Great Regulars: The absence of depth and meaning

is not merely there, it is felt.

But, in the context of his argument, [Gary] Indiana would be absolutely right to reject any such analysis. The whole point of the soup cans was that poignancy, sadness and every other emotion had been removed. Their message was, "Here we are, this is what we look like, this is what the world is, what more is there?"

[Andy] Warhol in his prime would have recoiled even from that. He was in pursuit of an art of which nothing could be said. "Always leave them wanting less," he said.

from Bryan Appleyard: The Sunday Times: Andy Warhol and the Can that Sold the World by Gary Indiana

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