Visual Art Jackass of the Day
posted by on January 24 at 19:07 PM
Vanessa Beecroft, who inserted herself into Sudan, breastfed twins whose mother had died (their father remarried), became inordinately attached and decided to adopt them, then decided not to. At the end of all this solipsistic mindlessness, she photographed herself as a lily-white madonna holding two black babies to her breasts, nursing one. Editions of the photograph have been selling for $50,000. Now there’s a documentary, premiering at Sundance. Naturally, Beecroft says her photograph was mean to “provoke” viewers. (Lazy, stale avant-garde intentions, meet real human issues.) Says Beecroft, “Sudan is a microcosm of Africa and of the blacks in the world, and I know it is presumptuous of me to take this subject under my wing, but I actually want to. It is my interest now.” Next up: naked Sudanese refugees standing in galleries wearing heels. (Via Artsjournal.)
Raise your hand if you want to see Mudede tear this a new one.
*raises hand*
"Next up: naked Sudanese refugees standing in galleries wearing heels."
Which you'll be right on top of, I'm sure.
That is the shittiest poster of the year.
Man, I wash I was that pretentious and cool.
I'd like to see her starve in a Darfur prison.
Nothing wrong with wanting to adopt, but then to give them back after? Huh? What was wrong with them? Or her for that matter.
What the fuck!
*Raise hand*
I second #5.
*Raise hand*
"Help us, Obi Wan Mudede, you're our only hope."
You should check out her website. http://www.vanessabeecroft.com/frameset.html
She is only an artist because she is rich and can run around doing stupid shit. And drawing like an eight year old retard. Really, look at her drawings. She actually reminds me if if Steveo had a fetal alcohol baby. Fuck.
Thee most important image of 2008.
The hem of her dress looks like the pattern on the "Who Farted?" trucker hat at Urban Outfitters.
She is a disgusting person.
This is one of the weirdest things I have ever seen.
Rich white women can save the world!
Ugh.
Just plain fucking ugh.
Her drawings...
http://www.vanessabeecroft.com/frameset.html
Learn to draw!
White people suck.
true that
You're just mad that you didn't think of it first.
White Man's Burden much?
Oh My Gahd...Does she draw with her FEET?!? Maybe with her eyes closed? Wow.
Good Lord--I just found myself in agreement with Jen Graves.
Can this be Death?
You know, when these women go to Africa to adopt I have to wonder: "Aren't their unwanted children up for adoption in the US or Europe that need adoption?"
That and the fact this poster seems to have a racist undertone that is somehow disturbing.
That woman is a total dick and her photograph is a microcosm of everything that's wrong with the world, but I have to admit it is very pretty.
There is NO racist undertone there; it simply IS racist and repulsive.
fickle dilettante. it is an interesting hemline, though.
I wonder how stuff like this gets into Sundance. Do you think it has anything to do with the fact that her husband is a vice-president at Warner Bros?
I love her drawings though.. They give me hope that folks like me with zero drawing talent can actually become globe-trotting artists.
The running line on the poster is awful too, the artists intentions aside.
"Her fight the African babies"...? WTF?
Classic Liberal Imperialism anyone? Yuck.
What is this, a Bennetton ad from the early 90s?
The title of the film is misleading.
There is no such thing as an "Art Star" anymore.
Every fiber of my being wishes I had the ability to rant about this for at least 5,839 words. Sadly, I find myself utterly speechless.
@18
I believe the picture is photographic evidence of quite the opposite.
(;=
This is so wrong for this paper. No guy who reads the Stranger likes boobs. You are going to gross all of your readers out and they will stop reading. Opening the stranger and seeing boobs is like opening a playboy and seeing a huge schlong. It just doesn't match.
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