This is a mixed media painting by Don Fritz (2004). A pop-surrealist, Fritz deconstructs popular imagery from 1950s 'Americana' as a means of revealing assumptions, biases, and cultural values in the USA.
What are the myths that perpetuate our culture today? Looking back on our culture is 200 years, what will historians say about us? About our rituals, beliefs, and customs? How do some of the things we engage in today look when they are taken out of context and place on a white background? Doesn't everyone love a clown...
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