FEELING LIKE SHIT?

After running the hydra half marathon this past weekend, I now find myself with a nasty cold. I have an awful sore throat, itchy ears and my entire body aches. I’m not sure if the body aches are flu-like or just sore from a 13 mile wet and cold run. At any rate, I FEEL LIKE SHIT. It’s hard to pair a shoe to my mood right now because I really do love all my shooze. As I contemplate a shoe that mirrors how I feel, the choice becomes obvious as I recall a pair of shooze that is currently on display at London’s Tate Gallery and was inspired by Chris Ofili’s paintings. This 10 Inch stiletto is made out of dried elephant dung and was made by the British artist INSA and is titled “Anything Comes When it Comes to (S)hoes”.

Chris Ofli is a controversial British artist of Nigerian descent. Perhaps his most controversial work of art, The Holy Virgin Mary, was the root of a lawsuit between then Mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani and The Brooklyn Museum of Art. Giuliani protested against the multi-media painting of the black African Virgin Mary because he seemingly is a prude and doesn’t believe in artistic freedom and expression. She was depicted in her glory on a gilded ground and surrounded by cherubs and seraphims in the form of cut out porn glossy close ups of the female genitalia. On top of that, the artist splattered the canvas with dried elephant dung. When are people going to learn that art is subjective and it’s just not worth trying to ban and sensor something that may contribute to the history of art? Look at Duchamp’s Fountain. It was banned at the time because it was deemed offensive, but it is now considered one of the 20th century’s major landmark works of art.

If you ask me, feeling like shit doesn’t feel too good. But these shooze made out of shit? I think they are hot. I know I’d feel better if I had the chance to strut in them.

INSA, Anything comes when it comes to (s)hoes