This is entry #19 in our ongoing 100 Philosophers, 100 Artworks, 100 Words Series.
Philosopher: Darren Hudson Hick (Texas Tech)
Artwork: Ward Kimball, Art Afterpieces (1964)
Words: In this slim volume my wife found at a library sale, Ward Kimball (master Disney animator, responsible for Jiminy Cricket) paints amendments to dozens of classical works, turning Altdorfer’s Martyrdom of St. Florian into a scene from West Side Story, making Botticelli’s Venus a Playboy Bunny and his Man with a Medal a member of the Mickey Mouse Club. Gainsborough’s Blue Boy becomes a surprising doppelgänger of Andrew Kania. This is 1964, at the height of Pop Art, a year before Sturtevant’s first show, and 13 years before the “Pictures” exhibition that launched the career of appropriation artist Sherri Levine.
December 1, 2014 at 5:50 pm
Those are a riot!
December 1, 2014 at 10:13 pm
Sweet!