Shallow in 7 parts - Collection of Musical Paintings
by Malcolm McLaren
Malcolm McLaren, the former Sex Pistols manager and everything else extraordinaire, will have his artwork played on MTV's 44 1/2 screen starting June 26th through July 31st in New York's Time Square. The piece titled, Shallow, is composed of slow-motion videos of people about to have sex or at the least the hint of it (it doesn't show the actual act of it). McLaren looped together various clips and set to a soundtrack that can be heard via cell phone. And it proves that McLaren is a man after my own heart, because the songs included are Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and Captain & Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together."
Shallow recently premiered at Switzerland's Art Basel. The theme of this piece are based on the kind of experiences McLaren had when he first encountered pop culture. But, what does he think will happen when it goes live before the young TRL crowd? "I don't know, but I guess once upon a time people had a very different idea of 42nd Street."
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