[Mrluvaluva]

What's up, Doc? Daffy Duck's brains, that's what.

An art gallery has become the first in the world to issue a parental guidance warning over a new exhibition which is set to open.

Splatter is so violent it has been slapped with a Parental Advisory warning at The Aquarium L-13 gallery in Clerkenwell, where the show begins next Friday - the first time such a drastic measure has been taken.

The exhibition is a collaboration between renowned artist James Cauty and his son Harry, 15.

Cauty is best known for being one half of controversial band The KLF, who famously burned £1million in earnings and filmed the proceedings.

It is incredibly bloodthirsty. They get massacred by each other. They blow their heads off with guns

Splatter features a short film with homicidal cartoon characters, three life-size resin sculptures of animated acts of violence and a number of gory 2-D pictures.

Cauty is not bothered about the Parental Advisory warning.

'I guess they have to do that because of the violence,' he said.

'Parental Advisory warnings are just code for something kids will really like. There's blood and guts. They love that sort of thing.

'It is incredibly bloodthirsty. The real consequences of cartoon violence are revealed. They get massacred by each other. They blow their heads off with guns.'





Cauty said the exhibition took months to become a reality.

'It was my 15 year-old son's idea, he thought up the whole thing and I've been helping him put it together.

'It just kind of came out of the blue. We were walking along the South Bank and he said: “Dad, I've got an idea for a show you could do.” It's like reverse nepotism, the son doing something through his father.'





The resin pieces, which feature Tom slicing up Jerry and Bugs blowing away Daffy, are worth £20,000 each.

So, if you have ever wondered what would really happen when your favourite cartoon characters committed senseless acts of violence on one another, then this is the art exhibition for you.

If these questions have plagued you throughout childhood, then you are in for a treat.


Original article here

[King]

Love it.

[30stone]

I guess you can see why lol.

[Mrluvaluva]

Another one of his works. This time an audio piece. Art or crap?

Youtube video

[Emzy-!!]

I loved when that frog thing came out!!!!

[SiaSiaSia]

i don't really see why they have to do it tbh
he should come up with his own ideas.. it would've tainted my childhood had i have seen that

[Shaun]

It's not really art...it's just violence... =\

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally posted by SiaSiaSia

i don't really see why they have to do it tbh
he should come up with his own ideas.. it would've tainted my childhood had i have seen that

He has taken something familiar and put it in a different context. It has created discussion. I consider it art. Whereas the crazy frog thing..............

[SiaSiaSia]

Originally posted by Mrluvaluva

He has taken something familiar and put it in a different context. It has created discussion. I consider it art. Whereas the crazy frog thing..............

Oh yeah, it defiantly is much more art than that awful youtube video

[LemonJam]

I actually really like it, its very clever if you think about it.

[Mrluvaluva]

I would like to go to the exhibition actually.

[bee-ash]

Originally posted by Emzy-!!
I loved when that frog thing came out!!!!

lol
it was funny

[CassetteFinger]

YES! Tom finally kill's Jerry, hate that little ****.

[Fom]

I like that... its not just violence. Its taken a kids program and making it very adult, I like how it contradicts its self. There is a book im reading which is like this... its written as if its a childrens book but its actually describing really adult things... like it gives blood a description like "Red treacle" or something... its very interested... I want to see the uncensored versions!

[pinkmichk]

i really like it

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally posted by Fom

I want to see the uncensored versions!

I searched but I could not find them.

[Z]

Originally posted by CassetteFinger
YES! Tom finally kill's Jerry, hate that little ****.

Exactly! I always watched those cartoons when I was a kid; I wanted Tom to catch and kill Jerry, I wanted Sylvester to maul Tweety, I wanted the Roadrunner to get defeated by Wile E Coyote...





I was a sick, sick child. o_o

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally posted by Z

Exactly! I always watched those cartoons when I was a kid; I wanted Tom to catch and kill Jerry, I wanted Sylvester to maul Tweety, I wanted the Roadrunner to get defeated by Wile E Coyote...





I was a sick, sick child. o_o

Ypu need counselling.