Exhibition of Andy Warhol's work focuses on his development as an artist

London (ANI) - A major new exhibition of works by late Andy Warhol has been showcased, which focuses on a four-year period pivotal to his development as an artist.

The key to the exhibition is the way it traces the pop artist's transition from a more traditional artistic approach to using subjects repeatedly, in the same canvas, and moving to a more mechanised production of his work.

"This is a very focused exhibition, concentrating on the years from 1961 to 1964," the BBC quoted Bernhard Burgi, director of Basel's Kunstmuseum, as saying.

"This period is fantastic - I think it is the heart of everything Andy Warhol did," he stated.

Warhol is especially famous for his Campbell's soup cans, which the painter after apparently being advised by a friend to paint subjects that he liked, chose Campbell's soup because, he said, he ate it almost every day.

In Basel, an individual version is on display, together with early sketches of soup cans.

They are followed in the exhibition by Campbell's 100 Soup Cans, in which Warhol used spray paint to achieve the repetitive style, which became one of his hallmarks.

"Warhol's work is about repetition. So in this exhibition we wanted to make very clear statements so the visitor can realise how he advanced and how he treated certain subjects," Burgi explained.