Laurina Paperina's How To Kill The Artists

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ATuKMDXTpy2zs5Hx35lckHmFPskAN3WtN3Jey9IX49A61LlJgdjUg3cQrh2EGUm7f4dAVKMb61Ye65Fx07ECqYUdYe61W8n0w1g4BsujwNypOPNEIfOWKoV4or83L6S-QY6C3W3tQZLn/s1600-h/howmural03.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178145072146235810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ATuKMDXTpy2zs5Hx35lckHmFPskAN3WtN3Jey9IX49A61LlJgdjUg3cQrh2EGUm7f4dAVKMb61Ye65Fx07ECqYUdYe61W8n0w1g4BsujwNypOPNEIfOWKoV4or83L6S-QY6C3W3tQZLn/s400/howmural03.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 397px;" /></a><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><br />Meet Laura Scottini (aka Laurina Paperina), an italian artist with a wonderfully wicked sense of humor.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4gnWsaSYigZxFAEdNQCSvKMY1q1MIJLC0YARDS_40xZsyF93w-WnYpFf2pY_UiQSCAQQgjzsrMeEi-TZYdHB8z8gWsbGVUzzDfhlIx3PaeVfHM6c9GinsaTpB5wvOm85W98G7rSsHI4Z/s1600-h/pape-bn04.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178145256829829570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4gnWsaSYigZxFAEdNQCSvKMY1q1MIJLC0YARDS_40xZsyF93w-WnYpFf2pY_UiQSCAQQgjzsrMeEi-TZYdHB8z8gWsbGVUzzDfhlIx3PaeVfHM6c9GinsaTpB5wvOm85W98G7rSsHI4Z/s400/pape-bn04.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 162px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCA_kd9fJXF6UgLdxVpONEp9AViOqGw0NEEVs8KUH9WjDxH9TxJrRHaCmxqtHxeOqtK-IQoPt8zuV_-q-KkXW6oKYRmAOImBK8P1QcDa-pW_H3NY5nrAObK3pPP9jHrcH7J8jveKpGtDe1/s1600-h/pape-bn01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178146970521780706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCA_kd9fJXF6UgLdxVpONEp9AViOqGw0NEEVs8KUH9WjDxH9TxJrRHaCmxqtHxeOqtK-IQoPt8zuV_-q-KkXW6oKYRmAOImBK8P1QcDa-pW_H3NY5nrAObK3pPP9jHrcH7J8jveKpGtDe1/s400/pape-bn01.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 162px;" /></a><br /><br />Her collection of drawings, installation and videos in the exhibit "How To Kill The Artists" is a hilarous and purposely ironic twist in which contemporary artists and cartoonists are being attacked by objects of their own creation, most of which brought them great wealth and or fame. I have gone to to trouble to locate images of the original pieces of art which Laurina references because some of you may not be familiar with the artists or the works.<br /><br />The Installation:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDsCtfNX1V4Zah46K5hfmmfnUHEuPWQmudnm618S5FcnwWM_Q6beNkbTIaaDYSYWQbMyDGqPoKg69T14Ry6ovOeV8yAmfY4X3beaItlLG-r_hTFUMu4exwJyo1fknE2gBzJQIf9qOVdJY4/s1600-h/howmural01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178145149455647154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDsCtfNX1V4Zah46K5hfmmfnUHEuPWQmudnm618S5FcnwWM_Q6beNkbTIaaDYSYWQbMyDGqPoKg69T14Ry6ovOeV8yAmfY4X3beaItlLG-r_hTFUMu4exwJyo1fknE2gBzJQIf9qOVdJY4/s400/howmural01.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 269px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddXWcFUibHK3Cb8k9vIJpDF8qsuURVzRXKyHa2bSFfxwkekRufbGKFmVLB1oSvFbEPVZQ_eG1c8uiE-hRac586uricUS-PEnGnJhbNRyKhv0zstHOEyeuWnSYRDT51CTpM6W7A_E1kMQ6/s1600-h/howtokillmurakami.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178152150252339826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddXWcFUibHK3Cb8k9vIJpDF8qsuURVzRXKyHa2bSFfxwkekRufbGKFmVLB1oSvFbEPVZQ_eG1c8uiE-hRac586uricUS-PEnGnJhbNRyKhv0zstHOEyeuWnSYRDT51CTpM6W7A_E1kMQ6/s400/howtokillmurakami.