PEPE MARILYN | 1967 AD | SILKSCREEN ON CANVAS | WARHOLPEPE'S PURSUIT OF THE ULTIMATE MEMETIC POP ART IS ROOTED IN DETACHMENT. JUST AS MARILYN WAS TRANSFORMED FROM PERSON INTO ENDLESS SURFACE, PEPE HERE IS STRIPPED OF CONTEXT AND RECAST AS PURE SIGNAL. THE HALF LIDDED EYES SYNTHETIC SMILE AND COSMETIC COLORING SUGGEST NOT FEELING BUT FAME, THE QUIET EXHAUSTION OF A SYMBOL THAT HAS BEEN CONSUMED REMIXED AND CIRCULATED BEYOND CONTROL. IN MEMEOLOGICAL TERMS THIS PIECE MARKS A TURNING POINT, THE MOMENT WHEN THE MEME FULLY ACCEPTS ITS ROLE AS COMMODITY AND MIRROR. WARHOLPEPE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE POWER OF A MEME LIES NOT IN ORIGINALITY BUT IN ITS ABILITY TO SURVIVE ENDLESS COPYING WITHOUT LOSING RECOGNITION. HERE PEPEMARILYN IS NO LONGER REACTIVE OR PSYCHOLOGICAL, SHE IS 'BECOME MEME,' A FACE BUILT FOR ETERNAL REMIX AND REPRODUCTION. PEPEMARILYN IS NOT A CELEBRATION OR A CRITIQUE, BUT A STATEMENT THAT THE MOST DANK IMAGE IS THE ONE THAT CAN BE SEEN A THOUSAND TIMES AND REMAIN HILARIOUSLY ETERNAL.

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