The previous studies of imagery of mass media in painting have been conducted in the perspectives of theory of visual imagery or deconstructionism. However, this study deals with intertextual impulse as an agency to borrow from imagery of mass media i...
The previous studies of imagery of mass media in painting have been conducted in the perspectives of theory of visual imagery or deconstructionism. However, this study deals with intertextual impulse as an agency to borrow from imagery of mass media in painting, and defines the notions of 'borrowing' and intertextual impulse. It also tries to identify and explain its methodology and all the procedures by examining previous research studies.
Accordingly, the researcher clearly identifies the history of 'borrowing' the imagery of mass media and analyzes how the paintings represented through the imagery of mass media are realized in the space of painting texts through the perspective of intertextuality. Under the assumption that the processes of the painters borrowing previously existing texts and using those images are the products of impulsive and complicated levels, the researcher focuses on identifying the methods of verifying and interpreting it.
The researcher analyzes the formal structures of sample texts in terms of the system of the 'signified' and the 'signifier' in the process of verification and interpretation. The intertextuality adopted as its method is in the frame of poststructuralism, analysis of mind, semiotics, and interpretive method of texts. The researcher's reasons for dealing with the intertextual impulse as an agency to borrow from imagery of mass media in painting are: to identify what the sample painters' creative view of the world are, to define the notion of species of intertextual impulse, and to perform the wholistic interpretation of the sample texts. The researcher takes the approach that allows him to verify and interpret the sample painters as well as his own texts, and this is supported by poststructuralists. Meanwhile, the suggested hypothesis is related to the creative motives of the sample painters and it is proven through the variable of desire which activates their painting methods and artistic minds. Regarding this, the researcher deeply investigates Roland Barthes and Jacques Derrida, who contributed to the field of text interpretation of poststructuralism, Jacques Lacan, who established poststructuralistic view of language, and Jean Baudrillard, who developed socioculturalism.
The intertextual impulse as an agency to borrow imagery of mass media in painting is summarized as follows:
First, this study defines the notions of multicodification, multicodifying impulse, and differentiation. On this note, this study is unique when compared to other studies.
Second, this study proves that the hypothesis of intertextual impulse is appropriate in dealing with the creative motives of popular painters.
Third, this study surveys the previous research studies and methods, discusses the intrinsic motives of the use of imagery of mass media in painting, and verifies and interprets the differences between the sample painters' and the researcher's texts.
Fourth, this study examines the deconstruction and decentralization of modern people's self through the procedures of interpreting the suggested details.
This study presents the following conclusions through the verification and interpretation of the researcher's sample paintings:
Through borrowing newspaper advertisement by multicodifying impulse and picture texts, this study examines the meaning of femininity by understanding the notion of daily life-empty talk, curiosity, ambiguity - and the meaning of desire and temptation that occur repetitively.
This study criticizes the falsehood of modern people who want to possess advertisement models through deconstructing the images of the models by the technique of decolage. Also, this study shows how modern people are deconstructed in the society of consumption.
This study shows how the paintings of the researcher are different from those of the sample painters by comparing the series of chain with others' paintings.