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With the popularity of celebrity Before and After photos appearing on the web and in gossip magazines, I wondered what would happen if I combined a Before and After into one painting. I took the famous Farrah Fawcett poster, a beloved icon of a generation of men and combined it with the Farrah of today. Interesting results ensued. If she can have her own reality show, why not a reality poster?
NOTE: I yanked Russell Crowe down because I didn’t think the painting conveyed the intensity of the "Russell Crowe Fury". This is a man who hurls a telephone against the wall in public, so he really needs to be painted more insanely angry. When finished, I’ll repost.
Posted by 14 ♦ July 14, 2005
pony
At 3:02 pm pony said:
Awesome! you really are talented (and funny). Can’t wait to see the RC post…
July 14, 2005
At 3:09 pm ffleur said:
OMG! That is really good 14. Scary, but good. Love the way her nips are facing the floor in shame.
July 14, 2005
At 3:27 pm E said:
Obviously I am not the only one who does not think that Farrah is aging gracefully. You’ve done a lovely job capturing the sag and corpselike pastiness of the skin. You rock sister!
July 14, 2005
At 4:35 pm Viper Tetsu said:
This new one-sheet poster for George Romero’s Land of the Dead is really evocative of the–oops.
HOLY SHIT!!!This IS the ghoul in whose shell 50 million grade-school crushes were once born.
Pee-your-pants funny parody, incisive commentary, and sledgehammer zombie horror, all in one chewy but thought-provoking illustration. Hats off, chica. Again.
July 14, 2005
At 5:31 pm leanne said:
great job…. so funny and so fitting…
July 14, 2005
At 6:37 pm Kim said:
Holy crap. Victoria’s Zombie poster. Dawn of the Wizened. Gad. I mean, I wouldn’t put my dessicated body on display, neither should she. urp
July 14, 2005
At 6:56 pm Jurgen Nation said:
I’ve been enjoying your posts since I stumbled here a few weeks ago. You’re incredibly talented and funny! I look forward to your witty social commentary - thanks for the laughs!
July 14, 2005
ellyn
At 7:15 pm ellyn said:
hahaha! it’s funny bec. it’s true
July 14, 2005
Damien
At 8:14 pm Damien said:
God, hey thanks for having the peice of mind to keep the swim suit on! Poor poor Farrah, time has not treated her well, at all.
July 14, 2005
At 6:45 am Lindsey said:
Always funny, always entertaining, and always so creative. Love it, Keep up the great work!
July 15, 2005
At 8:05 am Knuckles McGillicutty said:
Yow. Poor dotty old thing.
I was always a Kate Jackson fan, myself…
July 15, 2005
At 11:40 am Manuela said:
I particularly enjoy the pencil-eraser nipple detail.
July 15, 2005
At 1:46 pm karin said:
Too bad she’s no longer married to the 6 Million Dollar Man ….. he could talk to his people ….. they could rebuild her, they could make her better than before ……
July 15, 2005
At 6:37 am Dawn (webmiztris) said:
omg, that’s awesome…she looks like she’s melting! just like in real life.
July 16, 2005
At 8:02 am elisa said:
very.very.clever and good
love,
elisa
July 16, 2005
At 10:13 pm distressedjeans said:
Once again, so FUNNY. Excellent job. Each picture you do is a masterpiece! Great! You are amazing. And magnificent, just like Tom Cruise.
July 16, 2005
At 5:04 am Jodi said:
Brilliant.
The flesh-sag on the arms *alone* is worthy of my firm-fleshed applause. The entire rendering is worthy of my falling on the ground and writhing in supplication at your feet.
July 17, 2005
Al Pastor
At 7:36 pm Al Pastor said:
I hope You never get old.
July 17, 2005
14
At 10:32 pm 14 said:
Too late Al Pastor - I already AM old.
Besides, this painting is NOT a commentary on her age, it is a commentary and experiment on celebrity before and after photos.
love,
Grandma 14
July 17, 2005
At 12:00 am sweetbabycthulhu said:
Me: “Check out this cruel Farah thing.”
My friend Tim: “Are those nipples, or extra harpy claws?”
