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1	Query: how does the never to be differ from what never was? Whipkey, Robert Scott 24 April 2013 (has links) The feeling of a narcotic cannot be put to words, just as the sensation one receives from her or his favorite artwork is impossible to record. Equally, both these delicacies of modern existence must be sought out. The user/viewer only gets a tiny taste and must therefore keep coming back for more. Utopia may be an unrealistic construction of culture, but I would posit the idea the both narcotics and art strive to give us just that – however tiny a taste. This paper addresses the intersections of visual art, drugs, anti-hero worship and contemporary representations of Romanticism throughout the American body politic. Hudson River School Romanticism Drug Culture Punk Rock Sugar Contemporary Art Pop Art Minimalism Barbara Haskell Kurt Cobain Arts and Humanities Fine Arts