Scars and Stripes, or 69 Reasons Why I Love America
Lady Liberty just got tagged by Jesus’s cross phallus and everything exploded into melted colors and distorted guts. Brooklyn artist Aaron Johnson meticulous, psychedelic acrylics plaster the post-Bush national nightmare starring Uncle Sam and the Head Honcho all over flags. Livid! Horrific! Also: Shiny. Not a bad heir to Ralph Steadman, eh?
“Scars and Stripes,” Aaron Johnson, Oct 29 – Nov 27, Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen
by Marina Galperina on November 23, 2010 at 3:30 pm
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the reason I love america is cuz one can make a Hell of a lot of money by harping on the Amerika=666 theme. As long as one does it with style!
If it was Mahomet instead of Jesus…