With 'Soup Can (Quad)', Banksy draws from the famous Campbell’s Soup Cans series by Andy Warhol. Banksy’s art, which is even more penetrating and direct than Pop Art itself, tackles issues not only of mass production, but also of poverty in Britain.
The inexpensive tinned soup is the archetype of affordable food, thus constituting an example of the alimentary
habits of the British working class.