5.07.2008

Kim Jones

Why is he trying to alter his appearance? Why does he become Mudman all the time? What are his performances all about?
This guy is certainly one of a kind...especially for someone doing performance art. I see performance art all the time. Learning about different ones in class and seeing them for myself, I could walk down the streets of new york and not be very shocked by most of the things I see. But i think that even this guy would stump me a little bit. Is he trying to get a fearful reaction out of people? I like that he sees himself as a sculpture and that is really interesting but it almost seems like he likes being one more than he does a real person because he repeats this action so often, or more so than I would think is necessary. Also, with the David sculpture...its funny, whitty...but it seems kind of wrong to shoot Davids penis off with the slingshot. Is he trying to take away his manliness? He cant destroy him but geez, he is certainly killing his pride. And he does all of this once again as mudman,and with a little mudman. Maybe he should have his identity changed to that and he can be Kim Jones on the side.

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