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It is clear the artist wants to communicate his feelings to his audience, and the text makes this clear in using codes and thoughts to convey these feelings. There are cultural assumptions assumed by this text, especially that everyone is familiar with the history of World War II and the Holocaust. It seems many of the images of the artist are related in ways to this, and it assumes that everyone will understand the meaning and the history, without having to ask questions. The artist, in that, seems to depart from dominant culture values, not because his work is dark and disturbing, but because somehow, the works seem to convey the dark side of life that many people want to ignore. He takes a dim view of humankind it seems,...

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There is another cultural assumption in the text when it discusses the mediums the artist uses, as well. The author mentions the artist paints with semen, and then moves on without comment as if this is a very normal thing. This is really not common, and helps make the reader stop, read the sentence again, and think about it. It changes the flow of the article and makes the reader uncomfortable or at least confused, for a second or two, and it shows how cultural assumptions (namely, that people don't paint with semen) can change the mission and value of text.
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