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Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
Posted on: August 10, 2006 3:58 PM, by David Ng
Mr. Vonnegut has quite the extensive collection of silkcreens you can purchase at his website, and even includes a genetically flavoured piece, called "One-Liner #3 Genome"
As well, here's an interesting one called "Intelligent Design," which I don't get - although maybe that is the whole point?
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Comments
It's a Wedge (a pizza wedge?), stabbing a heart, with boobs attached to it.
Posted by: coturnix | August 10, 2006 4:13 PM
Yes, yes, of course. Because Intelligent design is a metaphorical wedge (or metaphorical pizza slice) as it relates to, of course, of course, mammary glands, which in turn represent the holy milk of... wait nevermind. Maybe we need an artist weighing in, after all.
Posted by: David Ng | August 10, 2006 5:10 PM
It does look like a pizza, a heart, and boobs, but I think it might be a representation of a dress or a woman, with the heart representing the butt. Regardless of Vonnegut's intent or the many interpretations, the title is almost certainly tongue-in-cheek, meaning the dress, pizza slice, or even the boobs are examples of true intelligent design, unrelated to the pseudo-science crusade.
Posted by: Shawn | August 11, 2006 12:14 AM
Of course it's a woman.
You can't figure it out, you can't stop looking, you want it.
For an artist trying to sell his wares, it's a damn intelligent design.
Posted by: Christy M. | August 12, 2006 1:34 PM