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19 juli 2006
ART FAIR FATIGUE? Already? Not to worry. Get your art fix over at at Ironic Sans, which has a gallery of lovely artworks used to complement a New York news radio station's website.
Of this particularly fetching work, Ironic Sans says, "It’s a classic struggle for every artist. How do you illustrate a news story about a man caught smuggling two rocks of crack cocaine in an ice cream dessert? Well, the artist at 1010 WINS found a creative way to solve that problem, using photos of crack cocaine and an ice cream sundae. By superimposing them both on a pile of powdered substance — representing both the popular drug and the sweet sugar used in making delicious desserts — he unifies the images thematically, while the black background represents the health problems implicit in too much of either substance."
Posted by ypsidixit at 19 juli 2006 12:34
Comments
Looks like a banana split stuck on an iceberg, or a chunk of marble. Does it imply that cocaine is like an ice-cream treat? Is it art???
Posted by: Old Goat at 19 juli 2006 16:45
It looks as though the sundae is floating high over Antarctica, headed into outer space. With two chunks of cocaine.
Posted by: Laura at 19 juli 2006 16:49
Oldgoat, it must be art: you and I are seeing so many different facets in this work.
Posted by: Laura at 19 juli 2006 16:50
The CPR one (#18) suggests an incredible level of violence. I swear that the dummy looks as though it's screaming in pain.
Posted by: Laura at 19 juli 2006 16:54