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 397px;" /></a><br /><br />Now, to better understand the following drawings, I have attached the artist's originals below Laurina's drawings/paintings so you can fully appreciate the satire.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8f_hhIvRwuWe9ytEfUAfXs0XQqhHik-wk90tRx82PvmDgrZe934n3kC4X3A7v3BxI89EBvLtDPAY-PZqRaTtnsDUMATZsy3FFRxZNUTbwNlZ8z3FrPqpBdWYMPN7rj9I1BF6zEMZWVeYR/s1600-h/02.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178152360705737346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8f_hhIvRwuWe9ytEfUAfXs0XQqhHik-wk90tRx82PvmDgrZe934n3kC4X3A7v3BxI89EBvLtDPAY-PZqRaTtnsDUMATZsy3FFRxZNUTbwNlZ8z3FrPqpBdWYMPN7rj9I1BF6zEMZWVeYR/s400/02.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 373px;" /></a><br />Above: Paperina's painting with all the 'artists' from her collection<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jeff Koons:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX0xk6FKEEtC_uSrBKBa8lrpONVP7NXqsGul9-NxHKky5JN5E-y8Yfmw8sAvkzMSDh-wzwMYz1nhBLVXM92SaLqLbNT_BDYEFAxdLiN-GDghERj8H_9dd1rrFCgvPJHdA3YQ59ib3E4wZW/s1600-h/jeffkoonsvshisdog.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178152794497434258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX0xk6FKEEtC_uSrBKBa8lrpONVP7NXqsGul9-NxHKky5JN5E-y8Yfmw8sAvkzMSDh-wzwMYz1nhBLVXM92SaLqLbNT_BDYEFAxdLiN-GDghERj8H_9dd1rrFCgvPJHdA3YQ59ib3E4wZW/s400/jeffkoonsvshisdog.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 369px;" /></a><br />Above: Paperina's Jeff Koons Vs His Dog<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvM84hZr4U9Ct1MQzQ24iM9ZfZI5qa78VYmnh2UfyPydjZyq-wD0V-XEG6-MRg64ADVHLG35AJSo583kX-2wJzuVfZri8nqWjFNsrm-Za5rMokNwRWVicgijNQf0FpYSb1vjVycoSlEuDu/s1600-h/koonsballoonSM.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179143961280202706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvM84hZr4U9Ct1MQzQ24iM9ZfZI5qa78VYmnh2UfyPydjZyq-wD0V-XEG6-MRg64ADVHLG35AJSo583kX-2wJzuVfZri8nqWjFNsrm-Za5rMokNwRWVicgijNQf0FpYSb1vjVycoSlEuDu/s400/koonsballoonSM.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 395px; height: 462px;" /></a><br />above: Koons' Balloon Puppy<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Keith Haring:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJag5XDs1vxyjVrGy_o3yOiS3ZD3MMdvuOIvWdFY8XtYxQJyNH_keSGRJspXnVM5y8xLz8wB7-lTCIjfO_BLJBxvLDNBHOhkR1lKhfcY-599PD_44EmHLasGcNA1GHVaSXpokTb_FbnbF/s1600-h/03.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178153902598996674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJag5XDs1vxyjVrGy_o3yOiS3ZD3MMdvuOIvWdFY8XtYxQJyNH_keSGRJspXnVM5y8xLz8wB7-lTCIjfO_BLJBxvLDNBHOhkR1lKhfcY-599PD_44EmHLasGcNA1GHVaSXpokTb_FbnbF/s400/03.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 497px;" /></a><br />Above: Paperina's Keith Haring's Dog.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFchBM5zXx41RIpj0uzB0WeKcot0vq4YppWwU0L7lDW6CGynbTlFJQ54ggOLs-zSe1_W1NHY3C58WQCyJDfYr_2YDURqksyc9bsd652kp3GCykxb_KlwYf-9yd5jKpmVUTPHimptWoqjp/s1600-h/haringdog.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179144498151114722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFchBM5zXx41RIpj0uzB0WeKcot0vq4YppWwU0L7lDW6CGynbTlFJQ54ggOLs-zSe1_W1NHY3C58WQCyJDfYr_2YDURqksyc9bsd652kp3GCykxb_KlwYf-9yd5jKpmVUTPHimptWoqjp/s400/haringdog.