Easter Eggs 1982

Andy Warhol's print, "Easter Eggs," captures a mundane subject with a touch of the uncanny. It's kind of creepy, right? Imagine Warhol, in his studio, carefully arranging this carton of eggs. What was he thinking? Was he amused by the pop of the ordinary? Perhaps he aimed to transform these supermarket staples into something else, something almost celestial against the deep green background. There is a real tension in the work between the domestic and the cosmic! Think of the art historical painters who looked at simple objects: Morandi, for example. Warhol takes that tradition, but gives it a new, reproducible spin. Warhol’s work always asks us to look again at what we take for granted, and, in doing so, he turns the act of seeing into a form of questioning. What do eggs mean, anyway? What do they mean when reproduced in multiples?