barbie art stars

I admit it, I am a Barbie apologist. Sure, the doll promotes ridiculous beauty standards; her proportions are beyond unreal and B does seem to ha

ve a bit of a prob with tanorexia. Aaaaand.. there was that time in 1994 when Talking Barbie was released and little girls everywhere who had been waiting to hear the voice of their idol were welcomed by the sqealed observation “Math is hard!”

Yet, I have a pink fuzzy soft spot for mini tanned tool of patriarch. I played with Barbies as a kid and while Barbie is viewed as dangerous for girl’s self esteem or shallow and unconstructive, I feel that I did some of my best playing with my pack of blondes. Barbie was the blank stage onto which I could pour my imagination, act out my frustrations and aggressions. As far as her preposterous figure is concerned it lent itself nicely to the rather graphic sex scenes I directed.

So it comes as no surpr

ise that the controversial plastic lady has become an obvious target for many artists who also are conflicted on their feelings for the Russian sex doll gag-gift turned American icon. I’ve noticed a plethora of Barbie art in the past years, so much that it has become some what of a cliche but oh, that hot pink soft spot…so I present to you some of my faves: