> Another idea. Warhol's paintings > are often acts of "reading"–"reading" newspaper headlines, "reading" > the image of Mao, etc.
More "seeing", "looking", "showing" or "presenting" than "reading".
> As such we see consumptive activity coextensive > with their productive activity.
A flower painter both consumes and produces the cultural image of "a flower" whether they are Warhol or not. There is no simple division between consumption and production for Theory to cast its synthesizing spell over.
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> Another idea. Warhol's paintings
> are often acts of "reading"–"reading" newspaper headlines, "reading"
> the image of Mao, etc.
More "seeing", "looking", "showing" or "presenting" than "reading".
> As such we see consumptive activity coextensive
> with their productive activity.
A flower painter both consumes and produces the cultural image of "a flower"
whether they are Warhol or not. There is no simple division between
consumption
and production for Theory to cast its synthesizing spell over.
- Rob.