The images we looked at in class, to me, showed how many different types of art. There were different facets to each image that made each unique unto itself. The images my group read each had its own idea but yet was similar to the other ones. It was interesting to think that each artist took a car and represented it in the way they saw it, therefore making it different.
The one point I felt was key when we were discussing the pictures was that each picture represented something and that what it symbolized had come to be known through prior knowledge. If someone saw the red, circular sign with a white bar in the middle they would think do not enter, but if a person with no prior knowledge of what the color and the shape mean would not think twice about it. It is intriguing to see what people associate with different pictures and how if an artist does something a certain way it implies a message that should be understood in an image. For example in the picture, "Kerouac wears khakis," the GAP is implying that one should wears its khakis because the great Kerouac is wearing them.
The images we looked at all are unique in their own way but each set had an underlying theme. Sometimes it was obvious and other times one had to look deep.
