Andy Warhol's Brillo Box art piece. I feel like Mr. Warhol was making a statement about consumer culture in the 60's. This was a time period where colored television led to a rise in product commercial effectiveness. I notice that he chose a common household item, something that would be easily recognizable by anyone who saw it. Also the way he stacks the boxes half-haphazardly, like product stored in a warehouse. I believe he was bringing attention to what he felt was a shift in American culture from the strong family values we picture in the 50's, to the rising trend of consumerism of the 60's. Of course he was also known as a controversial artist, and I'm sure that had a lot to do with this piece, as well as his other "grocery carton" works. Perhaps he wanted to see how far he could push the art world in accepting his work as marketable art. Truthfully I don't think that we will ever know the true meaning behind a lot of his work, but it has served a very good purpose of letting art students evaluate what is and isn't art over the years.
