Brillo Boxes
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Brillo Boxes is a series of sculptural works by Andy Warhol that replicate commercial Brillo soap pad packaging, exemplifying his exploration of consumer culture and mass production in Pop Art.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Pop Art artwork
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sculpture series → |
| artForm |
installation art
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sculpture → |
| basedOn |
Brillo soap pad packaging
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| collection |
Museum of Modern Art
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Tate Modern → various private collections → |
| color |
blue
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red → white → |
| copyrightHolder |
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| creator |
Andy Warhol
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| depicts |
Brillo soap pad box
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| describedBySource |
Pop Art scholarship
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art history literature → |
| displayStyle |
stacked like supermarket cartons
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| exhibitionYear |
1964
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| firstExhibitedAt |
Stable Gallery
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| genre |
appropriation art
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conceptual art → |
| hasEffect |
challenged distinction between high art and commercial design
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provoked debates on originality and authorship → |
| hasPart |
stacked box arrangements
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wooden box sculptures → |
| inception |
1964
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| influenced |
contemporary appropriation art
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postmodern art theory → |
| influencedBy |
advertising design
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mass media → supermarket display → |
| languageOfWork |
English
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| locationOfFirstExhibition |
New York City
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| mainSubject |
branding
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commercial packaging → consumer culture → mass production → |
| materialUsed |
plywood
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silkscreen ink → |
| movement |
Pop Art
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| notableWorkOf |
Andy Warhol
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| partOf |
Andy Warhol’s box sculptures
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| productionMethod |
factory-like studio process
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serial reproduction → |
| relatedWork |
Campbell’s Soup Cans
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Heinz Boxes → |
| usesTechnique |
silkscreen printing
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stenciling → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Andy Warhol
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notableWork |
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Brillo Boxes
("Andy Warhol’s box sculptures")
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