I paint in the same way Donald Trump builds when he causes the Trump Tower to come into existence. Most painters are very pretentious and are indeed posing when they claim to be Van Gogh's brother, as most artists that I meet do. Well, first of all Baudrillard is a total jerk. These aphorisms seem to be designed to protect Kostabi from criticism while insuring product recognition in the future. The only marketing tool I've ever used is to just produce damn good paintings.
Repetition can be interesting on occasion but often is boring.
When Andy Warhol made an issue out of his repetition being the essence of his work it was a cop out and and merely an excuse for not being able to keep up with his goals. Mark Kostabi does not make mass produced art. They are not racially indicated or gender indicated. The production of images in this manner formulates our desire. Their complicity with patriarchal role models is confirmed by the continual and predictable portrayal of men in board rooms 17 while women care for children 18 or act as a convenient metaphor for Culture.