Lenin + Mickey + Jesus =

[John Lenin]

http://paradoxoff.com/files/2008/05/lenin-mickey-jesus.jpg

This is the sculpture named “The hero. The leader. The god” by Alexandre Kosolapov.


any interpretations ???

[revolution inaction]

http://paradoxoff.com/files/2008/05/lenin-mickey-jesus.jpg


Jesus and Lenin to appear in next kingdom hearts game!

[scarletghoul]

Epic win.

[Raúl Duke]

http://paradoxoff.com/files/2008/05/lenin-mickey-jesus.jpg


Jesus and Lenin to appear in next kingdom hearts game!

:lol:

I think it's probably a "cultural critique."
The author may want to point out the similarities that all 3 have/had "cults of personality" and are revered. One for the Soviet Union/Warsaw Bloc (i.e. the reverence for Marxism-Leninism and things related to it like Dialectics; these things could not be criticized) , One for the U.S. (this may have multiple meanings but it probably connects to Capitalism), and one as a critique against religion (the oldest "opium of the masses"/distraction).

[Pogue]

Thats fucking mint and I agree with JohnnyDarkos analysis.

[John Lenin]

http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/12/l_f3974738e80fc51a535f22676a6f0100.gif

[Pogue]

http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/12/l_f3974738e80fc51a535f22676a6f0100.gif


C-O-M M-U-N-I-S-M FOR ME

COOOOOMMMMMMMUUNNNIIIIISSSST

COMMMMMUNNNNISSSTTTTT


To mickey mouse club song.

[John Lenin]

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/26/l_3b2124e9aa66e294bc57af9b7ea0d352.jpg

[Pirate Utopian]

All 3 all-American made. Commercial figures and warvictims.

Where do you get these from?, they're good.

[Raúl Duke]

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/26/l_3b2124e9aa66e294bc57af9b7ea0d352.jpg



I think the artist wanted to make a social criticism of the U.S. or Capitalism in general by pointing out its hypocrisy. U.S. imperialism (which Lenin would say imperialism is part of capitalist functioning) is not all about spreading Mickey Mouse and MDs (some call this "cultural imperialism", but I don't think the artist is focusing on this) but also mass-murder and war.

[Armand Iskra]

I think the artist wanted to make a social criticism of the U.S. or Capitalism in general by pointing out its hypocrisy. U.S. imperialism (which Lenin would say imperialism is part of capitalist functioning) is not all about spreading Mickey Mouse and MDs (some call this "cultural imperialism", but I don't think the artist is focusing on this) but also mass-murder and war.

They are look like people preparing to molest that girl, poor vietnamese!

[Killfacer]

That's no mickey mouse! Slanderous! Ronald may rape people, but never micky!

[OneNamedNameLess]

Very creative.

Do you know who created the Ronald and Mickey one by any chance?

[Idealism]

Very creative.

Do you know who created the Ronald and Mickey one by any chance?

the "street artist" Banksy

[OneNamedNameLess]

the "street artist" Banksy

Oh thanks. Should have known.

[Bright Banana Beard]

Man, I want that Lenin, Mickey Mouse and Jesus trophy! Where can I buy it?

[Communist Theory]

How the hell is mickey a leader?

[Ultra_Cheese]

How the hell is mickey a leader?
I think they got it from the Mickey Mouse Club song.
"Who's the leader of the club
That's made for you and me
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E"

[NecroCommie]

How the hell is mickey a leader?
Mickey is the hero, Lenin a God, and Jesus the leader... Or did it go the other way around with Jesus and Lenin?...:rolleyes:

[New Tet]

Interesting but, from the philosophical p.o.v., ahistorical. Maybe some day, far into the future ("if man is still alive/if woman can survive"), archeologist will be mystified into silence...

I like the second one best: Mickey and Ronald holding a napalmed child; brilliant!
Maybe it is the start of a series: Mickey and Ronald hi-fiveing it over the corpses in My Lai or Baghdad; Mickey at the helm of B-52 with Ronald the bombardier. Oh, the possibilities!

[JimmyJazz]

I like the second one best: Mickey and Ronald holding a napalmed child; brilliant!
Maybe it is the start of a series: Mickey and Ronald hi-fiveing it over the corpses in My Lai or Baghdad; Mickey at the helm of B-52 with Ronald the bombardier. Oh, the possibilities!

Better to switch up the "innocent" characters as well, instead of just using Ronald and Mickey.

This one, "Just Do It", is by Kevis Escobar (a poster here):

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/110/8/4/Just_Do_It_by_kevis.jpg


And I've always had a thing for this one:

http://www.tonypalmeri.com/images/protect1.jpg


I think my favorite in this thread so far has to be the Mickey with the first line of the Manifesto. That's brilliant.

[New Tet]

Better to switch up the "innocent" characters as well, instead of just using Ronald and Mickey.

This one, "Just Do It", is by Kevis Escobar (a poster here):

[...]

I think my favorite in this thread so far has to be the Mickey with the first line of the Manifesto. That's brilliant.

I think those pictures you posted are extraordinary (and painfully positive) pieces of graphic propaganda.

And you're right: no problem here switching up the cartoon characters with some truly guilty ones. Here in America we have a vast catalog of rogues from which to choose, like Rumsfeld, Kissinger, Bush, Nixon, Clinton, etc. as well as the corporate entities they represent.

[JimmyJazz]

And you're right: no problem here switching up the cartoon characters with some truly guilty ones. Here in America we have a vast catalog of rogues from which to choose, like Rumsfeld, Kissinger, Bush, Nixon, Clinton, etc. as well as the corporate entities they represent.

No, I meant "innocent" as Mickey and Ronald, Nike, and middle class America are "innocent". Their image is largely untarnished and "innocent", but the truth is that they all play their role in the big picture that some euphemistically call globalization, or that leftists more accurately call imperialism.

[Il Medico]

I didn't know Jesus had a Bible, he must have willed one!:rolleyes: