“In the past decade, as artists and as cultural consumers, we’ve been encouraged to be more relaxed about the relationship between art and commerce. In a previous era, Warhol’s work ironically questioned culture’s claim to unique purity. But Warhol had a complex mixture of fascination and disgust with both consumerism and celebrity. In contrast, a contemporary artist seems to have a vision indistinguishable from the sensibilities of the celebrity magazine and the advertising agency.”