Comments on: The Adolf Hitler, James Dean Mash up http://www.marklives.com/wordpress/2009/10/the-adolf-hitler-james-dean-mash-up/ Media, marketing, design and advertising translated for the rest of us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:48:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lee Stuttaford http://www.marklives.com/wordpress/2009/10/the-adolf-hitler-james-dean-mash-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5684 Lee Stuttaford Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:15:05 +0000 http://www.marklives.com/wordpress/?p=867#comment-5684 I think it's an original and clever way to mix imagery and context to draw attention in our overloaded information age - the human mind quickly recognizes attributes of the famous person and then realises the context is different to what is expected. A clever use of the 'double-take' mechanism humans have in this scenario. As to using Hitler and the sensitivity issue - I agree, it's part of history and I don't think anyone can be offended, great art is never politically correct, else it would not be art, it would the equivalent of elevator music, i.e. pointless. I think it’s an original and clever way to mix imagery and context to draw attention in our overloaded information age – the human mind quickly recognizes attributes of the famous person and then realises the context is different to what is expected. A clever use of the ‘double-take’ mechanism humans have in this scenario.

As to using Hitler and the sensitivity issue – I agree, it’s part of history and I don’t think anyone can be offended, great art is never politically correct, else it would not be art, it would the equivalent of elevator music, i.e. pointless.

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