“Bloody Madonna” to Celebrate Madonna’s 50th Birthday
August 13th, 2008 by Menachem Wecker
Courtesy of artists Rush Vizette and Susan Annette-Laing (see here), “Cow’s Blood, the Bible & Madonna: The New Controversial Pop Art” hangs at Red Gate Gallery in London. Vizette hails the show, which combines condoms, cow blood, cigarettes, graffiti, and the Bible, as “homage to the world’s biggest and most controversial icon in a no holds barred attitude to idealize her edgy and her extreme individual self.” Vizette might be correct in evaluating Madonna’s narcissism, but I wonder why someone so “edgy” and extremely individual needs homages. Would that not make her, gasp, pedestrian? (More info here.)
Interview with Vizette to follow.