Friday, March 26, 2010

Advertisement influenced by Murakami; the desire and fetish to acquire stuff...


Does this ad remind you of some of the works of Takashi Murakami? I am think about this and this (thanks to MH for showing me these images).

In Globalization class we discuss capitalism as the desire, indeed need, to acquire more and more stuff. What better than a Spring Bazaar at the Outlet Park to get one's juices flowing? Buy stuff, more wonderful stuff...

See related: "Our stuff has become our heavy baggage" at the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/26/AR2010032603608.html

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