I don't think that art represents a culture, to say that a painting represents a culture would be like to say a photograph with a picture represents a culture because it's got the eiffel tower in the backround, so it represents french culture? No it represents the eiffel tower as a tower in a picture and whatever the picture is of, shot by the person who wanted to take it for the reason's he had to take it, not at all for the reason's that the french culture would like photograph's to be taken. If you say that the french government sent three photographers out to take pictures that represent the culture of the french way of life, than only in those retarded cases would that actually occur.