Comments on: Snow White with hand-grenade http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 13:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: OtherMichael http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1588229 OtherMichael Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1588229 ooooh, thanks! ooooh, thanks!

]]> By: XLM http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587806 XLM Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587806 Brings to mind some of the work James Cauty (of the band KLF) has done. http://jamescautydesignsolutions.org.uk/acatalog/snow_white_1web.jpg http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1133/1348362570_0956cc89e7_z.jpg?zz=1 http://www.noiseking.com/jamescauty/images/jcauty070409.jpg Brings to mind some of the work James Cauty (of the band KLF) has done.

http://jamescautydesignsolutions.org.uk/acatalog/snow_white_1web.jpg

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1133/1348362570_0956cc89e7_z.jpg?zz=1

http://www.noiseking.com/jamescauty/images/jcauty070409.jpg

]]> By: chaopoiesis http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587681 chaopoiesis Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587681 101 LET FEMININE_PASSIVITY + VIOLENT_MASCULINITY =  99¢ SURREALISM 101 LET FEMININE_PASSIVITY + VIOLENT_MASCULINITY = 
99¢ SURREALISM

]]> By: jen moss http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587530 jen moss Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587530 I think it's a nice play on the evil queen with Snow White's Heart (or the heart fo a deer) in a box. Like - this is what happens when you mistreat your stepdaughter - bitch!  I think it’s a nice play on the evil queen with Snow White’s Heart (or the heart fo a deer) in a box. Like – this is what happens when you mistreat your stepdaughter – bitch! 

]]> By: OtherMichael http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587340 OtherMichael Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587340 and yet... and yet..... these ain't big-eyed crying Keene kids, are they? Or are they just our sad clowns, hanging above our sofas? Or are they.... velvet bullfighters, with just a tiny dash of <em>something other</em>, that imperceptible ort of change that says "yeah, yeah, I'm making you comfortable but still making you think. on the weekend. for a couple of seconds." A couple of seconds <em>more</em> than before.... and yet… and yet….. these ain’t big-eyed crying Keene kids, are they?

Or are they just our sad clowns, hanging above our sofas?

Or are they…. velvet bullfighters, with just a tiny dash of something other, that imperceptible ort of change that says “yeah, yeah, I’m making you comfortable but still making you think. on the weekend. for a couple of seconds.”

A couple of seconds more than before….

]]> By: OtherMichael http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587336 OtherMichael Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587336 It's a Juxtapoz thing, you wouldn't understand. It’s a Juxtapoz thing, you wouldn’t understand.

]]> By: OtherMichael http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587334 OtherMichael Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587334 >Commodified transgression is an easy formula. If that were true, there'd be a Spencer's Gifts or Hot Topic store <em>in every mall in America!</em> >Commodified transgression is an easy formula.

If that were true, there’d be a Spencer’s Gifts or Hot Topic store in every mall in America!

]]> By: OtherMichael http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587333 OtherMichael Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587333 I'm a contrarian, I guess -- I preferred the shiny perfection of the statue. It seemed more a Jeff-Koonsy objet, while the print seems to be using even more overly-familiar tropes (grafitti stencils, spray-pain drips, etc.). [EDIT: after posting, I kept reading comments. Ah, yes, plenty of people are picking up on this point.] Subject-matter and execution in both media are all referencing layers of other references. I just like the shiny gloss of attempted perfection -- it seems to match up more with the Disney sheen, yet contrast with the twist of the grenade. Do like the detail on the mask in the print, however. I’m a contrarian, I guess — I preferred the shiny perfection of the statue. It seemed more a Jeff-Koonsy objet, while the print seems to be using even more overly-familiar tropes (grafitti stencils, spray-pain drips, etc.). [EDIT: after posting, I kept reading comments. Ah, yes, plenty of people are picking up on this point.]

Subject-matter and execution in both media are all referencing layers of other references. I just like the shiny gloss of attempted perfection — it seems to match up more with the Disney sheen, yet contrast with the twist of the grenade.