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 332px;" /></a><br />Above : keith haring's famous dog icon<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Joseph Beuys:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JNJGAFswrvp3KbrsxsVOMZk68cEwmb0lmqXUazOMRkwhJGA4y7CIU6puz2vYhgnHikM-8ziaIwQ-MddH9LS0Diz4vKCoWgHgAfWdjB-XqoejRRhgbc5TbzCS9mh4Ojatw6thd0DbKHFG/s1600-h/josephbeuyseatenbywolf.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178153644900958898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JNJGAFswrvp3KbrsxsVOMZk68cEwmb0lmqXUazOMRkwhJGA4y7CIU6puz2vYhgnHikM-8ziaIwQ-MddH9LS0Diz4vKCoWgHgAfWdjB-XqoejRRhgbc5TbzCS9mh4Ojatw6thd0DbKHFG/s400/josephbeuyseatenbywolf.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 537px; height: 531px;" /></a><br />Above: Paperina's Joseph Beuys Eaten By Wolf.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksF_w5cmtoaqcKGjUr2lUJWHyg2CTl28ICb7D4rLaqYNg2LJKBvhyphenhyphen47mUo8J-SG6XhAYvL2UD6J4GrekYIcHQyGxMMZ-FWGtyrmSW6FPaKJpEs5pX3WhyQpDtSROz44zHTsrnFjMbAHVr/s1600-h/beuyscoyote.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179146873268029426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksF_w5cmtoaqcKGjUr2lUJWHyg2CTl28ICb7D4rLaqYNg2LJKBvhyphenhyphen47mUo8J-SG6XhAYvL2UD6J4GrekYIcHQyGxMMZ-FWGtyrmSW6FPaKJpEs5pX3WhyQpDtSROz44zHTsrnFjMbAHVr/s400/beuyscoyote.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 396px; height: 561px;" /></a><br />Above: Joseph Beuys and Coyote, performance piece<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jackson Pollock:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWzTS-TDaETrpWRmTpeXfM7LuznNq2ClU4hpRJQGeJcR5B30iZHuTbJw3mFqlSKRFIBueUOh5gEHtgAX8hQt01hkmx0TiVo9etcEaXQb1zmxojMtvtvTDtKgqHmqpqz5iPEwc1qgW4WfBy/s1600-h/pollock.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178153168159589026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWzTS-TDaETrpWRmTpeXfM7LuznNq2ClU4hpRJQGeJcR5B30iZHuTbJw3mFqlSKRFIBueUOh5gEHtgAX8hQt01hkmx0TiVo9etcEaXQb1zmxojMtvtvTDtKgqHmqpqz5iPEwc1qgW4WfBy/s400/pollock.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 390px;" /></a><br />Above: Paperina's Pollock<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih08viogfo1VeNqD6V1tJTx9LOC_Z8RztXHNrC1DRMMDZjlQf5BmUwGP5uxjsDOpFA4t5OJgDRPP4KeKrz0J8DYvXKbswkM_PCyoEM3gyW_bM3B42wqE8lj5nuvg4shlRylWYck0xCP7MK/s1600-h/MH_JacksonPollock2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179148879017756690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih08viogfo1VeNqD6V1tJTx9LOC_Z8RztXHNrC1DRMMDZjlQf5BmUwGP5uxjsDOpFA4t5OJgDRPP4KeKrz0J8DYvXKbswkM_PCyoEM3gyW_bM3B42wqE8lj5nuvg4shlRylWYck0xCP7MK/s400/MH_JacksonPollock2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 429px;" /></a><br />Above: Jackson Pollock at work<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">David Shrigley:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxdm4R_XSdTZI7LrPwvYX8ryyf9thKjwTHOuKM6pJWXPt-dufwz7WQgeu3F1DvstpgSGaDm83xAEhpJYtgih9u2KE3GoPoN2XnPBhaju0ni67KSM469spVxVxuAS87V6K-l009q5Y79D5/s1600-h/davidshrigley.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178152017108353634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxdm4R_XSdTZI7LrPwvYX8ryyf9thKjwTHOuKM6pJWXPt-dufwz7WQgeu3F1DvstpgSGaDm83xAEhpJYtgih9u2KE3GoPoN2XnPBhaju0ni67KSM469spVxVxuAS87V6K-l009q5Y79D5/s400/davidshrigley.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 396px;" /></a><br />Above : Paperina's David Shrigley<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ybYNFcBI2Osy5rr0Z_JroO26KXyFbUVNpcdIxMXENV_vdYIbRDaqYQLJnmmBmJsRbNwSstDTRq4NHPRxJziBEBRpeFbIywyLwJSkXeVlHqJ-Hm3utr-reooQnkER6NkKk054xc7tQl95/s1600-h/severed_hand.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179148625614686210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ybYNFcBI2Osy5rr0Z_JroO26KXyFbUVNpcdIxMXENV_vdYIbRDaqYQLJnmmBmJsRbNwSstDTRq4NHPRxJziBEBRpeFbIywyLwJSkXeVlHqJ-Hm3utr-reooQnkER6NkKk054xc7tQl95/s400/severed_hand.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />Above: David Shrigley's photo "severed hand"<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Maurizio Cattelan:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbS-Meo3T17JhTTKV-MOisgNuQAJS8ddPMd-QakEO7GZ5kg-BULBUjs2IUZaLtefma-ACPEMGiIAbH-6S_SlQuLyyf4dVp6lrVJM2qtKe_9sQ0HEjp1c8R9U9Pu5QgZkg2OQhaIlCOKovt/s1600-h/cattelandoesnotsurf.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178151879669400146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbS-Meo3T17JhTTKV-MOisgNuQAJS8ddPMd-QakEO7GZ5kg-BULBUjs2IUZaLtefma-ACPEMGiIAbH-6S_SlQuLyyf4dVp6lrVJM2qtKe_9sQ0HEjp1c8R9U9Pu5QgZkg2OQhaIlCOKovt/s400/cattelandoesnotsurf.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 537px; height: 397px;" /></a><br />Above: Paperina's Cattalan Does Not Surf<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTwUNGeGYXKhxzBrAj1lwsdb6acKlkcfDZxdSIIMileAoRlIfdPKCOmDtlPdQH1J1J6hCWmktjZ1b_gdTPoLgcftam3K4vGzml6fzCAdJpnNHAFGipBpxoJVbZUtEI_yX4DT20nFUIFpJ/s1600-h/cattellan.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179161519106508882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTwUNGeGYXKhxzBrAj1lwsdb6acKlkcfDZxdSIIMileAoRlIfdPKCOmDtlPdQH1J1J6hCWmktjZ1b_gdTPoLgcftam3K4vGzml6fzCAdJpnNHAFGipBpxoJVbZUtEI_yX4DT20nFUIFpJ/s400/cattellan.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 506px;" /></a><br />Above: Maurizio Cattelan's Charlie Don't Surf<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Barry McGee:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSVWrDKbmZOocntR-oUibgqblGShxPJi5FMfZDFbiysj7OLgzLpU8wxcU_YE8Wfhv8-8aE3_ypx8fnTKr5eAXx9PFDbUCp5xOh5wg-u8ph6RLs-oh9FgPON3Pi9DT1_2C3ctbQ762MIIRe/s1600-h/barrymcgee.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178150728618164770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSVWrDKbmZOocntR-oUibgqblGShxPJi5FMfZDFbiysj7OLgzLpU8wxcU_YE8Wfhv8-8aE3_ypx8fnTKr5eAXx9PFDbUCp5xOh5wg-u8ph6RLs-oh9FgPON3Pi9DT1_2C3ctbQ762MIIRe/s400/barrymcgee.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 401px;" /></a><br />Above: Barry McGee (aka Twist)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoj0ybCXuTNDE3Dxgm9anJnGL1rR7I1IpB6ZnBOIQ5ENxQmLKEVsQiAfoUjniHFeJzcVS7Lw1rhLx5npKjgEy5W2joClh914aQ4CjS1iAg9MihI0qlGn-4zZkfgAfXp9g0JnjeTFyAEyiA/s1600-h/barrymcgee_sprayed.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178151793770054210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoj0ybCXuTNDE3Dxgm9anJnGL1rR7I1IpB6ZnBOIQ5ENxQmLKEVsQiAfoUjniHFeJzcVS7Lw1rhLx5npKjgEy5W2joClh914aQ4CjS1iAg9MihI0qlGn-4zZkfgAfXp9g0JnjeTFyAEyiA/s400/barrymcgee_sprayed.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 391px;" /></a><br />Above: Barry McGee Sprayed<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0bjnm565TvJupphCKO_cOTahce4IWaFFCCrNkJKleuk3MnippmqOI-0bQaS7ao7mDkKkMvlOrvfEstRxlXWdWq6O8pqwNMnCn8kSLKuEwajnNjqvASsxFyhaaiNSqjZcpom6mNa-v6KUP/s1600-h/mcgee-11917B-132.