By making byzantine style mosaics of 21st Century American consumerist icons and logos, a juxtaposition is drawn between the ancient past ways of living and today. This includes the differences between the handmade and the ready-made, and the consumerist lifestyle that affects everything in America from everyday daily life to government and politics, to the environment, and more. In the past, mosaics conveyed everyday life, nature, geometric patterns, and inspiring scenes for people on and inside buildings. With this mosaic, What do you think it’s trying to say about what our culture holds sacred today? What do logos represent?
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