A Tribute to Bill Mantlo
Book release and art exhibit
12.02.2010
Michael Allred, JH Williams, Rafael Grampa, Eric Powell, Tan Eng Huat, Nathan Fox, Barnaby Ward, Whilce Portacio, Scott Morse & many more! www.floatingworldcomics.com/main/spacenight-a-tribute-to-bill-mantlo-dec-6th/
I'm curious about this piece. From what I can see it looks like ROM has this sex slave in what looks to be a rear entry position. I've been reading ROM for years and I know the character pretty well. I'm just not seeing how this borders anywhere near any kind of artistic interpretation of the ROM character that makes any sense. This really seems more like something having to do more with someone's personal fetish then anything. I mean if it was Hybrid there instead of ROM lurid as that still might be it would at least make some sense. I'm not sure what's more disturbing, that somebody came up with this in the first place or that somebody actually paid money for it good cause or not.
There are so many things wrong with this picture both artistically and morally that I dont know where to begin. The fact that someone paid money makes me where their mindset was. I mean I know they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder but this is such a childish and chauvinistic piece of work that I can't even take it seriously. Just my opinion.
I was beginning to wonder if it was just me that was getting a weird vibe off of this one. Unfortunately, the ugly underbelly of the art world sometimes dictates that the value of an item is more predicated on who the "artist" is as opposed to the artistic merit of the work. However, let us all take some comfort that the money raised was never the less for a good cause and as fans of Bill Mantlo we should be grateful for that.
I'm curious about this piece. From what I can see it looks like ROM has this sex slave in what looks to be a rear entry position. I've been reading ROM for years and I know the character pretty well. I'm just not seeing how this borders anywhere near any kind of artistic interpretation of the ROM character that makes any sense. This really seems more like something having to do more with someone's personal fetish then anything. I mean if it was Hybrid there instead of ROM lurid as that still might be it would at least make some sense. I'm not sure what's more disturbing, that somebody came up with this in the first place or that somebody actually paid money for it good cause or not.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many things wrong with this picture both artistically and morally that I dont know where to begin. The fact that someone paid money makes me where their mindset was. I mean I know they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder but this is such a childish and chauvinistic piece of work that I can't even take it seriously. Just my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI was beginning to wonder if it was just me that was getting a weird vibe off of this one. Unfortunately, the ugly underbelly of the art world sometimes dictates that the value of an item is more predicated on who the "artist" is as opposed to the artistic merit of the work. However, let us all take some comfort that the money raised was never the less for a good cause and as fans of Bill Mantlo we should be grateful for that.
ReplyDeleteThere's no shortage of weird and inexplicable work in this gallery. Plus, as always sex sells.
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