| sucking life out of art |
there’s a kind of exploitation of art that creates a false representation of quality. i started thinking about this whilst washing my hands in the office today. the ‘da vinci’ soap dispenser is a daily utility that i have used without really thinking about it. what would da vinci say if he knew his identity was reduced to a mounted plastic vessel for public bathrooms? …look…he’s frowning!
Simulacrum: a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
Verisimilitude: something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance of truth.
so, here we have two versions of the Mona Lisa that are presented with a commercial flair. what we don’t realize, is that the existence of mass replication actually diminishes the value of the original artifact. these images are a simulacrum of the real thing. when you can see multiple interpretations of an image at any given time, you lose the respect and feeling of awe you get from the real artifact.
Lego and Starbucks should get their own creative inspiration!
| Agent_Em |
