1.9: Why Is This Art?
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Steven Zucker and Sal Khan try to answer why something is qualified as art. They use Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Soup Cans to illustrate their points.
The link to this video is provided at the bottom of this page.
Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Soup Cans, 1962, synthetic polymer paint on thirty-two canvases, each 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm), (The Museum of Modern Art).
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- Why is this art? Andy Warhol, Campbell's Soup Cans. Authored by: Steven Zucker and Sal Khan. Provided by: Khan Academy. Located at: www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/pop/v/andy-warhol-campbell-s-soup-cans-why-is-this-art. License: CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike