Home/Symbols/Red/white split labelRed/white split label SymbolismBold, high-contrast color blocking that standardizes appearance and makes the product instantly recognizableCommon ThemesTricksterism & transgressionPropaganda & ideologyMedium reflexivity (art about art)Originality, authorship, and appropriationEveryday life as art (readymade, the ordinary)Labor & workChristian iconographyArtworks Featuring This SymbolCampbell's Soup CansAndy Warhol (1962)Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans turns a shelf-staple into <strong>art</strong>, using a gridded array of near-identical red-and-white cans to fuse <strong>branding</strong> with <strong>painting</strong>. By repeating 32 flavors—Tomato, Clam Chowder, Chicken Noodle, and more—the work stages a clash between <strong>mass production</strong> and the artist’s hand <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[3]</sup>.
