BANKSY // Soup Can, 2005

  • Banksy’s 2005 Soup Can parody of Warhol’s pop art, critiquing mass consumer culture.

    Banksy, Soup Can (Original), 2005.
    Screen-print in colours on wove paper, 50 × 35 cm.
    © Banksy.

    Banksy’s Soup Can is a sharp parody of Andy Warhol’s iconic Campbell’s Soup Cans, turning Pop Art homage into a pointed social critique. Instead of celebrating consumer culture, Banksy targets British supermarket giant Tesco, exposing its aggressive expansion and impact on local businesses.
     
    Designed with a vintage aesthetic in three colours on a cream background, Soup Can mimics retro branding now used by supermarkets to sell nostalgia. Banksy first released the print in 2005 as a single edition in multiple colourways, followed by Four Soup Cans in 2006.

     

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  • “People either love me or they hate me, or they don’t really care.”

    – Banksy

    Soup Can is one of Banksy’s most direct nods to Andy Warhol, yet with a distinctly critical edge. By replacing Campbell’s with Tesco, the British supermarket chain, Banksy transforms Pop Art celebration into satire. Rather than glorifying mass production, the work highlights the dominance of corporate giants and their impact on independent shops and everyday culture.
    Rendered in a vintage design with three colours against a cream background, Soup Can mimics retro supermarket packaging to evoke nostalgia while exposing how branding manipulates memory and desire. First released in 2005 in single-colour editions, the series expanded with Four Soup Cans in 2006, cementing its place as one of Banksy’s most recognisable print works. More than a parody, Soup Can is a critique of consumer culture, monopoly power, and the commodification of art itself.
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