So I guess the real question here is, can you redo Pop art? On what levels was Mr. Brainwash successful?
American Gothic? Yes. he took a traditional painting and "popped" it with paint rollers, masks, and other implements of grafitti. Well done.
Brittany Spears and Leonard Nemoy reimagined as Warhol's Marilyn? Funny. Inventive. Especially noting Britanny's head shaving incident.
R. Mutt's (Duchamp) Urinal? I'm going to say no. The actual piece isn't "worked" there's no investigation into the "ready made", the surface is covered in grafitti, but the form is missed.
Love by Indiana? No on this one too. Changing the word to punk, doesn't make it punk, and it doesn't see the original piece.
So sometimes he pulled it off and brought the work to a new level, and sometimes he only managed to ride the coat tails (or try). In the end though, I think even when he fell short, it informed the whole show, it made the pieces that worked, that much better. I give the show a yes as a whole. Worth seeing.
No comments:
Post a Comment