Plastic Jesus is an anonymous street artist of British descent, labeled by the Daily Beast as the "Banksy of L.A.".[1] Plastic Jesus produces provocative and subversive street installations, including a 6-inch wall he circled around Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016.[2]
Plastic Jesus was trained as a photojournalist and shifted his practice from the camera to street installations in order better address major sociopolitical and cultural issues.[3][4]
"Best Buy, Useless Plastic Box", 2013edit
In 2013, Plastic Jesus targeted the Best Buy chain, covertly placing black boxes that he constructed alongside the store's high priced electronics.[5] The boxes had fake price tags for $99.99 and labels that read: "Useless Plastic box 1.2. Another gadget you don't really need. Will not work once you get it home. New model out in 4 weeks. Battery life is too short to be of use."[6] The intention of the project was to comment on the United States' infatuation with technology and need to own its latest trends.[7]
Oscar Installations, 2014-ongoingedit
Days before the 2014 Academy Awards, Plastic Jesus installed a life-sized golden statue of an Oscar injecting heroin in his arm in Hollywood. This work, controversial in and of itself for its commentary on drug use in Hollywood, made an even greater impact since actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has recently died from a heroin overdose.[8] With this piece, as well as a life-sized golden Oscar snorting cocaine he installed the following year, Plastic Jesus focuses a spotlight on drug abuse within the entertainment industry.[9][10][11] In 2016, Plastic Jesus installed his first female Oscar, a golden stripper referencing the objectification of women in Hollywood; in 2017, it was the rapper Kanye West re-imagined as a golden, crucified Jesus.[12][13] In 2018, Plastic Jesus created a lifesize, golden statue of Harvey Weinstein in a bathrobe on a casting couch with an Academy Award.[14]
"No Kardashian Parking Anytime", 2015edit
In 2015, Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti implemented a six-month testing period where new street signs designed to improve parking conditions would be put up throughout the city.[15] Plastic Jesus added his own street signs to the mix that read "No Kardashian Parking Anytime," to offer his perspective on our culture's obsession with celebrities and false idols, including the Kardashian family.[16] The artist intended for the signs to be both a critique of reality television and also an indictment of the city for enabling the paparazzi to swarm public places.[17]
Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star, 2016edit
In 2016, then-Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump announced his plan to build a wall alongside the border between the United States and Mexico to prevent illegal immigrants from entering the country.[18] As a response against this plan, Plastic Jesus built a 6-inch concrete wall topped with razor wire, miniature U.S. flags and signs that read 'Keep Out' written in both Spanish and English to encircle Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[2][19] Trump received the star in 2007 for his role on The Apprentice and, prior to Plastic Jesus' installation, it had been vandalized on several occasions.[20]
Donald Trump Internment Camp Signs, 2017edit
In the wake of the 2016 Presidential election, Plastic Jesus was inspired again to use Donald Trump as fodder for his art, this time commenting on Trump's executive order on immigration.[21] The artist crafted a series of signs that he posted on vacant lots and building sites in cities throughout the country with the text "Lot Reserved For: Future Internment Camp" printed above an image of the United States' Seal.[22] The signs draw a connection between Trump's travel ban and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II; for instance, the text "Executive Order 9066" is a direct reference to the order originally signed in 1942 by Franklin D. Roosevelt to forcibly remove Japanese Americans from their homes and place them in internment camps.[23]
Referencesedit
^Yamato, Jen (2017-01-30). "'Banksy of L.A.' Plastic Jesus Trolls Kardashians with Latest Work". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
^ ab"US election: Artist builds wall around Trump's Hollywood star". BBC News. 2016-07-22. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
^"Behind the Coked-Out Oscar: Artist Wants to Shatter Hollywood's Glossy Exterior". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
^"How a British photojournalist became Plastic Jesus in LA - MyNewsLA.com". MyNewsLA.com. 2016-07-22. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
^Fairchild, Caroline (2013-08-12). "Best Buy Prankster Channels Banksy, Puts 'Useless Plasticbox' On Shelves (PHOTOS)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
^"Street artist Plastic Jesus pranks Los Angeles Best Buys". Los Angeles Times. 2013-08-13. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
^"'Useless Plastic Box' Pulled from Best Buy Shelves". ABC News. 2013-08-16. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
^. LAist. Archived from the original on 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
^"Philip Seymour Hoffman's death inspires Oscar 'heroin' statue by Hollywood artist". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
^Yamato, Jen (2017-01-30). "Plastic Jesus's Coke-Snorting Oscar: The Academy's Public Enemy No. 1 Speaks". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
^"Street Artist Plastic Jesus Puts Life-Size Cocaine-Snorting Oscar Statue on Hollywood Boulevard | artnet News". artnet News. 2015-02-21. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
^Romero, Dennis (2016-02-26). "Artist Imagines Oscar as a Stripper (PHOTOS)". L.A. Weekly. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
^Dicker, Ron (2017-02-23). "Praise Yeezus! Kanye West Jesus Statue Rises In Hollywood". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
^"Harvey Weinstein 'Casting Couch' statue unveiled ahead of Oscars". 2 March 2018 – via Reuters.
