commit suicide (although this might be because I’m obsessed with his artwork and his tragic backstory ever since the Doctor Who episode). So whether it’s hanging in a museum, on a corkboard, or being used as an advertisement for beer, a piece of art can be used for any purpose, even ones made by “the masters.” Now mystification definitely plays a part in this because although there’s no doubt that Van Gogh was a great painter, are his paintings really worth $82 million? Or should I really get offended that a beer company is using his painting (a reproduction) to sell their product? Probably not, but I do and his paintings have sold for that much so either he really is/was that great or those that mystified did a fantastic and everlasting job. (Although the ad might just work because if they
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Advertising is a major part of our culture/society; it surrounds us wherever we go whether it’s on TV, in magazines, or on the side of a bus. One common trope that’s used almost haphazardly in today’s society is that sex sells, or at least the idea of sex, and even a product like ice cream can’t escape from that. At least in the ad featuring the man, eating ice cream is portrayed as a nonchalant thing
Advertising is a major part of our culture/society; it surrounds us wherever we go whether it’s on TV, in magazines, or on the side of a bus. One common trope that’s used almost haphazardly in today’s society is that sex sells, or at least the idea of sex, and even a product like ice cream can’t escape from that. At least in the ad featuring the man, eating ice cream is portrayed as a nonchalant thing