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UK Daily Telegraph - Exhibition of mutilated Barbie dolls to open
A new exhibition of Barbie artworks, including ones of the iconic girl's toy re-arranged, decorated and melted, is to open in the US.
An American gallery is exhibiting the modern sculptures to mark the 50th anniversary of the world's most popular doll. The usually glamorous and wholesome Barbie is transformed into a series of vamped up, provocative creations for the highly-controversial show.
Julie Anderson, the curator of the Altered Barbie exhibition, said: "A lot of people love Barbie. There are some really amazing, beautiful things about her." But she added artists also liked to challenge things we all love.
Pixel Vision - SFBG Arts & Culture Blog
Altered Barbies, or darling prolific rabbits?
During the years in which I was easily influenced by colorful plastic and catchy commercial jingles, my parents were good feminists and most certainly did not buy me Barbie dolls. Nonetheless, Barbie dolls multiplied in my toy chest like darling, prolific rabbits. How? The fact of the matter is that The Blonde One is a part of our social milieu. Getting away from Barbie is a proposition akin to avoiding pavement or romaine lettuce; it is simply not done.
7X7 Magazine - Barbie Whips Ken and More at Altered Barbie Exhibition
No, what you are witnessing is not more just-discovered imagery from 7x7.com’s impressive Cougar Convention archives, but rather an example of just how far America’s favorite 50-year-old plastic plaything is willing to go in support of the arts.
Find this behind-the-scenes take on the private lives of Barbie and Ken alongside many other such creations on view this month as part of the 7th Annual San Francisco Altered Barbie Exhibition.
Trendhunter - Demented Doll Installations at the 7th Annual Altered Barbie
The Annual Altered Barbie Doll Exhibit has been hosted every year for the last seven years in San Francisco. Artists in every medium are welcomed to show their recycled and reused altered Barbie dolls. Sculptures, photos, paintings, and more interpret the iconic plastic doll (who just turned 50 this year).
Barbie Gone Bad at the 7th Annual Altered Barbie Doll Exhibit
NBC Coverage for AB2009 on KSBY.com
Source: NBC News
The seventh annual Altered Barbie Exhibit at Shotwell 50 Studios in San Francisco is an exhibit where artists try to bury the notion that Barbie is really that great after all.
Altered Barbie pokes fun at Barbie's perfect body image with a slew of alter egos. Instead of fashion models and blonde bimbos there's Wiccan Barbie, Mummy Barbie, Barbie the Impaler, and of course the family favorite, Bondage Barbie.
ifitshipitshere - Barbie Gone Bad
Goulish Barbies, Barfin' Barbies, Boozin' Barbies, Bloody Barbies, Tranny Barbies and Bondage Barbies were a few of the more common themes at this years' San Francisco 7th Annual Altered Barbie Exhibit.
Sculpture, Photography, paintings and more by various artists interpreted the iconic Mattel Doll in the show which took place at Shotwell 50 Studios.
NBC - Bizarre Barbies Take the Spotlight
NBC Bay Area
From barfing Barbie to bondage Barbie, San Francisco's Altered Barbie Exhibit showcases other sides of the iconic doll.
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Artist Reception Photos on SFStation
Fantastic photos by Marc L. Gonzales from our 2009 Artist Reception on SFStation
Examiner Article on the Show
What on earth, you might ask, does an art installation about Barbie have to do with spirituality?
Everything, I would answer.
If you've read this column for awhile you've probably seen that my notion of the spiritual is not exactly traditional. I figure, if it inspires, uplifts, empowers, and helps you remember your own inner Divinity, bring it on.
Who cares what it is?
This show does all of the above.
I only managed to check it out yesterday though it's been going since September 10th. Closes in ten days.
I grew up, like many girls (and a few boys), obsessed with Barbie. In fact, I could say an amazing percentage of my tender, formative years in a small town in Pennsylvania were spent dressing, undressing and re-dressing her insanely disproportionate plastic body with every kind of clothing imaginable to be ready for her endless dates with Ken.
(Though as someone who never followed the 'rules' too well, I also sent her on dates with...