Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it. 
- Samuel Butler

Hi there sweeties, have you been good? I bet you haven’t, and that’s just how I like you.

Today I must dive into the waters of art. Luckily for me, it is Pop art, so the water won’t be very deep nor troubled (something resembling a children’s pool, minus the urine).

So, searching for a work to analyze, I came across the most brilliant piece of Pop art the world has ever seen. It will blow your mind away. It is The Joy of Good Eating, painted in 195 by Nat White - that crazy man.

Please click the link to envision the masterpiece of my inspiration: http://www.plan59.com/av/av139.htm.

So, is it beautiful or what? First of all, I’d like you all to take note of the vibrant, warm colors. That sort of orange look of it instantly catches your eye. And besides that it appeals to the masses because let’s face, how smart do you have to be to understand it? The kid is eating Van Camp’s Pork and Beans. He obviously likes Van Camp’s Pork and Beans. Message? Van Camp’s Pork and Beans is good, and everyone should buy it. I mean, yes, he looks like the lovechild of Chucky and that scary girl from The Ring that comes out of the well, and yes, if I had to guess I’d say he was eating human flesh and eyeballs instead of pork and beans, but so what? That just makes it more beautiful and freaky which obviously catches your eye.

Maybe the kids from the 50s were all sort of creepy looking. That would make sense: parents would look at this and say “Awww, this looks like my serial-killer-look-a-like son! Let’s buy whatever he’s eating”. It makes sense to me. If it doesn’t make sense to you I respect your opinion since I can’t force you to be right.

All of the above make Pop art a very relatable form of art. This picture might have been reproduced a million times and still be considered art. Art was cheap (which is sort of ironic since this was a decade of economic prosperity). Art was whatever you wanted it to be. Feel like stealing a road sign and putting it in your living room? That’s art. And it wasn’t only cheap, affordable, mass produced and relatable, it was also fun! The art world desperately needed more fun (Pop art was also sexy, but I’m not sure that characteristic applies to this work in particular…)

Anyway, I’m sure the creepy-as-hell kid has a blast eating human flesh. In fact, he even got a girlfriend: http://www.plan59.com/av/av115.htm.

So, never forget that everything is art, whether it’s a demonic looking kid or just a blob of paint on a canvas that’s worth thousands of dollars.

The Joker,

Sophie Grey

Note: I thought that you should all know that I write all my blog texts at night; and to write this post I was compelled to research pictures of the creepy girl from The Ring. At midnight. Alone in my room. Who needs sleep anyway?