Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Expectorator


Weird Internet discovery of the day.
I like it. It's slightly disturbing, as is most of the artist's (Kim Simonsson) work. It's definitely not kitchsy like a Precious Moment or incomprehensible and annoying like a so-called modern art paint splatter.
It juxtaposes conflicting concepts in a bizzare fashion (cute little girl; unsettling, ghostly complexion; and decidedly uncute creation by said little girl of a long strand of saliva.)
Like Munch's Scream, it's devastatingly original and clearly not the product of a pretentious non-talent hiding behind the modern art label.

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