Where will Hirst look next for inspiration?
Despite not a whiff of rotting flesh or formaldehyde, Damien Hirst, the so-called "bad boy" of British art, has again prompted a storm of protest with his latest work.
Hymn, a 20-ft bronze sculpture of a male torso, has angered Hull-based company Humbrol, which fears the art work is a direct copy of its Young Scientist Anatomy Set.
Seemingly adding insult to injury, Hymn is the first of Hirst's works to net him a cool £1m, catapulting him into the super league of British artists alongside Lucian Freud and David Hockney.
Humbrol's model, complete with removable organs, can be picked up for less than £15 at toy shops around the country.
In the magician art, the bubble has; hands catching a tambourine (Ed at the end of Baba), the bat (the stuffed bat Eddie had on stage as did the band), 5 eyes (5 band members). Don't know about the rest, but it is a start.
Sounds like a cool plot for that and seems to fit with a "Backspacer" theme, imo.
There's also this:
Doctor Who has long been a favourite referent for political cartoonists, from a 1964 cartoon in the Daily Mail depicting Charles de Gaulle as a Dalek, to a 2008 edition of This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow in which the Tenth Doctor informs an incredulous character from 2003 that the Democratic Party will nominate an African-American (Barack Obama) as its presidential candidate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who
The image above is the closest one showing devils whispering to a magician that I had found and posted a few days back on theskyiscrape (which has a similar thread people may want to hit up).
Has anyone figured out why Seattle is under water, with the Backspacer turtle in the background, on the middle left photo?
Could be SEAttle
-95, Stockholm (MirrorBall Tour)
-00, Stockholm
-07, Copenhagen
-09, Berlin
-10, Berlin
-11, East Troy 1+2
-12, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, EV London 2
-13, London, Chicago
-14, Amsterdam 1+2, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo -16, TOTD San Francisco 1+2 -17, EV Amsterdam 2+3 -18, Amsterdam 1+2, London 1+(2), Barcelona, London 2 -19, EV Brussels
reading left to right, and then top to bottom . . .
1) that's jeff as a kid and the trainwreck that would be his future girlfriend's hats, the fire represents hair loss
2) that's dave a getting the axe for being the alpha male
3) stone there with all his magic and ed's distractions of throwing tambourines, the bat wings, and jumping into the crowd . . . the three chicks and the eyes are up for interpretation, i won't pretend to understand stone
4) mike there in seattle . . . maybe chron's feels like living underwater . . . the sea turtle is cool for sure
5) this i your brain on pearl jam . . . calm down kat
6) matt drumming in outter space, duh
7) stone again, after all it is all his fault
8) boom and his 50ft tall bitches which he got by being in pearl jam . . . the tricycle represents the organ (notice how it is near his "organ") which got him only regular height women
9) sorry, but that is ed in a dress, surfing in a new style maybe
good.
give J Roddy Waslton & the Business a listen, that is all.
-95, Stockholm (MirrorBall Tour)
-00, Stockholm
-07, Copenhagen
-09, Berlin
-10, Berlin
-11, East Troy 1+2
-12, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, EV London 2
-13, London, Chicago
-14, Amsterdam 1+2, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo -16, TOTD San Francisco 1+2 -17, EV Amsterdam 2+3 -18, Amsterdam 1+2, London 1+(2), Barcelona, London 2 -19, EV Brussels
Re: the Gilligan/Bob Denver picture: Isn't that Kristie McNicol on the TV screen on that robot? the Robot also appeared in an episode of Gilligan's Island and also later in a TV ad for K-Tel's "Music Machine" album from the 70s.
That definitely looks like Gilligan there. I had thought that the robot was a reference to Lost in Space, as others have said. Maybe there's some sort of connection between Gilligan's Island and Lost in Space?? Not sure, maybe they're just getting at the common theme of the sitcoms??
Yeah, Gilligan's Island used to come on right before Lost in Space. Or, maybe it was the other way round??
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Sounds like a cool plot for that and seems to fit with a "Backspacer" theme, imo.
Yeah i dont think so its this one either, the girl on that picture is on the wrong position and you can't see her black heels.
http://bitcast-a.v1.iad1.bitgravity.com ... 0model.jpg
Where will Hirst look next for inspiration?