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179150399436179522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0bjnm565TvJupphCKO_cOTahce4IWaFFCCrNkJKleuk3MnippmqOI-0bQaS7ao7mDkKkMvlOrvfEstRxlXWdWq6O8pqwNMnCn8kSLKuEwajnNjqvASsxFyhaaiNSqjZcpom6mNa-v6KUP/s400/mcgee-11917B-132.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 539px; height: 277px;" /></a><br />Above: Graffiti artist Barry McGee (aka Twist) at work<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Takeshi Murakami:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgphcgN_pi7iEvcbRCmxjiwx8M_-s1lz8m0eBgqs5JZCKFDGkxGY68E2AQBRu7Mha8AVSwXauqXjsy4iiYgWqE7wu8fPKCOShy5Oy2atP1cxpkOQztfJYeM84UrAb6Z9zxn2iFAogEiD7y/s1600-h/murakamivsDOB.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178151291258880562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgphcgN_pi7iEvcbRCmxjiwx8M_-s1lz8m0eBgqs5JZCKFDGkxGY68E2AQBRu7Mha8AVSwXauqXjsy4iiYgWqE7wu8fPKCOShy5Oy2atP1cxpkOQztfJYeM84UrAb6Z9zxn2iFAogEiD7y/s400/murakamivsDOB.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 537px; height: 539px;" /></a><br />Above: Paperina's Murakami Vs DOB<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIthJJ7HGLytzYsiQjqpM43qBvKp2aYzOeWZYEr1yCBSIT9yMaC7aPHgsJOajGUrHWmt4tspzXM_XeytlsKV7gJVW2qKgOk9KL1VUjYFyWxKi8w0SChvTFxG81ticZrNzGF7SuarOZkcF5/s1600-h/takashi_murakami-and_then-pc292.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179149256974878754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIthJJ7HGLytzYsiQjqpM43qBvKp2aYzOeWZYEr1yCBSIT9yMaC7aPHgsJOajGUrHWmt4tspzXM_XeytlsKV7gJVW2qKgOk9KL1VUjYFyWxKi8w0SChvTFxG81ticZrNzGF7SuarOZkcF5/s400/takashi_murakami-and_then-pc292.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />Above: Takeshi Murakami's DOB<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Andy Warhol:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxsiPd519Vil1CZTOnJko4duMlwQo-t6b6INXt4i2vZufiX3ZyrcpzhMJ7L8ZDmjMU_ZxI4mDMlV8Mh0uppyfsjd3arFVSs50jk6IUdfQbZm98BbVXoOfl5EMY2ZwLmyzB7RXHJDFdXOS/s1600-h/andywarholvsmarilymonroe.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178148808767783442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxsiPd519Vil1CZTOnJko4duMlwQo-t6b6INXt4i2vZufiX3ZyrcpzhMJ7L8ZDmjMU_ZxI4mDMlV8Mh0uppyfsjd3arFVSs50jk6IUdfQbZm98BbVXoOfl5EMY2ZwLmyzB7RXHJDFdXOS/s400/andywarholvsmarilymonroe.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 530px;" /></a><br />Above: Paperina's Warhol Vs. Marilyn<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tfWnMF7V0euW4Q6p8sRzPi0XhNeeLyswiBnedrgAAj9tqDNR1RoNGqwdBCB-gPzS0lZ573NCJVZM7CihMNOssSiKto15e_6_Vwwlf654PbA7nTp-8qZ5uwLzaXIu4AL26SsHIszZmhyb/s1600-h/warhol_marilyn.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179149493198080050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tfWnMF7V0euW4Q6p8sRzPi0XhNeeLyswiBnedrgAAj9tqDNR1RoNGqwdBCB-gPzS0lZ573NCJVZM7CihMNOssSiKto15e_6_Vwwlf654PbA7nTp-8qZ5uwLzaXIu4AL26SsHIszZmhyb/s400/warhol_marilyn.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />Above: Andy Warhol's Marilyn screenprint<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Frida Kahlo:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSkI0Y3fPVu0_iYzz_jddSWV5s2pSnEYJsbfVYHadmfEwSCj-58Nn1gYrB2n45g3ejg18h2Awy4VfJ9pCSXwKnatNY7rDW-GD-5hhFosdPi7xXjR34B_LcYiPe1txARB2tpV-ipSrhWP5/s1600-h/fridakahlo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178148748638241282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSkI0Y3fPVu0_iYzz_jddSWV5s2pSnEYJsbfVYHadmfEwSCj-58Nn1gYrB2n45g3ejg18h2Awy4VfJ9pCSXwKnatNY7rDW-GD-5hhFosdPi7xXjR34B_LcYiPe1txARB2tpV-ipSrhWP5/s400/fridakahlo.