RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina artist intrigued by the public obsession with celebrity has found herself feeding that obsession with a painting of actress Angelina Jolie as the Virgin Mary hovering over a Wal-Mart check-out line.
"Blessed Art Thou," has gotten much attention from celebrity websites and blogs.
On her blog, Kretz, 43, said the painting addresses "the celebrity worship cycle." She said she chose Jolie for the subject "because of her unavoidable presence in the media, the worldwide anticipation of her child, her 'unattainable' beauty and the good that she is doing in the world through her example, which adds another layer to the already complicated questions surrounding her status."
4 comments:
I mean, what are our values? How do we appoint our heroes?
What is this picture saying?
It wasn't "we" who painted the picture.
The figurative “we” the editorial “we” not the literal “we” of course.
It is an interesting statement however.
I know, I get it. But, what I'm saying is she's the one glorifying Angelina Jolie by painting such a stupid picture of her. I know she's in the headlines and all that, but the picture is just really over the top. I guess maybe I just don't get it. Wouldn't be the first time.
Carry on.
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