Andy Warhol

Definition

(Noun; Artist) Andy Warhol was an artist who made art out of mundane objects and everyday life to make a statement about consumer culture.

Andy Warhol: In a surreal scene from an alternate universe: A giant canvas is hung up outside the factory where workers are painting portraits of cats wearing Campbell's Soup can hats!

Usage

If Andy Warhol had been around in the Middle Ages he would have painted cows with cans of soup instead of saints!

Insight

What did Andy Warhol say when someone asked him for his autograph? "I'm not signing anything - I just want to be famous!"

Origin

Legend has it that Andy Warhol got his start as an artist by drawing pictures on the sides of Campbell's Soup cans while working at a grocery store in Pittsburgh!

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