ET as an interchangeable icon.

Right: Komar & Melamid, Yalta Conference, 1982, tempera and oil on canvas, 72”X48”.   In this painting, the  U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt (in the guise of ET) and Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin, attend the conference at Yalta. February 1945. (The figure behind them is that of Hitler with hushing finger to his mouth. is Hitler   This is a Soviet counterpart to pop art, which could treat Marilyn, Mao and Coca-Cola as interchangeable icons