The irony of finding...
1. Does "The irony of finding the shopping trolley with its load of anti-tank rockets was not lost on Keane" mean "Keane has used the irony of a shopping trolley full of anti-tank rockets in this artwork"?
2. What does "transmogrification of culture and topography" mean?
Context:
"Mickey Mouse at the Front" is the quintessential Keane painting, a transmogrification of culture and topography, an allegory of a city that has been raped, abused, shat upon and abandoned. The irony of finding the shopping trolley with its load of anti-tank rockets was not lost on Keane, who has frequently used the ubiquitous trolley in his work as a symbol of consumerism (Art and War by Laura Brandon).