^LA, Mayor Garcetti Signs "Vision Zero" Executive Directive to End Traffic Deaths in (2015-08-24). "Mayor Garcetti Signs "Vision Zero" Executive Directive to End Traffic Deaths in LA". Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
^"'No Kardashian' signs put up in Los Angeles". The Independent. 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
^"Plastic Jesus's Anti-Kardashian Street Art - artnet News". artnet News. 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
^"Donald Trump's Mexico wall: Who is going to pay for it?". BBC News. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
^"Street Artist Plastic Jesus Erects Tiny Wall Around Donald Trump's Star On the Hollywood Walk of Fame". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
^"Artist Builds Wall Around Donald Trump Hollywood Star -artnet News". artnet News. 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
^"A Conversation with the Artist Behind Those 'Future Internment Camps'". Esquire. 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
^"Street Artist Marks "Future Internment Camps" Around the US". Hyperallergic. 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
^. LAist. Archived from the original on 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
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Plastic Jesus is an anonymous street artist of British descent labeled by the Daily Beast as the Banksy of L A 1 Plastic Jesus produces provocative and subversive street installations including a 6 inch wall he circled around Donald Trump s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016 2 Plastic Jesus artist London street art by Plastic Jesus 2017BornLondon United KingdomNationalityEnglishKnown forstreet art contemporary art collaborationsMovementcontemporary art street artWebsitewww wbr plasticjesus wbr net Contents 1 Street art 1 1 Best Buy Useless Plastic Box 2013 1 2 Oscar Installations 2014 ongoing 1 3 No Kardashian Parking Anytime 2015 1 4 Donald Trump s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star 2016 1 5 Donald Trump Internment Camp Signs 2017 2 ReferencesStreet art editPlastic Jesus was trained as a photojournalist and shifted his practice from the camera to street installations in order better address major sociopolitical and cultural issues 3 4 Best Buy Useless Plastic Box 2013 edit In 2013 Plastic Jesus targeted the Best Buy chain covertly placing black boxes that he constructed alongside the store s high priced electronics 5 The boxes had fake price tags for 99 99 and labels that read Useless Plastic box 1 2 Another gadget you don t really need Will not work once you get it home New model out in 4 weeks Battery life is too short to be of use 6 The intention of the project was to comment on the United States infatuation with technology and need to own its latest trends 7 Oscar Installations 2014 ongoing edit Days before the 2014 Academy Awards Plastic Jesus installed a life sized golden statue of an Oscar injecting heroin in his arm in Hollywood This work controversial in and of itself for its commentary on drug use in Hollywood made an even greater impact since actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has recently died from a heroin overdose 8 With this piece as well as a life sized golden Oscar snorting cocaine he installed the following year Plastic Jesus focuses a spotlight on drug abuse within the entertainment industry 9 10 11 In 2016 Plastic Jesus installed his first female Oscar a golden stripper referencing the objectification of women in Hollywood in 2017 it was the rapper Kanye West re imagined as a golden crucified Jesus 12 13 In 2018 Plastic Jesus created a lifesize golden statue of Harvey Weinstein in a bathrobe on a casting couch with an Academy Award 14 No Kardashian Parking Anytime 2015 edit In 2015 Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti implemented a six month testing period where new street signs designed to improve parking conditions would be put up throughout the city 15 Plastic Jesus added his own street signs to the mix that read No Kardashian Parking Anytime to offer his perspective on our culture s obsession with celebrities and false idols including the Kardashian family 16 The artist intended for the signs to be both a critique of reality television and also an indictment of the city for enabling the paparazzi to swarm public places 17 Donald Trump s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star 