2013 • 58.5″ x 42″
acrylic, spray paint on used fence pickets
The basic idea for this painting came from my Dad’s old quote about the nonsense people put up on television to distract us, “They’re just trying to sell soap.”
I wanted though to combine an individual’s state of mind with the reality of of the situation that I do in many of my works. When we consume the “news” we are giving ourselves over to “guilty diversions” but what they’re doing is offering up entertainment as a vehicle for the ad impressions upon which the business model is built.
The metaphors aren’t too tricky. I made this for a group show themed on our news media. This piece is a little bit more of an editorial cartoon than I usually do.
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