britney is a gum blonde

britney is a gum blonde
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britney is a gum blonde
portraits made of GUM!!! yap, all gum, every inch of it.

toronto artist jason kronenwald is on exhibit at le.gallery in toronto... check it out for yourself it's super fun, there's even a stack of gum for visiters to chew and donate for future pieces!
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each "gum blonde" is 100% chewed bubblegum on a plywood backing.
no paint or dye is used. the colour is inherent to the gum-the mixing of the
colour takes place inside the mouth during chewing using an endless variety
of companies. kronenwald has a dedicated team of chewers (kids from a
local karate centre, i hear) and prefers the texture of Trident. however,
he does not chew gum himself unless he must.

here is his official artist statement, but i think jason just likes to play with
blobs of sticky things. and blondes of course :)

"Today’s omnipresent media unapologetically emphasizes style over
substance. Youth, fortune, fame and excess come before wisdom, integrity,
talent, and the truth. The media depicts the celebrities of today as modern
day gods and goddesses to be worshipped and emulated.

As an artist, I feel a need to honour these lip-synching, boob-enhancing idols
in an appropriate manner. The qualities of chewing gum make it a fitting material
to use – sticky, sweet, consumed by kids, cheap, readily available, artificial,
over-packaged, gimmicky, salivated over, chewed up and spit out. Essentially,
gum is produced to be thrown away. In my Gum Blondes series, the message
is the medium. My portraits put the focus on the artificiality, plasticity and
disposability of both the medium and the subject."
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jason kronenwald's site here: www.gumblondes.com

le. gallery's site here: www.le-gallery.ca