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 374px;" /></a><br />Above: Paperina's Frida Kahlo<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5EAvMoT8aEzDw47itlHYzoRgoadFy_4-rER0K1lhnzZhuwp-lIp2Xn6uKfkMyA7c9NO5lbXq6FiA_HbIpeZk0Pj31UUmqzHnzjt_RhMoyBrvWrYpBnxZzV5aIrpcHSHIpCPWFIYT3ymiH/s1600-h/kahlo65.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179161957193173090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5EAvMoT8aEzDw47itlHYzoRgoadFy_4-rER0K1lhnzZhuwp-lIp2Xn6uKfkMyA7c9NO5lbXq6FiA_HbIpeZk0Pj31UUmqzHnzjt_RhMoyBrvWrYpBnxZzV5aIrpcHSHIpCPWFIYT3ymiH/s400/kahlo65.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />Above: Frida Kahlo's Self Portrait as the Little Deer<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jean Michel Basquiat:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGy8jJkl7o-Fco199vcSnrwEoF0x0O4ATaxnt-CZ3PUdDqzhGKkbU8YX7DxjRerXeESoe8mVgeLku0MOhZ5dvv1bOXUaqaV-Q4B8O294biu9DcNiTD5YOZj_2L8-LUYre1I7lHxjE15JS/s1600-h/basquitvshismonster.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178148280486806002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGy8jJkl7o-Fco199vcSnrwEoF0x0O4ATaxnt-CZ3PUdDqzhGKkbU8YX7DxjRerXeESoe8mVgeLku0MOhZ5dvv1bOXUaqaV-Q4B8O294biu9DcNiTD5YOZj_2L8-LUYre1I7lHxjE15JS/s400/basquitvshismonster.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 537px; height: 537px;" /></a><br />Above: Paperina's Basquiat Vs. His Monster<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKSytxwC_a2arwdi6zdrEs9_hNjimyPxYOJ_wLAi-bHud02Llf7J1fapJcAm7YIC6SGPBaX3M4esmlWL0bQsX-rQbAlZHmfe7fPTTubS-YmKvHTPb_VotPjKFL60wTcIjXTUa2is-WD8R/s1600-h/basquiat-untitled_1981_jpg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179163249978329202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKSytxwC_a2arwdi6zdrEs9_hNjimyPxYOJ_wLAi-bHud02Llf7J1fapJcAm7YIC6SGPBaX3M4esmlWL0bQsX-rQbAlZHmfe7fPTTubS-YmKvHTPb_VotPjKFL60wTcIjXTUa2is-WD8R/s400/basquiat-untitled_1981_jpg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 516px;" /></a><br />Above: Jean Michel Basquiat, untitled<br /><p class="style11" align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmZ0kqqoAQg9JpdBy7S4EwtmXELWBXrBnI-skRIhKoT7TTg2GySu9nlm_l0DYEbZMPyMVQjyZmrzzFdXnj4l-6xPWVLq2EkvnDjBoB6dH9regNe7-QWDKF_jmtE3Mp3l26-Rq7GbF-aNd/s1600-h/Picture+20.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178154748707554002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmZ0kqqoAQg9JpdBy7S4EwtmXELWBXrBnI-skRIhKoT7TTg2GySu9nlm_l0DYEbZMPyMVQjyZmrzzFdXnj4l-6xPWVLq2EkvnDjBoB6dH9regNe7-QWDKF_jmtE3Mp3l26-Rq7GbF-aNd/s400/Picture+20.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 226px;" /></a></p><p class="style11" align="left"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Above: Although not ready for download quite yet, she has animated videos which will be available for viewing on her site.</span><br /></strong></p><p class="style11" align="left"><strong>More about the artist:</strong></p><p class="style11" align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOuePcEHumNcAao85b0IvzUf5bfwoRA2RIs-KYehjLFYD0xSB7ooTJLma0GVwPMKVSBQ43zaUgLWFIhLbfn1TMFzY5rQ9_-96m4OytnqxAUewvfpvXYJMhyPlHVSzJvRGdUGSQX6DjfIz/s1600-h/cartaidentita.