In 1964, Andy Warhol staged a major exhibition at the Stable Gallery, New York. Among the objects on display were his Brillo boxes; wooden sculptures that replicated exactly the cardboard packaging used to contain this ubiquitous household product. Although most of the viewing public at the time were predictably bemused, Brillo boxes triggered an epiphany for the late American art critic and analytical philosopher, Arthur C.
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