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Provocative / Offensive Ads #1
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^Haha, the CK ads in general are very...provocative 
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Faaaar more provocative than some posted here! (sisley from jozworld)
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^Um...I'm kinda slow but what is she holding? A blueberry? 'Cause I can't see a guy anywhere.
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eternitygoddess said:
It's a cow udder...I guess the tip is dark? I wouldn't know, as I've never seen a cow up close and personal
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My oh my!
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Terry Richardson rocks! 
Richard Nixon's Calvin Klein Ads - Underwear
ahahaahh
http://store.soliscompany.com/
more with Natalia...
ahahaahh
http://store.soliscompany.com/
more with Natalia...
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I wonder how models can even film those ads without blushing.
And Sisley gets my vote for the tackiest ads.
And Sisley gets my vote for the tackiest ads.
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Wilhelm Sasnal for Marc Jacobs
This Marc Jacobs ad has taken a tiny bit of heat lately. Out of context, I see how it might be a little bewildering. It seems to be a bit of performance art, a step by step process as more and more makeup disappears. However, from my understanding, this step in the process has not been published in American magazines:
This Marc Jacobs ad has taken a tiny bit of heat lately. Out of context, I see how it might be a little bewildering. It seems to be a bit of performance art, a step by step process as more and more makeup disappears. However, from my understanding, this step in the process has not been published in American magazines:
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Oops! Scanned by me from Fantastic Man mag (Netherlands)
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^Wow, that one actually scared me a little 
It would've caused an uproar around here, though, that's for sure. Now I'll never look at the other versions of this ad (With not as much blackface makeup) the same again -- I always thought it was just dirt!
It would've caused an uproar around here, though, that's for sure. Now I'll never look at the other versions of this ad (With not as much blackface makeup) the same again -- I always thought it was just dirt!Maybe Im just sl*tty, but I would have noticed the second I saw it...eternitygoddess said:
That MJ ad is...
It's so shockingly unacceptable, that can't even be considered art, there's a fine line between art and pointless shock factor...I love CK ads, they're so "first time in the backseat"...
That Sisley ad, if it didn't have the udder, which ads disgust, it would be REALLY provocative, if she was like like that and a glass of milk (and nude male) in the background...Of course people would be in an uproar...
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I'm lost, very very lost, could someone offer up an explanationFaith Akiyama said:^Wow, that one actually scared me a little
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^I'm very very lost too. What's wrong with the Marc Jacobs ad?
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There are many ways to deal with the MJ images, here are my 3 cents...
1. The most immediate is that it is to some degree an affectation of 'blackface' which was born and bred here in the US and involved white theatrical performers (most famously Al Jolson) donning black grease paint or shoe polish to emulate black skin and exaggerate the mouth. Blackface facial expressions were usually buffoonish and cartoonish in order to play up degrading views of blacks at the time. Paired with racist jokes and skits, the effects were devestating. What's interesting is that Sasnal's expression is fairly aggressive and mistrustful, his body language defensive, slightly wounded.
2. The ads are obviously of some kind of process, his face becoming more and more clean. It thus becomes some kind of performance art. Sasnal also uses black in his art work to paint voids, gaps, spaces. He's just released his first book covering his work entitled Night Day Night, it could be some kind of play on that as well.
3. It could be an opinion on the lack of black faces in fashion advertising. Taking into account that blackface is authentically an American tradition, one could say that the affectation of it isn't out of sync with MJ's S/S 05 work. As a defense to critics who said his work the season before was too European, he developed a wholly American collection chock full of apple pie symbology: marching bands, boy scouts, homecoming, prom dates. This could just be the darker side of that approach (no pun intended).
It also may be important to think about these ads as more of a collaboration between the artist and the photographer. It's almost as if Juergen Teller has been documenting the life of the clothes once they've left the stores. In past ads, its sometimes been tricky to see the connection between the image and the brand.
1. The most immediate is that it is to some degree an affectation of 'blackface' which was born and bred here in the US and involved white theatrical performers (most famously Al Jolson) donning black grease paint or shoe polish to emulate black skin and exaggerate the mouth. Blackface facial expressions were usually buffoonish and cartoonish in order to play up degrading views of blacks at the time. Paired with racist jokes and skits, the effects were devestating. What's interesting is that Sasnal's expression is fairly aggressive and mistrustful, his body language defensive, slightly wounded.
2. The ads are obviously of some kind of process, his face becoming more and more clean. It thus becomes some kind of performance art. Sasnal also uses black in his art work to paint voids, gaps, spaces. He's just released his first book covering his work entitled Night Day Night, it could be some kind of play on that as well.
3. It could be an opinion on the lack of black faces in fashion advertising. Taking into account that blackface is authentically an American tradition, one could say that the affectation of it isn't out of sync with MJ's S/S 05 work. As a defense to critics who said his work the season before was too European, he developed a wholly American collection chock full of apple pie symbology: marching bands, boy scouts, homecoming, prom dates. This could just be the darker side of that approach (no pun intended).
It also may be important to think about these ads as more of a collaboration between the artist and the photographer. It's almost as if Juergen Teller has been documenting the life of the clothes once they've left the stores. In past ads, its sometimes been tricky to see the connection between the image and the brand.
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Natalia's cK ads are beautiful ...
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birdofparadise - what a great analysis! Karma! 
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