Do like the detail on the mask in the print, however.

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587286 millie fink Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587286 Reality was just a bit more subtle-- http://www.ebay.com/itm/360513020088?hlp=false&var=630063592872 But still commodifiable! Reality was just a bit more subtle–

http://www.ebay.com/itm/360513020088?hlp=false&var=630063592872

But still commodifiable!

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587285 millie fink Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587285 How about Che Simpson? http://www.condenaststore.com/-sp/Che-Guevara-wearing-a-Bart-Simpson-T-shirt-New-Yorker-Cartoon-Prints_i8544414_.htm How about Che Simpson?

http://www.condenaststore.com/-sp/Che-Guevara-wearing-a-Bart-Simpson-T-shirt-New-Yorker-Cartoon-Prints_i8544414_.htm

]]> By: jimkirk http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587271 jimkirk Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587271 Just don't try to bring it on a plane... Just don’t try to bring it on a plane…

]]> By: Glippiglop http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587262 Glippiglop Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587262 Trite garbage I'm afraid.  Looks like it came straight out of Mr Brainwash's workshop, and he's a vilified hack.  I hope the responsible artist chooses a new direction sooner than later. http://i.huffpost.com/gen/714999/thumbs/r-MR-BRAINWASH-large570.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CrAh7_Eszp4/TROOLuz4LxI/AAAAAAAAAEA/-6I5l1GydLY/s1600/Mr.-Brainwash-Elvis.jpg Trite garbage I’m afraid.  Looks like it came straight out of Mr Brainwash’s workshop, and he’s a vilified hack.  I hope the responsible artist chooses a new direction sooner than later.

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/714999/thumbs/r-MR-BRAINWASH-large570.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CrAh7_Eszp4/TROOLuz4LxI/AAAAAAAAAEA/-6I5l1GydLY/s1600/Mr.-Brainwash-Elvis.jpg

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587255 EH Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587255 If there was a formula for commodifying transgression, don't you think governments would have absorbed it by now? Just because something happened, doesn't mean it was easy, or repeatable. If there was a formula for commodifying transgression, don’t you think governments would have absorbed it by now?

Just because something happened, doesn’t mean it was easy, or repeatable.

]]> By: fergus1948 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587252 fergus1948 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587252 I'm guessing that if you bought one of these and tried to get on a plane the TSA would bust your ass for being a trrrrrrrorrrist! I’m guessing that if you bought one of these and tried to get on a plane the TSA would bust your ass for being a trrrrrrrorrrist!

]]> By: Steve Taylor http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587240 Steve Taylor Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587240  > In another year or three, there will be a "reaction" to this aesthetic and the philosophies behind it. Soon please. Commodified transgression is an easy formula.  > In another year or three, there will be a “reaction” to this aesthetic and the philosophies behind it.

Soon please. Commodified transgression is an easy formula.

]]> By: tubacat http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587237 tubacat Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587237 Boy, ain't google great?! Here it is (for free!): (NSFW if your place of employment has no sense of humor) http://independentsources.com/2006/11/30/disney-memorial-orgy/ Boy, ain’t google great?! Here it is (for free!): (NSFW if your place of employment has no sense of humor)

http://independentsources.com/2006/11/30/disney-memorial-orgy/

]]> By: tubacat http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587235 tubacat Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587235  Well,the trend of bending Disney goes back at least 30 years. Although the distribution channels were different back then, I remember being shocked (and educated) as a teenager in a tourist shop in San Francisco by a detailed and very explicit poster on the back wall depicting all of Walt's creatures doing sex in ways I had never up to that point even imagined... Probably available on e-bay now for many bucks...  Well,the trend of bending Disney goes back at least 30 years. Although the distribution channels were different back then, I remember being shocked (and educated) as a teenager in a tourist shop in San Francisco by a detailed and very explicit poster on the back wall depicting all of Walt’s creatures doing sex in ways I had never up to that point even imagined… Probably available on e-bay now for many bucks…

]]> By: eldritch http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587193 eldritch Tue, 20 Nov 2012 07:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587193 And both this aesthetic and the reaction will prove so very immensely profitable. Ahh, art. And both this aesthetic and the reaction will prove so very immensely profitable.

