Rip, burn and desist: Develop an existing idea so that it becomes
something new and you'll be applauded for your creativity and genius. Unless
you're hit with a cease-and-desist letter first.
The images and sounds in Illegal Art,
currently at New York's 313 Gallery, broke copyright law and so media corporations
and their lawyers dragged the artists responsible to the courtroom.
Not a familiar
cartoon character by Ashley Holt
Highlights include:
Brian Boyce's State of the Union:
George W Bush giggling above the Teletubbies
Wally Wood's Disneyland Memorial
Orgy: Team pushups by Goofy and Minnie and the rest of the Disney gang
Ray Belder's How Mao: Andy
Warhol's Chairman Mao portrait remade out of money
The JAMs' The
Queen and I: Abba's Dancing Queen forced to shimmy to Bill Drummond's kopyright liberation beat
