Beyonce Poses For Garage Magazine Beyonce is giving her loyal hive another photo spread to freak out over. The songstress recently collaborated with artist Urs Fischer for a series of exclusive mixed media photos, and covers next month’s issue of Garage Magazine : GARAGE Magazine reveals today a stellar cover collaboration between global superstar Beyoncé and internationally renowned artist, Urs Fischer. This special-edition cover for Nº10 features an exclusive new portrait of Beyoncé, transformed into a collage of paint and photography by the celebrated artist. Hit the flip for more from Bey’s collaboration with Urs Fischer… Garage / Splash
Mike Ditka and… Miley Cyrus ‘ “Wrecking Ball?” Two things we certainly never thought would come together, but alas, we were wrong! A new Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime show spot aired during last night’s Grammy Awards , bringing together the magic of music and the great sport of football. Mike Ditka Wrecking Ball The ad features pigskin greats like Terry Bradshaw (ahem, dressed like bedazzled cowboy), Deion Sanders and Shannon Sharpe. But the real kicker (get it?) is Mike “Miley” Ditka, who appears singing his heart out on a giant wrecking ball. Of course, these aren’t the real musical performers at next Sunday’s big game. Billboard Artist of the Year Bruno Mars is set to take the stage during halftime. (Sorry, Ditka.) Watch the hilarious spot and let us know what you think!
In response to Garage Magazine’s infamous “black woman” chair photo, a gay artist from Russia has created a flipped the script in even more NSFW fashion. The Russian editor-in-chief of Garage , Dasha Zhukova, came under fire for a wildly racist editorial photo showing herself sitting on a “black woman” chair . At least that’s what it looked like. The piece of furniture was made to look like a black woman with a belt around her waist and thighs and her legs up in the air. Zhukova did apologize for the “regrettable” choice of art, but also defended designer Bjarne Melgaard’s intent was a “commentary on gender and racial politics.” Some did not find the apology sufficient, however. Alexander Kargaltsev, a gay NYC-based photographer and gay activist, decided to stage his own response to the “outrageous and tasteless” portrait. The image of a naked black man seated on a naked white man, whose legs are folded up to create a “chair,” is even crazier than the original, which was his point. See the uncensored image after the jump … “I was forced to leave Russia because of the discrimination I experienced as a gay,” Kargaltsev told The Huffington Post in an email statement Friday. “I’m disappointed that the tradition of xenophobia is so strong in my home country that such an image of Ms. Zhukova can appear as if it is normal and unremarkable.” “Russian people do not seem to realize when people offend the principle of color, nationality, sexual orientation and so on,” Kargaltsev explained, adding: “My own composition reverses the visual injustice and offense perpetrated by that editorial and in a way restores the equality of genders, races, and sexual orientations.” “Sadly, I understand very well that my work will be seen by most Russians as provocative and inappropriate, while [her] repulsive image will hardly make anyone shake their head.” What do you think? Does he have a point?
