Bieber Fever

I was lurking on a website devoted to Justin Bieber Fans, http://justinbieberfanclub.net/ , and thought the class might enjoy some of the commentary:

Graffiti, faces, and stardom.

This is a collection of different graffiti artists/writers play on famous stars.

Bast in NYC: Paris Hilton source

Give Up in CA: Lindsay Lohan source

Mr. BrainWash in NYC: Britney Spears (Marilyn Monroe) Source

Judith Sapine : Face Recognition

Turning corners in the city is amazing because there is seriously graffiti every where. One artist I  noticed several years back was Judith Supine. I thought their work was related to this week's reading because of face recognition. I feel like when I look at their work, I have an internal conversation of "where is that from? who is that? i feel like i know that person!". I think it is because these faces are complex mixes of different elements of different faces. Similar to Chuck Close, i feel like the end product is always a portrait with different approaches for each time.

Graffiti artist: Fafi

I have been trying to post graffiti artists that paint faces every week, and this graffiti artist Fafi, does paint faces but she also paints bodies as well, a lot. The photos here focus more on the face. I think most of the graffiti artists faces really correspond well to Condo's work that we saw in the New Museum. Most of these faces are portraits of imaginary people - and often they have interesting characteristics. What I think connects more with Condo, in Fafi's work, is that she usually, if not all of the time, paints these characters with acrylic paint and a paint brush - which is something that will separate her from other graffiti writers. She also deals with this specific archetypes at times!  Enjoy.

in Toulouse, France. Source

in Barcelona, Spain Source

Hitler in animated cartoon form.

How has the Hitler image been visually represented in different animated cartoons?

Hitler on The Simpsons "Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times" episode in 2007

Hitler and Eva attempt to commit suicide Season 4, Episode 8 on The Family Guy

Cartman as Hitler on South Park from the Passion of the Jew episode, Season 8, episode 4


Then, I also found Donald Duck as Hitler from a film titled "Der Fuehrer's Face" from 1943.

Mole mapping

This was the map I found last week that I spoke to the class about!

from the source:

"RED colored words are positive

BLACK colored words are negative
feel free to add your own notes
this word "凶" shows up a lot in the mole map. it refers to a non-specific unlucky thing. according to the text to the left of the drawing of the girl, it could mean bad luck in your career, marital troubles, losing money, a sickly body, your friends are gonna bring you troubles (like they'll borrow money from you), etc..
i grokked this mole map from a mole buster's night market stall in taipei. the mole-buster's mobile number is on the lower right of the flyer. call him to arrange for a mole-removing session (in case your mole happens to mean something unlucky)."