homoerotic doesn't mean that you're permanently anything. it's just a passing impulse. so if one feels a homoerotic impulse as an art historian might say it means that we have two male figures showing affection for each other. and i --. >> stephen: so the subject can tell us something about the possible feelings of the painter sexually? >> well, it can tell us -- it can tell us something about the artist's imagination and what excited his gaze. >> stephen: so you're saying warhol imagined getting it on with soup cans? (laughter) (cheers and applause) hfrjts we don't want to get into warhol's sexuality because, you know, that's just can of worms. a campbell's soup of -- a campbell's soup can of worms. >> stephen: hmm,mm good. thank you so much for joining me. deborah solomon. the book is "american mirror" ññññ'ñpr >> stephen: captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org charlie: would you describe this piece as more savory or succulent? it's definitely way too overcooked to be succulent. but it's still pretty delicious. -