this toy is awesome for all the reasons stated above.

its a big screw you to the unoffendable post-post-modern mind.
it evokes disgust and disdain from an accumulated pop culture adoration. by expressing this non-religious blasphemous profanity in the form of a toy (or idol figure), his goal seems blatantly to provoke his audience. no one would reasonably claim that this toy is "sexy" like a Bode babe is. more interesting than the toy itself is the question of what composes the boundaries, rules and content of that communal sensibility that he successfully provokes from his disturbed, Schulz-loving audience.

the provocation of religion is now old hat; the mockery and exultation of death is no longer shocking and gross horror brings big bucks at the box office and the t-shirt retailer. with the commodification of indecent thought, there is little new ground for the artist or author to traverse. so how do you offend a public who is immune to the traditional ills, vices and fears of modern humanity?

shoot your pain straight towards those small pieces of childhood that are still held sacred.

ron english, this may be your best attempt at transferring your content to toy.
do i want one? no thank you, i still have to introduce my girlfriend to our new custom sunguts Fetish Mode monster which will be tough. also this is legitimately disturbing to look at.

Totally agree. A release like this just de-values everything Ron does

this figure is so absurd i think it laps itself and becomes cool again. totally outrageous, you'd be hard pressed to come up with more of a train wreck. i sort of love it.

this figure is so absurd i think it laps itself and becomes cool again. totally outrageous, you'd be hard pressed to come up with more of a train wreck. i sort of love it.

I tried to talk to Ron about an S7 collab at SDCC and he didn't seem that into it.

I think this makes a great girlfriend for Nag Nag Nag.

this figure is so absurd i think it laps itself and becomes cool again. totally outrageous, you'd be hard pressed to come up with more of a train wreck. i sort of love it.

Having survived What George Lucas Did and fifty thousand Lowbrow artists' tired-ass cute stuffed animals with fangs holding bloody daggers and Captain Jack Depp showing up on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, I'm way over seeing my childhood raped. It's been rote for days. I dislike this thing more for its fake-transgressive conceit than the fact that it's embarrassingly ugly.

I propose a PrePoMo Manifesto! Death to rampant irony! To arms! Lucy in the Trash with Skumbo!

there is no such thing as "just a toy" when made by a successful artist. even when that is their intent, there is usually more substance than just the ability to appeal to playability.
in many ways, this is his most poignant toy for me. still don't want it on my shelf.

if you have not yet read it, though a bit dated, Walter Benjamin's Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction could be an eye opener as to the varying levels of intent that English has in this piece. it is not simple parody.
http://www.marxists.org/reference/subje ... njamin.htm
this work doesn't completely apply to this particular piece but for all modern art toys, really.

there is no such thing as "just a toy" when made by a successful artist. even when that is their intent, there is usually more substance than just the ability to appeal to playability.
in many ways, this is his most poignant toy for me. still don't want it on my shelf.

if you have not yet read it, though a bit dated, Walter Benjamin's Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction could be an eye opener as to the varying levels of intent that English has in this piece. it is not simple parody.
http://www.marxists.org/reference/subje ... njamin.htm
this work doesn't completely apply to this particular piece but for all modern art toys, really.