A New Take on Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe, ever the beauty, ever the poster girl, ever the icon.  People love her and they devour her.  She is held in a static place and is never allowed to die.  The reverence for her short but diamond-encrusted life is stellar and her true lifetime, apparently eternal.  She has come to embody the values of a generation, of an age, representative of a time past that people seemingly hold dearest to their hearts.  So what happens when you tear it all down?

Warhol has iconized her, and D-Face has mortalised her, whilst with my work provides for her edification and the opportunity to set her free of the shackles that have bound her to the brand that she has become today.  Marilyn is my poster girl, but in a VERY different sense.

The artwork, in part influenced by Kurt Schwitters’ collages and of course the Dada movement as a whole, holds true to their primary ethos as being:

… a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural works.

The works laud the inherent beauty in the detritus of modern society.  Tapping the shapes and forms, the crap and the dregs of the old and discarded street adverts, torn up, stripped down and washed over.  Beyond this, connections with Pop Art are equally obvious:

… challenging tradition by asserting that an artist’s use of the mass-produced visual commodities of popular culture is contiguous with the perspective of fine art.

This series of 100 Marilyns, which will be finished with the 1o0th picture is made and sold connects with that on many different levels, from Warhol to Denny and on.  This is by no means a destruction of the persona that is Monroe, but rather a new look and view of her and what she represents.

There are currently some 20-25 pieces available for sale for anyone who is interested in purchasing one, or more.  If so then feel free to contact me via email (artist@bixentro.com) and I can send you a e-catalogue or you can find out more by visiting my web site at bixentro.com.  Otherwise feel free to join me on Facebook or Twitter.