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Consumer by ~omegabrennus:iconomegabrennus:

Categories Digital Art > Paintings & Airbrushing > Pop Art

©2005-2009 ~omegabrennus
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Although other people may get something entirely different from my Consumer piece, this is the meaning I had intended when I did this piece. The current state of the American and World marketplace is one where we are constantly being sold everything and anything that can be packaged. These various companies try and tout their products as being able to make you feel all of the listed and varied emotions and states of being. Everything from happieness and security, to comfort and salvation. The consumer standing in front of the shelves only has two one dollar bills, and all the things that are offered cost more than the amount he has. The statement being, that you will never be able to buy any of these states or emotions, they can only truly be felt existentially. So he stands there in confusion, staring at things he'll never be able to buy. If you see something else in this piece, I invite you to offer your opinion below this post.

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~TheHalcyon Jun 2, 2005, 6:46:26 AM
Aesthetically, this is absolutely beautiful! Your message is conveyed clearly and in a beautiful, almost humorous manner. (Humorous in that, were you to come across this scene really, you would just kind of shake your head and chuckle as you walk by on your way toward the dairy case for a gallon of milk.)

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~kingzjewel Jun 2, 2005, 11:04:54 AM
wow. that could be me standing there.... i had to get a closer look from the thumbnail on my watch because of the name of the piece. i mean, why call it consumer unless there is something profound in the works? here i find exactly what the world advertising tries to make us believe. *hence the reason i am glad that i got out of that tract in college.* it sickens me. reminds me of the recent dove ice cream commercial that tries to tell you that you will find peace and serenity when you eat their ice cream. a spa treatment in a pint of 6$ ice cream. yeh...aight. i dont have 6$ to waste on ice cream and i bet it wouldnt add up to the peace and serenity that they portray... and that brings me back to your point: "So he stands there in confusion, staring at things he'll never be able to buy"... amen

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~halcEh Jun 2, 2005, 12:27:21 PM
Wow, absolutely excellent work. Quite poignant. What I found most interesting about it was the prices associated with the items.
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~omegabrennus Jun 3, 2005, 5:33:08 AM
With a little more forethought, I think I would have arranged the prices in the order of the value I place in each of the individual items, my sister when she viewed it asked if I had done so. My only response was that if they were in any order of preference it would have been purely subconscious. Thanks for the comment though. =)
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~omegabrennus Jun 3, 2005, 5:36:46 AM
*grins* I'm glad you agree with my point and saw what I was trying to convey so clearly. Commercialism is destroying humanity one pricetag and commercial at a time, and I think it's time we took a stand and told the companies to piss off and stop promising things they couldn't possibly deliver. There are people out there who believe such trite nonsense, and hinge their decision making on such total BS, it's time we as artists fought back. Thank you.
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~omegabrennus Jun 3, 2005, 5:43:56 AM
Either that or try and snatch the money and run while the poor guy stands there all confused.... oh wait, did I say that out loud?
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~halcEh Jun 3, 2005, 9:00:12 AM
That's exactly what I was wondering.
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`switchbladeserenade Jun 7, 2005, 11:30:01 AM
Awesome!!! Omg! Instant :+favlove:

It's so full of irony and a slap to the face with truth. :clap:

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~davekenobi Jun 14, 2005, 11:27:48 AM
that just captures alot of what i wish i could do with art....

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