight changes between flavors suggest mass production, yet each image still feels distinct. The work quietly points to how consumer culture fills daily life with symbols we instantly recognize, trust, and rarely question. What seems ordinary becomes iconic, revealing how branding, routine, and art can blur into one another.