2016 edit In 2016 then Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump announced his plan to build a wall alongside the border between the United States and Mexico to prevent illegal immigrants from entering the country 18 As a response against this plan Plastic Jesus built a 6 inch concrete wall topped with razor wire miniature U S flags and signs that read Keep Out written in both Spanish and English to encircle Trump s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 2 19 Trump received the star in 2007 for his role on The Apprentice and prior to Plastic Jesus installation it had been vandalized on several occasions 20 Donald Trump Internment Camp Signs 2017 edit In the wake of the 2016 Presidential election Plastic Jesus was inspired again to use Donald Trump as fodder for his art this time commenting on Trump s executive order on immigration 21 The artist crafted a series of signs that he posted on vacant lots and building sites in cities throughout the country with the text Lot Reserved For Future Internment Camp printed above an image of the United States Seal 22 The signs draw a connection between Trump s travel ban and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II for instance the text Executive Order 9066 is a direct reference to the order originally signed in 1942 by Franklin D Roosevelt to forcibly remove Japanese Americans from their homes and place them in internment camps 23 References edit Yamato Jen 2017 01 30 Banksy of L A Plastic Jesus Trolls Kardashians with Latest Work The Daily Beast Retrieved 2017 06 15 a b US election Artist builds wall around Trump s Hollywood star BBC News 2016 07 22 Retrieved 2017 06 15 Behind the Coked Out Oscar Artist Wants to Shatter Hollywood s Glossy Exterior The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved 2017 06 16 How a British photojournalist became Plastic Jesus in LA MyNewsLA com MyNewsLA com 2016 07 22 Retrieved 2017 06 16 Fairchild Caroline 2013 08 12 Best Buy Prankster Channels Banksy Puts Useless Plasticbox On Shelves PHOTOS Huffington Post Retrieved 2017 06 16 Street artist Plastic Jesus pranks Los Angeles Best Buys Los Angeles Times 2013 08 13 ISSN 0458 3035 Retrieved 2017 06 15 Useless Plastic Box Pulled from Best Buy Shelves ABC News 2013 08 16 Retrieved 2017 06 16 Photo Oscars Statue With Heroin Needle In Arm Appears In Hollywood LAist Archived from the original on 2017 06 02 Retrieved 2017 06 16 Philip Seymour Hoffman s death inspires Oscar heroin statue by Hollywood artist NY Daily News Retrieved 2017 06 16 Yamato Jen 2017 01 30 Plastic Jesus s Coke Snorting Oscar The Academy s Public Enemy No 1 Speaks The Daily Beast Retrieved 2017 06 16 Street Artist Plastic Jesus Puts Life Size Cocaine Snorting Oscar Statue on Hollywood Boulevard artnet News artnet News 2015 02 21 Retrieved 2017 06 16 Romero Dennis 2016 02 26 Artist Imagines Oscar as a Stripper PHOTOS L A Weekly Retrieved 2017 06 16 Dicker Ron 2017 02 23 Praise Yeezus Kanye West Jesus Statue Rises In Hollywood Huffington Post Retrieved 2017 06 16 Harvey Weinstein Casting Couch statue unveiled ahead of Oscars 2 March 2018 via Reuters LA Mayor Garcetti Signs Vision Zero Executive Directive to End Traffic Deaths in 2015 08 24 Mayor Garcetti Signs Vision Zero Executive Directive to End Traffic Deaths in LA Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Retrieved 2017 06 15 No Kardashian signs put up in Los Angeles The Independent 2015 04 08 Retrieved 2017 06 15 Plastic Jesus s Anti Kardashian Street Art artnet News artnet News 2015 04 08 Retrieved 2017 06 15 Donald Trump s Mexico wall Who is going to pay for it BBC News 2017 02 06 Retrieved 2017 06 16 Street Artist Plastic Jesus Erects Tiny Wall Around Donald Trump s Star On the Hollywood Walk of Fame pastemagazine com Retrieved 2017 06 16 Artist Builds Wall Around Donald Trump Hollywood Star artnet News artnet News 2016 07 21 Retrieved 2017 06 16 A Conversation with the Artist Behind Those Future Internment Camps Esquire 2017 03 06 Retrieved 2017 06 16 Street Artist Marks Future Internment Camps Around the US Hyperallergic 2017 03 07 Retrieved 2017 06 16 Signs Designating Future Internment Camp Go Up At Empty Lots Nationwide LAist Archived from the original on 2017 06 21 Retrieved 2017 06 16 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Plastic Jesus artist amp oldid 1210251499, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
