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Every day we are bombarded with Images we receive from television, movies, billboards and photography. It is impossible to pay equal attention to all of it so we tend to skim. The images that we remember are the ones that are simple, clear and repetitious. This overabundance of images is called celebrity , which replaces the Renaissance idea of fame. Fame was the reward for visible deeds, a social agreement about what was worth doing. Today, …

…speaks eloquently about the condition of image overload in a media saturated culture. Warhol offered the first suggestion of the severe influence and nature of the media upon our society. But that was it, and gradually people became bored of the ‘boring’ and his appeal died out. However, no artist since has provided such an insight on its affects, and because of this, Warhol will remain one of the most influential artists of our times.