Affect represents not just being deadpan , but being almost numb to an image which has been made prominent , repetitively , in the public sphere through mass reproduction or advertising . In making popular subjects become part of the artist 's palette , Warhol pared down the icon itself - the brand names , celebrities , dollar signs - and removed all traces of the artist 's ``hand ' in his paintings . What is the role of the actors Warhol depicts ? The affectlessness that characterised Warhol 's work is...











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