Ahh, art.

]]> By: rattypilgrim http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587189 rattypilgrim Tue, 20 Nov 2012 06:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587189  I'm already there.  I’m already there.

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587173 Halloween_Jack Tue, 20 Nov 2012 06:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587173 Mashup du jour; nothing more revolutionary than two great tastes that go sort of OK together. Ooh, let's do Woody with the lower-face Guy Fawkes/V for Vendetta bandanna tomorrow! Mashup du jour; nothing more revolutionary than two great tastes that go sort of OK together. Ooh, let’s do Woody with the lower-face Guy Fawkes/V for Vendetta bandanna tomorrow!

]]> By: gaiapunk http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587165 gaiapunk Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587165 I really like it, besides a cool mash up, it has a compelling pose.  I think it would resonate with feminist of the radical pink and black variety if only the prints were about have the asking price.  Nice work though for sure. I really like it, besides a cool mash up, it has a compelling pose.  I think it would resonate with feminist of the radical pink and black variety if only the prints were about have the asking price.  Nice work though for sure.

]]> By: tré http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587163 tré Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587163  Yeah, Juxtapoz and Hi Fructose and Adbusters have been covering this for years, and now we're seeing the gentrification of it. In another year or three, there will be a "reaction" to this aesthetic and the philosophies behind it.  Yeah, Juxtapoz and Hi Fructose and Adbusters have been covering this for years, and now we’re seeing the gentrification of it. In another year or three, there will be a “reaction” to this aesthetic and the philosophies behind it.

]]> By: Charlie McHenry http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587128 Charlie McHenry Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587128 Classic left- vs right-brain argument. Thing is... you're both right. That's why it works. Classic left- vs right-brain argument. Thing is… you’re both right. That’s why it works.

]]> By: Mel Who http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587123 Mel Who Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587123 Anyone else thinking this is a reference to the Pink And Black Block? Anyone else thinking this is a reference to the Pink And Black Block?

]]> By: forwardourmotto http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587120 forwardourmotto Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587120 I like it, but 150 Euros? Maaaaaaan.... http://www.goinart.net/shop/goin-limited-series-50-bad-apple/ I like it, but 150 Euros? Maaaaaaan…. http://www.goinart.net/shop/goin-limited-series-50-bad-apple/

]]> By: Bender http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587116 Bender Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587116 More like some artists have discovered a new market.  More like some artists have discovered a new market. 

]]> By: deusdiabolus http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587112 deusdiabolus Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587112 What is there to discuss?  This is the future. We're bored with consumerism and false feelgood.  GETUPANDKILL. What is there to discuss?  This is the future. We’re bored with consumerism and false feelgood.  GETUPANDKILL.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587102 Boundegar Tue, 20 Nov 2012 04:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587102 I agree, the sculpture lacks detail.  Then again, you can't put the print on the dash of your Oldsmobile. I agree, the sculpture lacks detail.  Then again, you can’t put the print on the dash of your Oldsmobile.

]]> By: Bender http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587104 Bender Tue, 20 Nov 2012 04:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587104 As with the Mickey Mouse graffiti posted earlier today, this shows the trend we've been seeing for quite a while now. Very Juxtapoz.  As with the Mickey Mouse graffiti posted earlier today, this shows the trend we’ve been seeing for quite a while now. Very Juxtapoz. 

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/snow-white-with-hand-grenade.html#comment-1587100 Jake0748 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 04:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194897#comment-1587100 I find the print quite compelling. The sculpture not so much.  I can only hope she tosses that grenade in the right direction.  I find the print quite compelling. The sculpture not so much.  I can only hope she tosses that grenade in the right direction. 

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