Reflecting on her work, Cyrus has said: “I feel like my art became kind of a metaphor - an example of my life.” 4.
Explaining the concept behind her work, Cyrus pontificated: “I had a bunch of f***ing junk and s***, and so instead of letting it be junk and s***, I turned it into something that made me happy.”Ĭyrus's sculptures were made over a period of two and a half months, using found objects she had amassed from chain stores and airports, or been sent by fans. The actor/musician presented a collection of sculptures, including a “bedazzled” hamster toy and a marijuana joint glued to a vibrator. In 2014 musical superstar Miley Cyrus made her art world debut, with a solo exhibition in New York entitled Dirty Hippie. Miley Cyrus at her New York exhibition Dirty Hippie in 2014. Perhaps his most memorable series, however, is a collection of self-portraits in the shower. While I wasn’t aware at the time that it was a color, I liked the name, which reminded me of Mother’s cooking.” Past subjects include the Dalai Lama, Vladimir Putin and George Bush Sr. I selected a tube of white paint and another labeled Burnt Umber. Laughable and impressive in equal measure, Bush's repertoire predominantly consists of self portraits, though also extends to political figures and dogs.Ĭommenting on his output, Bush reflected: “For the first time in my 66 years, I picked up a paintbrush that wasn’t meant for drywall. His work might have gone undiscovered had his private email server not been hacked, unexpectedly creating a global art sensation. Bush decided to take up painting, reportedly taking inspiration from Winston Churchill's essay Painting as Pastime. In the years following his US Presidency, George W. Image credit Grant Miller, courtesy of the George W.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, painted by George W. Perhaps more iconic than the artwork itself was the video Spears created to reveal it to the world: set to Mozart's Turkish March, the surreal clip showed Britney at her easel painting, and featured an inspired costume-change midway through. Though some commentators doubted the work's artistic integrity, it went on to sell for $10,000 at a charity auction, with proceeds going towards a memorial for victims of last October's Las Vegas shooting. Pop sensation Britney Spears revealed her first ever painting on Instagram in 2017: a work entitled Sometimes you just gotta play!!!!!!, which featured flowers rendered in a vibrant, childlike pallete. We uncovered artworks by celebrities from Britney Spears to Ringo Starr 1. Hilarious, disturbing, and unexpectedly brilliant.