Many of Warhol's other famous paintings where he repeated the subject row upon row in a grid like fashion were his paintings of postage stamps, handle with Care - Glass Stickers and the Mona Lisa. .
Warhol's paintings of everyday products that any consumer could purchase in a grocery store, reflected Warhol's understanding of the egalitarianism of American culture; they reflected the equal right of all Americans to enjoy the same products. Warhol said:.
"What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you can know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke" (David Bourdon, Warhol p.76).
Moreover, his portrayal of something as basic as a Campbell's Soup can, simply showed that society had become bored with expressionistic art. "Warhol's red-and-white-labeled pictures signaled a cold-blooded rebellion against the centuries long tradition of painterly still lives"(David Bourdon, Warhol. P.88). His paintings represented contemporary reality. Furthermore, his paintings of dollar bills reflected the materialistic spirit of 1960 American. Finally, the grid organization that Warhol used in his paintings implied the mass production, uniformity, conformity, and the commercialism that pervaded American culture. Therefore, upon close examination of Andy Warhol's creations, the images depicted on the canvas transform into the societal values of America in 1960s.
Andy Warhol's deep obsession with Hollywood icons, such as Marilyn Manroe, James Dean, and Elvis Presley, was manifested in much of his artwork throughout his career. It has been written about Warhol that he was "a lifelong, star-struck fan of Hollywood movies, and their influence upon him and his artwork was self evident" (Andy Warhol, The philosophy of Andy Warhol, p.
