WARHOL By Zoe Moss

'Apopriation’ is a new series by Zoë Moss. It is a set of oil paintings that appropriates pop artists’ work in the same way they themselves used elements of popular culture in their own practice. The pieces are photorealist oil paintings of such artworks, enclosed in a glass bell jar that both preserves the art and displays it for all to behold. From Koons to Kusama, it highlights the recognisable imagery of todays art market and puts it under the bell jar. 

This witty homage to Andy Warhol places the iconic Campbell’s soup can in a museum-like setting under a glass dome, complete with a striking blue butterfly. Zoe Moss plays with notions of value and art history, preserving pop culture relics as if they were rare specimens celebrating kitsch, commentary, and conservation in one arresting image.