Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon - Gawker Comments

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

SlickaNicka — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:43:33 EDT

John Ashcroft would have a field day with this statue. There just isn't enough blue cloth left to make it decent.

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

shanaisapunkrocker — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:40:01 EDT

My boyfriend and I played a fun game when we went to the Murakami exhibition at Brooklyn Museum: we stood near the cum-cloud sculpture for a few minutes and watched people's facial expressions as they turned around the corner and realized what they were seeing. Priceless every time.

shanaisapunkrocker

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

MisoMysterious — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:47:49 EDT

Other than the way, way, way too obvious, it's built like a girl. Look at those legs.

MisoMysterious

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

fragglewaggle — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:42:47 EDT

Well, looks like that sculpture needs better security, cuz his bawls are missing.

fragglewaggle

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

DaDuckster — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:36:54 EDT

@DaDuckster: johnny, jimmy...*sigh* the brain is fried!

DaDuckster

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

DaDuckster — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:34:41 EDT

@valarmorghulis: HAHAHAHAHAHA!! Well now he knows what that thing down there is used for.

DaDuckster

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

valet_of_the_dolls — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:19:19 EDT

@Elektra: So did I; I'm just worrying that my office's security package logs keystrokes.

valet_of_the_dolls

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SnarkTwain — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:01:40 EDT

I make that same face. Every time.

SnarkTwain

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

Elektra — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:53:29 EDT

@Nard38:

Well, *I* got it.

Elektra

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

hummingpenguin — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:30:11 EDT

@Miss-Pringle: especially when they're by themselves?

hummingpenguin

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

Notyourmother — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:13:22 EDT

Is there something about Manga power that allows for the little guy to still be standing up after that?

Notyourmother

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

MinneFilly — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:56:13 EDT

fitting that he's rocking the "there's something about mary" hair.

MinneFilly

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

awhatsname — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:32:12 EDT

My Ambidextrous Wrangler

awhatsname

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

Gayyker — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:29:52 EDT

@Astigmatism:

I was going to say. It actually looks a lot better with the background pieces.

Also totally serious.

Gayyker

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

AuntPeniston — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:27:17 EDT

I always wondered what sort of styling product manga dudes used on their hair.

AuntPeniston

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

TerseNursePornstein — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:26:16 EDT

@Priam: Got Milt?

TerseNursePornstein

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

Miss-Pringle — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:22:10 EDT

lol WHY do guys think coming is so superheroic?

Miss-Pringle

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

MisterHippity — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:13:27 EDT

Thanks to that pic, I think I just got fired.

That was your plan all along, wasn't it Gawker? Get me fired, so I can comment every minute of every day?

Well ... it just might work.

MisterHippity

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Helman — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:12:25 EDT

@Shariahpants: Like Gainsborough? You have got to be kidding.

Helman

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

richardmarxhatesmyhair — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:09:40 EDT

This exhibit is actually really great and well curated. If you think this is shocking, you should see the lady sculpture standing opposite "Lonesome Cowboy."

richardmarxhatesmyhair

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

NeverEnough — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:05:42 EDT

Just in time for Mother's Day.

NeverEnough

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

BeRightBack — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:00:58 EDT

@Shariahpants: I think he's overrated and disingenuous, but you're right about his formal dexterity. I just wish he'd lose the Warholian Japanationalism BS that weighs down the subversive potential of early stuff like this (though it's made him rich, so who am I to whine?).

BeRightBack

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Seanibus — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:00:15 EDT

Oh, my god. That would be PERFECT in my livingroom.

Seanibus

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BalknChain — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:58:43 EDT

7 days my ass
looks like someone started the milky way in under 7 minutes
Creationism

BalknChain

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

valarmorghulis — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:58:27 EDT

why would I pay 3-4 million for a little statue of Johnny Urine?

valarmorghulis

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sassenach — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:57:24 EDT

The only thing dumber than manga is ugly LV bags covered with it.

sassenach

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

Shariahpants — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:57:22 EDT

@CodePink: There's cummy and then there's gummi.

Shariahpants

Murakami's $4M Jack-off Cartoon

Shariahpants — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:55:10 EDT

@BeRightBack: totally agree. He does in sculpture what artists like Gainsborough did with oils and paints, being able to show the movement of light across objects. He's fantastic.

Shariahpants

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Priam — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:52:25 EDT

@hypocriteoath: You know what? I could actually see Hank trying something like this.

Priam

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Astigmatism — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:49:16 EDT

@BeRightBack: I also love the way they have it displayed in the Brooklyn Museum right now: there are large paintings on each wall that look like ab-ex pictures of white ribbons on a colored background - and then you see manga dude, and realize what the ribbons are...

Astigmatism