The Fredösphere

Hoo boy, we're back with more cheesy art.  In my previous installment, I covered the religion of Star Trek.  Today we pick on the Guevarolators.  To start it off we admire this bit of sculpture (a larger view is here).  It is an adorable little graven image, suitable for worshiping.  There's nothing like a figurine to reveal the horro-comedy of a movement of mass murderers.

You've all seen the many Che tee shirts so I won't bother linking to them, but I did find some nice art in other media.  This tribute page has the requisite cheesy painting plus some kind of stone wall image that is pretty cool.  Fortunately I don't read Spanish, because that sure looks poetry along side the images -- eek!  Meanwhile, another painting shows Che bathed in the light of the setting sun as he bores a hole into eternity with his earnest glare.

The black velvet triumvirate of Lassie, Elvis and Jesus I understand.  More mysterious is this paint-on-glass grouping of Marylin Monroe, Bruce Lee, Elvis, Che, and Frankenstein.

We also learn that Che loved children.  The big-hearted guy just couldn't get enough of the little dearies.  See it all here, and don't forget to click de foto in case you want to see the groter beeld get a whole lot more krijgen.

Consider this picture of Che meeting Jean-Paul Sartre.  How many ways does Sartre express his submission?  He has the lower seat, his posture is bowed, and even his feet turn in and overlap in an infantile way.  Sycophancy directed toward the brutal and arrogant is something that crops up in all times and places, but how odd that it would be so common among a movement known for its self-righteous denunciation of the powerful.

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