![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Directed by Samuel Bayer, auteur behind pretty much every big modern rock video of the 90s (including “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and “Zombie”), “Until it Sleeps” perfectly encapsulates the art of the time. It would be a disservice to conclude any discussion of Load-era art without mentioning the video for “Until It Sleeps”, the first music video released in the two-album cycle. Knowing the origin of the materials is just icing on the cake (brb barfing). Regardless of your opinion of the hard rock direction of the band, you cannot argue that the visual is deeply compelling. The cover of Load is easily one of my favorite album covers of all time. I just went along with the make-up and all of this crazy, stupid crap that they felt they needed to do.” I think the cover of Load was just a piss-take around all that. I love art, but not for the sake of shocking others. “Lars and Kirk were very into abstract art, pretending they were gay. Or, you can let noted art historian James Hetfield break it down for you: Kirk Hammett, longtime Godflesh fan, loved the video for “Crush My Soul” and suggested that Metallica work with the controversial artist. Legendary industrial band Godflesh were so taken by Serrano’s work that they hired him to direct the video for “Crush My Soul” (eagle eyed viewers will note that the video features deceased masochistic performance artist Bob Flanagan, best known for his roles in mega-disturbing videos “Happiness In Slavery” by Nine Inch Nails and Danzig‘s “It’s Coming Down”). The crust junkies among you will recognize the title was taken on as the moniker of Pisschrïst, Australian d-beat band. Fear Factory named a song after the work on their Groundbreaking album Demanufacture. Seriously, do it.Īs much as Piss Christ enraged the mainstream, it fascinated a world of artists and musicians. If you want to give a young Libertarian a coronary, show them Piss Christ and let them know it was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Though almost 30 years old, Piss Christ still enrages scores of the pious and charlatans alike. Over the years its existence has been the go-to argument for fundies to, uh, de-fund arts in America. Exhibits of the piece are regularly protested and the art itself is occasionally vandalized. This 60″ by 40″ image has scared the goddamned bejeezus out of the religious right for the entirety of my life. Along the way, his tastes shaped the image of a band very much in transition from young thrash punks to one of the biggest bands in the world. I would have sold off the Pac Man machine before cleaning house of the modern classics but I’m barely a hundredaire, so what the hell do I know? This auction was the culmination of a long obsession with modern art for Lars. What prompted the Danish Prophet to hand off a Jean-Michel Basquiat to some hedge fund-managing asshole (I’m assuming)? He got married, had a couple of kids, and needed to get rid of his bachelor junk. Some Kind of Monster, the most delightful documentary in the history of hatewatching, provided us with a heartwarming scene in which Metallica co-founder Lars Ulrich packs up his collection of absurdly valuable contemporary art and then proceeds to get ripshit drunk while making a very large fortune from auctioning the pieces. ![]() Put on your fanciest monocle and fill your belly with your finest bag of wine today we’re discussing art. ![]()
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