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Robert McGregor, born 1966,i am an artist whose vision is inspired and influenced by modern methods of mass communication and media.In the 21 century we are bombarde by literally thousands of messages and images.Our eyes and our brains can process millions of hots of information on any given day and we have to filter through all this to sift out the spam.Also so many images are used in magazines and billboards and on tv ant the net that confusion can result. I also feel that the concept of personal space is being eroded by the advertising and entertainment industries. Much of my work is a reaction to this.I may take an image from a magazine, or a screen capture on my computer and use old techniques such as drawing and painting to recapture my head space from an advert for washing powder or lipgloss or ice cream. I believe that by taking a fashion shot from a magazine and changing it into a work pof art I am somehow liberating myself from the dictatorship of modern media.
I also enjoy encorporating images of cultural icons such as models and film stars and musicians into original work i am subverting the whole culture of icon worship and love of celebrity that i believe is a plague on contmporary culture.
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