Me: “Man, you played too much D&D back when you had that poster on your bedroom ceiling.”
Tim: “Farah came out before D&D.”
Me: “Oh. Okay. Yeah, they do look like extra harpy claws.”
July 18, 2005
FingerFood
At 8:24 am FingerFood said:
And time marches on (all over Farrah too).
July 18, 2005
At 10:02 am mel said:
Good Stuff! I thought I saw RC in here a couple of weeks ago.
July 18, 2005
At 8:11 am lil rabbit said:
Poor Farrah!!! Time is B*TCH!!!!!!
July 19, 2005
Jackie O
At 9:45 am Jackie O said:
Ever since I found your website, I look forward to coming here every week! My co-workers and I just howl with laughter, esp. Brittney and Tom Cruise. Keep up the excellent work - you ROCK!
July 19, 2005
Matt
At 3:42 pm Matt said:
I usually like your work, 14, but this is really cruel. That poster of Farrah is a pop culture icon — it was the most popular pin-up of the 70’s — and now you’ve gone and desecrated it. Trash Britney (but you knew that already), trash Lindsay, but don’t diss Farrah for daring to grow old.
July 19, 2005
At 7:22 pm Christi said:
Some of you guys need to take a chill pill. Farrah is hideous beacuse she refused to age gracefully, NOT because she got old.
First of all, no woman near 60 should still have that hairstyle, it loosa stupid on her. Next, “happy pills” she obviously took (see David Letterman Show”) hit her hard and thoird, let’s take a couple of hours to discuss her plastic surgery, goofs and all.
July 19, 2005
At 10:41 pm lady jane said:
still laughing at the baggy knees.
promise to do Nicole Kidman in 20 years?
July 21, 2005
At 9:51 am Barry said:
Her nips, her smile, her sagging skin, oh so how I adore thee. SHE’S STILL HOT
July 24, 2005
At 10:32 am shara said:
Too fantastically funny!!!!
But also scary
July 25, 2005
At 5:54 pm ah said:
you are so cruel!
wait until you became old.. cause is going to happend sooner o later ..
July 25, 2005
14
At 10:40 pm 14 said:
ah…
look kid, I said it a million times. A.) This isn’t a commentary on her age. B.) I already AM old.
Dazzle me with a more insightful comment please.
July 25, 2005
At 3:48 am Savvy1007 said:
this is a hilarious take on a classic 70’s poster that almost every pre-teen/teen boy had on his wall…
July 27, 2005
At 8:24 pm 31408 said:
Eww.
August 17, 2005
At 7:34 am Long Island Irish said:
LOL that’s a better way of dealing with over-sexed boys than cold showers! Just stick that above their beds and see how it works! LOL that would be enough to traumatize Colin Farell and that’s saying A LOT!
September 15, 2005
At 7:48 pm omigosh said:
OK, here’s a creepy thought. You’re at a party (she definitely looks like she’s been to too many of those) and you think she’s coming on to you . . .
What do you do?
November 14, 2005
At 6:42 am Siegfried said:
dang it! you nailed it again!… kudos! hahaha!
December 21, 2005
At 2:35 pm Sandy Lemke said:
ok so why did Farrah age and these people didn’t
heather locklear
all the girls on Young and the Restless
Nikki
Ashley
why
January 15, 2006
At 10:50 am 80sFan said:
Priceless!! This is exactly what she currently looks like!! She should have stuck with the Six Million Dollar Man…at least she would have had the money to fix that face and tits….
February 1, 2006
At 6:05 pm chuckies angel said:
14 Your work is absolutely brilliant, but this one of the Farrah strikes me as a wee bit mean.
Farrah’s a narcissist par excellence, but I saw her on an airplane recently and she seemed really, really sad. Everyone’s gonna get old, if the Middle East madness does not implode the entire planet.
I read your previous post that the Farrah piece is not a comment on aging, but …
My 2 cents.
Love your stuff!
August 5, 2006
At 4:07 pm ken said:
It’s so easy to make fun of an aging Icon? She has never looked like that, her body has always been in shape, and if you saw her on the Emmys recently she is back to looking her best. So suck it!!!!!!!!
October 7, 2006