The Revolution Will Be Fabulous.

One of my favorite artists is Peter Gronquist. He's a master at pimping out the most ridiculous of objects - think a wheelchair with rims or a Pac-Man grenade. A few years ago he opened a show at Gallery1988 in L.A. displaying, among other things, weapons featuring some of the biggest labels in fashion.

Critics tried explaining the show as being an intellectual statement on the "art of war", but of his exhibit, Peter said:
I actually came up with a ton over the years that I’ve been developing, the original being: “Wouldn’t it be funny if…?” The short list includes: our culture’s glamorization of violence, rampant consumerism, war profiteering and how people will put designer brands on literally anything and think that they are automatically awesome. I really just wanted to make something completely ridiculous. Then people gave me money for them. So I made a ton of them because I’m a whore. I find that it’s a parody of myself because I also like ridiculous things sometimes for no logical reason. I’m a victim of the rampant consumerism that I parody. It’s all very confusing.

His work has taken on a life of its own. Even Bruno showed up to the premiere of his movie with the Chanel rocket launcher. Amazing.

Check out some of his stuff: