Pop
art
is a style which seeks its inspiration from
commercial art and items of mass culture (such as films,
comic strips or popular foods). These
paintings either define us as a person, or define a place
or feeling.
Television
by its true nature is a dictator or reflector
of current culture. With these paintings the subject
is picked to define a certain era or generation,
for example My So Called Life,
for my generation was one of the most important TV programmes,
and has proved to be one of the most influential
shows ever made, with many modern shows inspired by it.
For example, Buffy creator
Joss Wheadon said: "I was trying to create My So
Called Life with vampires". The painting subjects are not
picked by random but are carefully chosen for their importance
in the history of TV and the importance they have played in
current culture.
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