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'''Brillo''' is a [[trade name]] for a [[scouring pad]], used for [[washing|cleaning]] [[Dishware|dishes]], and made from [[steel wool]] impregnatedfilled with [[soap]].<ref name=bril/> The concept was patented in 1913, at a time when [[aluminium]] pots and pans were replacing [[cast iron]] in the kitchen; the new cookware blackened easily. The company's website states the name Brillo is from the [[Latin]] word for "bright",<ref name=bril/> although no such word exists in Latin. In Spanish the word ''brillo'' means the noun "shine"; however, German, Italian, French, and English do have words for "shine" or "bright" beginning with ''brill-'' deriving from Latin words for [[beryl]].
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==In art==
The most famous example of Brillo in pop art is works by [[Andy Warhol]] in 1964. Warhol did artwork on boxes with the 1960s Brillo logo.
The most famous example of Brillo in pop art is works by [[Andy Warhol]] in 1964. Warhol did artwork on boxes with the 60's Brillo logo. Much like Warhol's [[Campbell Soup Company|Campbell]] soup piece, the Brillo piece has since been gaining a cult following since the piece was displayed at an art show called ''Legends: Warhol/Basquiat '' through November 8- 10 of 2019 in the Shanghai International Artwork Trade and through November 16-23 of 2019 in Sotheby's Hong Kong Gallery. Artist MADASKI subverted the works of Warhol in his ''If I Had A Dream'' exhibition with Pollock-graffiti like textures. <ref>{{Cite news|title=Sotheby's China Selling Exhibition Features Works by Andy Warhol and Basquiat|url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/sothebys-china-selling-exhibition-features-works-by-andy-warhol-and-basquiat-01572297016|last=Block|first=Fang|date=October 28, 2019|access-date=March 20, 2020|work=[[Barron's (newspaper)|Barron's]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=MADSAKI Subverts Iconic Andy Warhol Artworks in "If I Had a Dream" Exhibition|url=https://hypebeast.com/2019/7/madsaki-perrotin-solo-exhibition-hong-kong-recap|last=Estiler|first=Keith|date=July 17, 2019|access-date=March 20, 2020|work=Hypebeast}}</ref>
In 1970 [[Harlan Ellison]] and [[Ben Bova]] published a short story about a robot policeman titled "Brillo".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brillo by Harlan Ellison, Ben Bova |url=https://www.worldswithoutend.com/novel.asp?id=20425 |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Worlds Without End |language=en}}</ref> The title was a pun by Bova as a robot policeman could be referred to as metal [[List of police-related slang terms|fuzz]].<ref>{{Cite interview |last=Ellison |first=Harlan |interviewer=Tom Snyder |title=Tomorrow |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4DEEgOgyU4&list=LL&index=147&t=31s |date=1980}}</ref>
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