Mama is not my cup of tea, but some art should provoke (this didn’t do it for me–I just laughed–but surely it provokes some), and George Floyd’s life can serve as a muse for artists.
I propose a statue, larger than life, of GF pointing a handgun at the belly of a pregnant woman (also black). The white woke can kneel before it, washing the feet of black woke to atone for their sins. Of course, whites, who are by definition privileged, should pay blacks to perform this particular ritual.
Not to get too carried away–some might say a statue is enough– may I suggest a sort of stations of the cross, where the woke can have processions to celebrate his life: his robberies, his 5 children that he was not a good father to and did not pay for, and various and sundry other crimes. An el Camino from North Carolina to Texas to Minnesota! Cue the pilgrimages! THIS JUST IN: Pope Francis has canonized GF, the first step in the sainthood process. GF is now worthy of the prayers of the faithful! Praise the Lord, Praise GF!
The question is which one was more evil… difficult call
Ethniciodo Rodenydo
2 years ago
Derek Chauvin as Jesus. That would be transgressive.
GA Woolley
2 years ago
GF is The Life of Brian come to life as The Life of George.
Galeti Tavas
2 years ago
The ‘Comedian’ banana and ‘Hungry Artist’ made me think of Duchamp’s ‘Urinal’ and the logical conclusion of that as performance art. I am still amazed that Duchamp’s work was used by education NGOs in Afghanistan to teach Afghani Women about Western, ‘Important Art’. That it drove Afghanistan backwards a century should serve as a cautionary tale to all the Liberal/Lefty Neo-Colonial, Cultural-Imperialist, PostModernist Influencers about pushing the envelope too far. But you know it won’t..
LCarey Rowland
2 years ago
The past is dead; long live the past.
Cave paintings morph to Rave paintings.
Mama is not my cup of tea, but some art should provoke (this didn’t do it for me–I just laughed–but surely it provokes some), and George Floyd’s life can serve as a muse for artists.
I propose a statue, larger than life, of GF pointing a handgun at the belly of a pregnant woman (also black). The white woke can kneel before it, washing the feet of black woke to atone for their sins. Of course, whites, who are by definition privileged, should pay blacks to perform this particular ritual.
Not to get too carried away–some might say a statue is enough– may I suggest a sort of stations of the cross, where the woke can have processions to celebrate his life: his robberies, his 5 children that he was not a good father to and did not pay for, and various and sundry other crimes. An el Camino from North Carolina to Texas to Minnesota! Cue the pilgrimages!
THIS JUST IN: Pope Francis has canonized GF, the first step in the sainthood process. GF is now worthy of the prayers of the faithful! Praise the Lord, Praise GF!
Well said James. I was so angry at the way this nasty violent man was painted with a crown of thorns. A bit like the sanctification of Diana…..
The question is which one was more evil… difficult call
Derek Chauvin as Jesus. That would be transgressive.
GF is The Life of Brian come to life as The Life of George.
The ‘Comedian’ banana and ‘Hungry Artist’ made me think of Duchamp’s ‘Urinal’ and the logical conclusion of that as performance art. I am still amazed that Duchamp’s work was used by education NGOs in Afghanistan to teach Afghani Women about Western, ‘Important Art’. That it drove Afghanistan backwards a century should serve as a cautionary tale to all the Liberal/Lefty Neo-Colonial, Cultural-Imperialist, PostModernist Influencers about pushing the envelope too far. But you know it won’t..
The past is dead; long live the past.
Cave paintings morph to Rave paintings.