Despite not a whiff of rotting flesh or formaldehyde, Damien Hirst, the so-called "bad boy" of British art, has again prompted a storm of protest with his latest work.
Hymn, a 20-ft bronze sculpture of a male torso, has angered Hull-based company Humbrol, which fears the art work is a direct copy of its Young Scientist Anatomy Set.
Seemingly adding insult to injury, Hymn is the first of Hirst's works to net him a cool £1m, catapulting him into the super league of British artists alongside Lucian Freud and David Hockney.
Humbrol's model, complete with removable organs, can be picked up for less than £15 at toy shops around the country.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/699641.stm
Closest brain pic I've yet found.
I LOVE your Avatar!!
Haha, thanks! It was fun to make.
I don't think it's Houdini. Carter the Great is pretty close:
http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/produc ... 1020.A.jpg
Berlin 2009
Los Angeles 2022 x 2
http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/1666u.preview.jpg
Doctor Who has long been a favourite referent for political cartoonists, from a 1964 cartoon in the Daily Mail depicting Charles de Gaulle as a Dalek, to a 2008 edition of This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow in which the Tenth Doctor informs an incredulous character from 2003 that the Democratic Party will nominate an African-American (Barack Obama) as its presidential candidate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who
that was a bad link, but yeah, that's definitely it:
http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/1666u.jpg
Berlin 2009
Los Angeles 2022 x 2
The image above is the closest one showing devils whispering to a magician that I had found and posted a few days back on theskyiscrape (which has a similar thread people may want to hit up).
Could be SEAttle
-00, Stockholm
-07, Copenhagen
-09, Berlin
-10, Berlin
-11, East Troy 1+2
-12, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, EV London 2
-13, London, Chicago
-14, Amsterdam 1+2, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo
-16, TOTD San Francisco 1+2
-17, EV Amsterdam 2+3
-18, Amsterdam 1+2, London 1+(2), Barcelona, London 2
-19, EV Brussels
1) that's jeff as a kid and the trainwreck that would be his future girlfriend's hats, the fire represents hair loss
2) that's dave a getting the axe for being the alpha male
3) stone there with all his magic and ed's distractions of throwing tambourines, the bat wings, and jumping into the crowd . . . the three chicks and the eyes are up for interpretation, i won't pretend to understand stone
4) mike there in seattle . . . maybe chron's feels like living underwater . . . the sea turtle is cool for sure
5) this i your brain on pearl jam . . . calm down kat
6) matt drumming in outter space, duh
7) stone again, after all it is all his fault
8) boom and his 50ft tall bitches which he got by being in pearl jam . . . the tricycle represents the organ (notice how it is near his "organ") which got him only regular height women
9) sorry, but that is ed in a dress, surfing in a new style maybe
good.
AHA!! Thurston the Great Magician!!!
http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/1666u.preview.jpg
Great find! That's gotta be it!
Thanks.. took some digging!
The original post is great.. The Most Beautiful Suicide.. Crazy!!
could the guy on the tricycle be Huggy Bear from Starksy and Hutch?
http://thenastyboys.files.wordpress.com ... gybear.jpg
The Seattle under water thing has been done before.
-00, Stockholm
-07, Copenhagen
-09, Berlin
-10, Berlin
-11, East Troy 1+2
-12, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, EV London 2
-13, London, Chicago
-14, Amsterdam 1+2, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo
-16, TOTD San Francisco 1+2
-17, EV Amsterdam 2+3
-18, Amsterdam 1+2, London 1+(2), Barcelona, London 2
-19, EV Brussels
nice
Just about to guess the same. Definitely fits the 60's/70's tv theme.
2008- Boston I+II
2009- Toronto, Philly III+IV
2010- Bristow, Hartford, Boston, Newark
Jones Beach NY 1 + 3 - '00
MSG 1 + 2 - '03
Boston Garden - '04
Montreal - '05
Boston Garden 1, Meadowlands 1 + 2 - '06
Mansfield 1 - '08
(EV solo) Boston 1 - '08
Chicago 1 - '09
MSG -'10
Brooklyn 1+2 - '13
Central Park - '15
MSG - '16
Fenway - '16
Wrigley - '16
(RRHOF) Brooklyn - '17
Fenway - '18
MSG - '22
want to be enlightened"
*drools*
9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,