What's This??!! is it cynical art or twatty mudflaps??

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people.rit.edu/wmhics/art/media/harrisMudFlapsI.jpg

Crikey...where is this from? Yuck, yuck yuck.

What is it? I don't particularly want to click on a link without any satisfactory description and that elicits the kind of reaction from the previous poster.

It's a papercut silhouette out of a seated woman with long hair, with all sorts of slang words for women across it.

It's the logo for a clothing range, is it Kappa or something?

Oh, no, ignore me, that's a slightly different logo.

That is pretty fucking grim.

It is like that logo, but just one woman (I think the clothing logo has a mirror image, as if two women were sat back to back?) So it's that sort of seated on the ground position, rather than seated on a chair.

Nasty.
And very possibly infringing copyright. Let's hope lawyers are watching.

it is officially art

sorry, the link in 'it' above is not obvious people.rit.edu/wmhics/art/wmhMudFlap.html

It's a bit shit, I'll give it that.

Oh oh! A colleague of mine recently wore cufflinks in this shape/logo to work and then was puzzled when I called him out on it….

It's from a university! Come on what the hell is wrong with our world?

It seams like naked babie art is the thing

I would have looked at it and thought cynical, no? Crap and easy but obviously garnering attention.

W Michelle Harris seems to be the artist (and associate professor). Looks like a lot of her work looks at the portrayal of women. I suspect this piece is a critique of sexist imagery rather than being sexist itself. Although I imagine some feminists will argue that any image of a woman is sexist regardless of context.

" Although I imagine some feminists will argue that any image of a woman is sexist regardless of context."

Straw man.

I think if you have a look at the barbie art with it's description
"This depiction of the mythic goddesses isn't quite the traditional maidens in garlands blithely dancing in the buff. They're eyeing each other's assets, and should you choose to get close enough to do the same (and put yourself on view in their mirrored stage), you'll hear a wolf-whistle or an appreciative "Yummmmy". "

You'd have to come down on the sexist imagery rather then calling out sexist imagery. the images are not subvert or interpretative of sexist imagery.

The Mudflap Girl is a US truckers phenomenon. There's a piece from the NY Times from 2003 here www.nytimes.com/2003/08/19/nyregion/front-row-burly-girl-power.html that claims she was reappropriated by feminists although I'm not remotely convinced personally.