How to Party Like Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol's birthday would have been a massive Factory affair with socialites, drag queens, actors, and musicians. To host an authentic Warhol party, essential elements include his Space Fruit series (1977-1979, with assistant Rupert Jasen Smith), Campbell's Soup Cans (1962, exhibited at MoMA as 32 paintings matching soup varieties), Green Coca Cola Bottles (1962, Whitney Museum), a hamburger scene from Jørgen Leth's film 66 Scenes from America where Warhol ate a Burger King burger, and Heinz Ketchup (1964, silkscreen on plywood, part of installation works with brands like Kellogg's Corn Flakes, Mott's Apple Juice, Del Monte Peaches, and Brillo soap pads, shown at Stable Gallery). Warhol's prints used layered silkscreens for unique color combinations, and his Coca Cola bottles appear mechanical yet hand-made. The hamburger scene was called "the artistic essence of Andy Warhol" by Leth. The Heinz Ketchup boxes didn't sell well but caused controversy.