Subversive Affirmation: On Mimesis as a Strategy of Resistance

"Subverisve Affirmation and over-identification - as 'tactics of explicit concsent' - are forms of critique that through techniques of affirmation, involvement and identification put the viewer/listener precisely in such a state or situation which she or he would or will criticize later. What the various tactics and parasitical practices have in common is that they employ the classical aesthetically methods of: imitation, simulation, mimicry and camouflage in the sense of 'becoming invisble' by disappearing into the background." p445
 
 
 
 

Louboutins on Parade

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February 1, 2012

Ok maybe not a full-on parade, but definitely on tour.

We’ve got a serious crush on College Station artist (and assistant professor in the department of visualization at A&M) Joshua Bienko due (though not entirely) to his latest exhibit Ever So Much More So. This latest collection of work utilizes the soles of Christian Louboutin pumps as canvases. Yes, you read right. Bienko has adorned our beloved redbacks with images like Andy Warhol’s Soup Cans, Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dogs and Takashi Murakami’s Happy, Smiling Faces.

The collection of shoes has been divided up and is currently on display at both the Houston (The Galleria) and San Antonio (The Shops at La Cantera) locations of Neiman Marcus.

And you thought you didn’t like art…