Context

The idea of "tacky corporate imagery over beautiful art" is obviously not new- Ai Weiwei's Coca-Cola urns are just one example of this:

Other similar ideas are present in many of Andy Warhol's works, such as his famous Campbell's soup can, which despite being a famous work of modern art is also great advertising for the soup company.

I was also influenced by my earlier Rothko-inspired project, where I recreated one of his works digitally. That had helped me understand the subtleties of his paintings,  and realize they were not "just rectangles." Because of this, I was more careful to preserve the irregularities of his originals, and not just blindly paste perfectly straight lines over top, which would have looked out of place and boring.