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An astronaut is depicted sitting on an iceberg, seemingly deep in thought, with a clear blue sky as the backdrop. Behind the central figure, boldly contrasting the icy environment, stand the familiar signs of Burger King, McDonald's, and Taco Bell. The scene humorously merges the remote, tranquil arctic setting with the unexpected presence of fast-food culture.

I paint astronauts and, sometimes, dinosaurs. Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey was released in 1968, which was about 8 years before I was born, so I have no firsthand knowledge of how it was received. I do not know if people genuinely believed we'd be living in space in 2001. If we'd have robot butlers and flying cars, geodesic lunar homes with sustainable gardens, and genetically reconstituted dinosaurs helping or eating the human population. But from Lost in Space to the Jetsons to Jurassic Park, it seems that popular culture craved and fomented this space-age perception of the future. Generations raised on these programs, movies, comic books, and novels are now grown and living in a future filled with mini vans, Starbucks,...