Changing Meaning

In the third hall the attention is on the artworks where the meaning and/or context of everyday objects and famous characters have been changed. Campbell soup, everyday food in the consumer society was turned into iconic artworks by Warhol. Warhol made art part of everyone's experience turning the ordinary American soup into an immortal artwork. Similarly Superman, Mickey Mouse, paper notes and stamps are placed in the art world. When Andy Warhol signed the money at the height of his fame, its notional value went up. In Andy Mouse Keith Haring has cleverly depicted Andy Warhol as famous and rich as the international superstar Mickey Mouse. Comics, which are an inseparable part of many people's childhood, have found their way into art through Roy Lichtenstein's art. On the comics theme wall there is also contemporary art by Peter Stark and Nick Smith as a homage to Lichtenstein. Smith has found his unique technique using paint chips from the hardware store and he connects the everyday to art. Graffiti artist Egs also uses glass as his medium. Graffiti can be seen as a secret language and by extension, every work of art carries a code that needs to be known in order to read it. The meaning of the artworks has the power to change in the light of new information.