Gallery of the Absurd likes to parody magazine covers and images of celebrities. The artist name is Fourteen like the number and she says about her work:
"I am not painting their portraits...I paint only the gossip, buzz, chatter and brand image the particular celebrity projects or attracts. I seek to capture a peculiar segment of modern pop-culture mythology as it unfolds before our eyes. For this reason, I would hope the celebrity would not be angered..."
In the galley you will see Angelina Jolie's much talked about recent W Magazine cover where she's seen breasfeeding her babies. There is also the Miley Cyrus infamous Vanity Fair spread that caused so much controversy a few months ago. Madonna is there with her son David Banda. And there's also a spoof of Madonna's heavily photoshopped Out Magazine cover.
Lunatica Desnuda featured parts of this video a couple of weeks ago when we posted about Madge's Sticky and Sweet tour kick off in Scotland. This is the full video featuring the Material Girl pontificating and chastising mofos about planet earth's shitty predicament. I think I may have recycled something today so I feel pure.
Amazingly thou, even when she pontificates and preaches to the rest of you (I don't include myself 'cause I may have recycled some crap today. Remember?) planet earth molesters, Madonna has to look bitchy, nasty, raunchy and kinkier than Ditta von Teese on crack.
Scott Blake makes beautiful art using a strange medium:barcodes. Below, in no particular order, are the portraits of some famous and infamous people such as Oprah, Bruce Lee, O.J Simpson, Marilyn Manson, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Manson, Madonna, Andy Warhol, Mao Tse Tung, Elvis, Ozzie Osbourne and Governor Arnold. Lean back in your chair or take a step back for a better viewing experience.
There are also 3 fascinating videos showing how the barcode portraits work.
"Scott Blake takes barcodes and turns them into art - art that is simultaneously pop and op, intellectual and personal, minimal and ocular. Blake uses the black and white icon of our data-drenched existence to stimulate thought on topics from consumerism to religion and individual identity. He urges the viewer to consider the limitations of digitized human expression and to appropriate these symbols of commodity"(Scott Blake's website).
Madonna kicked off her "Sticky and Sweet" tour at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on August 23rd to critical acclaim. The Material 50 Year Old danced, skipped double dutch rope and is said to generally have kicked up a storm at the concert.
I am a Madonna fan but I know that the pop queen has perhaps as many detractors as she does admirers; there is something about the woman that rubs some people the wrong way. That's just as well. As far as I'm concerned, I get a kick out of the way Madonna manages to manipulate the general public with her antics on and off stage. Whether she's wearing pointy bras outside her clothes or getting crucified or making out with her female dancers or Britney Spears, the pop icon thrives on creating controversy. That's what she does best. Create controversy to remain in the public discourse. And people eat that stuff up and fall for it over and over and over again. LOL. In the YouTube videos below, Madonna performs "Vogue" and "Get Stupid"
"Get Stupid" is a quasi-political song of sorts which ends with an image of presidential candidate Barack Obama. The video shows lots of images of Madonna singing, of people, dead animals, Adolf Hitler and a whole lot of other shit. Furthermore, the video's quality is not that great but there are some really cool images.
border="0" />Madonna debuted portions of her first single “4 Minutes (To Save The World)” from her upcoming album, Hard Candy, in a new Sunsilk commercial . The Material Girl appeared in the first Sunsilk “Life Can’t Wait” Campaign alongside pop culture icon Marilyn Monroe and Colombian super star Shakira in a Super Bowl XLII commercial but she was featured alone in this Sunsilk ad that debuted on March 17. The 31 second spot will trace Madonna’s ever-evolving look throughout the 25+ years of her career as a means to inspire young women to play around with their current styles with the help of the new Sunsilk styling aids. The commercial includes some of the music from Madonna’s new single “4 Minutes.”
Reuters, Feb 7, 2008--Queen of pop, Madonna, hosts a benefit with Gucci and UNICEF in aid of children in Malawi.Stars turned out in force at the United Nations in New York, to support the cause of raising funds for orphans in Malawi who are affected by Aids/HIV.Pop superstar Madonna, accompanied by her daughter, Lourdes, said that she wanted to put this cause on the map. Madonna hosted the event alongside fashion house Gucci and UNICEF.The event also celebrated the opening of a new Gucci shop, making it controversial. However, Gucci, which is owned by French retailer PPR paid for the entire event and said all money raised will be split between Raising Malawi and UNICEF.
