{"id":1654,"date":"2010-07-15T08:17:05","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T16:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.postdiluvianphoto.com\/blog\/?p=1654"},"modified":"2018-11-30T18:01:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T02:01:52","slug":"july-2010-compact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.postdiluvianphoto.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/15\/july-2010-compact-1654\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush"},"content":{"rendered":"

This review of the July 2010 First Thursday in SF was originally written for comPAct, \u201cthe unholy little brother\u201d of Plastic Antinomy<\/a>. Layla Lyne-Winkler, Editor.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cRush\u201d Work by John Waters @ Rena Bransten Gallery, 77 Geary, San Francisco, May 27th – July 10th<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“Control” (2009) by John Waters<\/p><\/div>\n

Is nothing sacred? No. John Waters adds products and bare-assed photo bombs to classic movie stills, gives Audrey Hepburn wicked hickies and The Beautiful People cleft palettes. In \u201cPig Latin,\u201d a series of eight closed-captioned stills, he takes the wind out of cinema\u2019s most memorable quotes, including \u201cAsten-fay our-yay eatbelts-say,\u201d \u201cI-way ant-way o-tay e-bay alone-way,\u201d and \u201cOsebud-ray.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oddly enough, Water\u2019s desecration actually works, probably because he balances the vandalism of these objects found in the public domain with his own creations. Three Pop Art sculptures\u2014\u201c La Mer,\u201d \u201cDecorative,\u201d and the titular \u201cRush\u201d\u2014are scattered around the galleries, and in \u201cControl,\u201d a nearly life-sized Ike Turner pulls Tina Turner’s strings.<\/p>\n

One piece with a local connection is \u201cTrue Crime,\u201d a photo diptych of fertilizer-salesman-turned-scumbag-wifekiller Scott Peterson, along with a photo of a\u2026 pecker. Ironically, Water\u2019s provocatively titled \u201cPecker Still Life,\u201d is a series of 15 straightforward and safe fine art chromogenic color prints taken while filming \u201cPecker<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRush\u201d is pleasantly all over the map of Water\u2019s creative pursuits. The only thing missing is the artist himself, propped in the corner, French inhaling a cigarette.<\/p>\n

Rating: Yay<\/p>\n

Michael Singman-Aste
\nPostdiluvian Photo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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