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| − | '''''Crop Failure''''' is a painting by [[Marilyn Manson]], depicting a semi-portrait of Columbine High School massacrers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold as faces atop fingers on a hand giving the peace sign. | + | '''''Crop Failure''''' is a painting by [[Marilyn Manson]], depicting a semi-portrait of Columbine High School massacrers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold as faces atop fingers on a hand giving the peace sign. |
| − | In an MTV [http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/manson_marilyn/news_feature_092002/ news feature] Manson explains: "This appeared in Rolling Stone with my essay about Columbine and is sort of a caricature of [Eric] Harris and [Dylan] Klebold taken from their high school photographs. I was making a statement about America, and it was definitely part of my reaction for being blamed for something like Columbine. I thought the title 'Crop Failure' was appropriate for several reasons. Columbine, some people might know, is a flower. And, obviously, ['Crop' represents] raising up your children and harvesting them properly. Something did go wrong here, and I think the farmers should be blamed, not the entertainers." | + | In an MTV [http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/manson_marilyn/news_feature_092002/ news feature] Manson explains: "This appeared in Rolling Stone with my essay about Columbine and is sort of a caricature of [Eric] Harris and [Dylan] Klebold taken from their high school photographs. I was making a statement about America, and it was definitely part of my reaction for being blamed for something like Columbine. I thought the title 'Crop Failure' was appropriate for several reasons. Columbine, some people might know, is a flower. And, obviously, ['Crop' represents] raising up your children and harvesting them properly. Something did go wrong here, and I think the farmers should be blamed, not the entertainers." It is for sale at [http://marilynmanson.com/art/paintings/ ''marilynmanson.com paintings'']. |
| − | + | == Properties == | |
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| − | ==Properties== | + | |
* 30" × 22" | * 30" × 22" | ||
* Watercolor | * Watercolor | ||
| − | [[Category: Marilyn Manson Paintings]] | + | == See Also == |
| + | * [[Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?]] | ||
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| + | == Trivia == | ||
| + | * The painting was featured on the back cover of [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]'s ''[[The Nobodies: 2005 Against All Gods Mix]]'' EP. | ||
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| + | [[Category:Marilyn Manson paintings]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Paintings exhibited in the Flowers of a Evil art exhibition]] | ||
[[Category:Paintings exhibited in The Golden Age of Grotesque exhibition]] | [[Category:Paintings exhibited in The Golden Age of Grotesque exhibition]] | ||
| − | [[Category: Paintings exhibited in the Trismegistus art exhibition]] | + | [[Category:Paintings exhibited in the Trismegistus art exhibition]] |
| + | [[Category:Paintings exhibited in The Genealogies of Pain Gallery Exhibition]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:15, 23 January 2024
Crop Failure is a painting by Marilyn Manson, depicting a semi-portrait of Columbine High School massacrers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold as faces atop fingers on a hand giving the peace sign.
In an MTV news feature Manson explains: "This appeared in Rolling Stone with my essay about Columbine and is sort of a caricature of [Eric] Harris and [Dylan] Klebold taken from their high school photographs. I was making a statement about America, and it was definitely part of my reaction for being blamed for something like Columbine. I thought the title 'Crop Failure' was appropriate for several reasons. Columbine, some people might know, is a flower. And, obviously, ['Crop' represents] raising up your children and harvesting them properly. Something did go wrong here, and I think the farmers should be blamed, not the entertainers." It is for sale at marilynmanson.com paintings.
Properties[edit]
- 30" × 22"
- Watercolor
See Also[edit]
Trivia[edit]
- The painting was featured on the back cover of Marilyn Manson's The Nobodies: 2005 Against All Gods Mix EP.
