about frank kozik's stalin: the man of the people
after the Chairman MAO (Bird Is The Word) and HO CHI MINH (Fuck You G.I You Die)-vinyl statues, the next one on Frank Kozik's dead-dictator's block is comrade STALIN (wonder what's his tagline is / wiki) = sporting a not-so-Bolshevik pin-striped baseball-jersey (Joseph Stalin vs Joe DiMaggio), and Kozik's trademark cancer-stick, gloriously-kitschy in HOT PINK! (seen on Kidrobot but has since been pulled)
sculpted by Brin Berliner and standing at a massive 16"-er tall, STALIN is slated for a possible year-end-drop in 8 different colorways (samples shown below of Red Flocked, Blue Flocked, Bronzed - 4 more to go!), limited to 50-units each and available via different retailers as specific exclusives (more details when i find them :p) ... now, im not going into the "validity and/or value" of this particular series, but it puts a wee giggle in my disposition and captures the inane spirit of the new millennium while poking at the past with a white hot poker, with a smile and a wink, and that's good enough for me, IMHO. more dictors to look forward to: Idi Amin and Mussolini.
so if kozik didnt sculpt it, and its not an original charactor, what does kozik bring to the table other than a cigaret?
ReplyDeletemadness.
in the end, is it "concept" versus "craft"? and i reckon the question of "original character" is thrown out the window, as it is based on "historical characters" ... then perhaps "original concept" is at debate here ... im just grateful there isn't an anarchy-sigh tattooed on his forehead LOL
ReplyDelete"madness"? totally agree duder - becoz we all are! peddlers of vinyl LOL