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178146360636424658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOuePcEHumNcAao85b0IvzUf5bfwoRA2RIs-KYehjLFYD0xSB7ooTJLma0GVwPMKVSBQ43zaUgLWFIhLbfn1TMFzY5rQ9_-96m4OytnqxAUewvfpvXYJMhyPlHVSzJvRGdUGSQX6DjfIz/s400/cartaidentita.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 541px; height: 442px;" /></a></p> <p class="style1" align="left"><strong>Laurina Paperina</strong> (in english "Little Laura - Little Duck")<br /><span class="style7">1980</span>, Born in Rovereto. She lives and works between Mori (Trento, Italy) and Duck Land<br />2005, Academy of Fine Arts, Verona<span class="style1 style2"><span class="Stile2">, Italy</span></span><br />1999, Art Institute, Rovereto (Trento)<span class="style1 style2"><span class="Stile2">, Italy</span></span> </p><p class="style11" align="left">The artists' statement (in italian followed by english):<br /></p><blockquote><p class="style11" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">Io gioco con l'arte.<br />Il mio lavoro è un'elaborazione ironica della contemporaneità e sulle identità che la compongono. Elaborazione che nasce sintetizzando un linguaggio dove diversità e contraddizione si compenetrano e dove l'influenza dalla cultura di internet e della tv, dei fumetti e dei video games, della fantascienza e dei cartoons, generano un complesso insieme di elementi che si trasformano in un apparente caos ma lasciano intravedere delle forme riconoscibili.<br />I personaggi che popolano i miei lavori sono dunque ironia dipinta e sono frutto della mia fantasia, sono forme dinamiche e colori sgargianti di una sorta di "virtual reality" simile ad un video games dove la finzione e l'apparenza giocano simulando la realtà.<br />In sintesi il mio lavoro è un gioco ironico sulle sue esperienze che non ha un fine ben preciso se non quello di rappresentare le diversità di pensiero e come queste possano coesistere,<br />come se ogni elemento fosse un frammento indispensabile di un puzzle.<br /></span></p> </blockquote><span class="style11"><blockquote><span class="Stile1" style="font-size:85%;">[I'm sorry...my english isn't good !!!]</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span class="style16" style="font-size:85%;"><br />I play with art. My work is an ironic elaboration of contemporaneity and the elements which are part of it. It is an elaboration stemming from a language sysnthesis where diversity and contradiction are intertwined and where the influence of internet culture, TV, comic strips, video games, sci-fi and cartoons are generating a complex set of elements, which, although turning into an apparent chaos, are letting themselves be seen in recognizable forms.<br />Characters populating my works are "painted irony": they are the fruits of my fantasy, dynamic forms and flamboyant colors of some sort of virtual reality resembling a video game where fiction and appearance interplay and simulate reality.<br />In sum, my work is an ironic game on my experiences, which has no specific purpose but to represent divergencies of thought and the way such divergencies may coexist, as though each element were an indespensable fragment of a jigsaw-puzzle.</span></blockquote><span class="style16"><a href="http://www.laurinapaperina.com/">Visit her site and see much of her other work.</a><br /><br /></span></span>

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