"Death of Art" show
Last fall I created a series of images involving Campbell's soup cans. I was influenced by Arthur Danto's criticism on Andy Warhol stating that the Brillo Box, which was a ready-made object that Andy presented as art, was the Death of Art that art had stopped there and nothing interesting would follow. Playing with this idea I created a visual to want Danto said, by using the style Andy did of appropriation and the ready-made, I photographed Campbell's Chicken Noodle soup cans in a still life studio set-up. I took one image with one can intact, the second the can was smashed and the last image I buried in dirt.
I think this project will fit in an alternative gallery space, since I'm researching this idea and exploring its potential for artists that show in them (beneficial or death of their career). With a place like E.TittleMouse&Co. the space is also a thrift store so they acquire and resell trends,fads and fashions that have died and are bringing it to a new generation.
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