Two-Faced Hazel is a 9″ vinyl doll by artist Kathie Olivas. She (the doll) has four striped legs, an amorphous dress, and a gas mask for a second face. Not quite cute, not quite scary, Hazel just hangs out, compelling you to pick her up, turn her around, set her down. Then stare at her for a while before turning her again.
By Van Arno.
“Recently we learned of a malicious desecration of a photo of the Governor and baby Trig that has become an iconic representation of a mother’s love for a special needs child.”
- Sarah Palin spokesperson Meghan Stapelton, on a Photoshopped image of her boss.
It’s been a year since Sarah Palin was a candidate for vice president of The United States, and even her abrupt resignation is now old news. So as usual I’m well behind the curve with my posts, but so are many of the artists featured here; even now more “desecrations” of Palin are being produced. After the jump I’ve posted a full bounty of Palin-inspired artwork, along with some thoughts on why she makes such an enduring (endearing?) target…
By Erik Sanderberg.
Sylvia Ji’s subjects are zombified women with lips sewn up tight and painted faces. Though technically quite talented, the use of symbolism in her artwork can be blunt to the point of banality, as is the case with La Calavera Catrina, (perhaps you noticed the black widow spider dangling from her hat? If not there’s another one crawling on her hair). At some point her artwork becomes like a blandly-executed version of one of those posters with 100 hidden references to band names, but without the laughs.
Painter Alex Gross mixes the portrait style and fanatical attention to realism of the great masters with fantastic surreal and symbolic touches. Show above: The Last Judgment.
By Travis Lampe.
Artist, sculptor, and toy maker Andrew Bell built a custom wagon sculpture, tied an absurdly large and bulbous cargo to the roof, and posed it for Road Trip photos. The result is a perfectly charming image of slightly warped Americana.
by Andy Kehoe.
What better way to follow up posting about the 7 Deadly Sins than with another post of The Deadly Sins. This one is by Kris Kuksi, an American artist whose sculptures are like 3-dimensional realizations of Hieronymus Bosch’s nightmare visions, but more intricately detailed and with twice the black humor.
See extended below for some detail shots.
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