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The Desecration of Adam
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Published: 2015-01-19 06:35:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 211685; Favourites: 5516; Downloads: 1719
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What have we done to ourselves?Update: This has been my most viewed piece and responses have been overwhelming. To save everyone some time, I don't have any problem with anyone downloading it, selling reproductions or reposting it on other sites. I don't need any payment but credit is appreciated.
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I'm converting to McAtheism because this is just unbelievable.
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hello, congrats for your DD, your wonderful work has been featured in
You are welcome to share with us your amazing talent
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Ron English would love this. Well done!
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Wow! This piece is...the best word I can come up with is "raw." Not as in 'unfinished,' but, like, its message is pure and blatant. Your disgust is quite apparent, and you inspire the same in the viewer.
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Well, I didn't need to sleep tonight anyway...
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McDonalds, making people in to little fat titans one big mac at a time
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I adore this picture so much! I don't think I've seen it portrayed this way. This is great.
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"they gain their wealth and power from decisions we make every day" - well then why did you depict the fast food giant (i.e Mcdonalds) in the picture as evil if you are suggesting its the 'choice' of the consumer? Im smart enough to know that food doesn't make you fat. people make people fat because of the poor choices they make. Have you ever looked at the fat content of a Mcdonald's burger and compared it with the average fat content of a burger say at your local corner Deli or even grocery store? Most of the burgers at the deli's and grocery stores have equal to more fat than a fast food chain burger. People can get obese from making poor choices without ever actually having to eat fast food on a consistent basis.
Now don't get me wrong here, I'm not defending fast food just stating mere facts, other possible considerations and contradictions. people just like to use McDonald's as their evil obese icon because its just globally accessible and identifiable not because its actually the real driving force behind obesity in the real world.
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"well then why did you depict the fast food giant (i.e Mcdonalds) in the picture as evil if you are suggesting its the 'choice' of the consumer?" - because money is the root of all evil, that is why he said "they gain their wealth and power from decisions we make every day"...yeah we as human beings make poor choices but we as people rely on the food industries (that are not looking out for our best interest, and that is why they are evil) wether it be fast food or food products we pick up from the grocery store (i'm not talking about organic food) and that is how they have gained their wealth and power. we human beings are kinda late on figuring out the truth about these food industries but what else can we do? it costs more to eat healthier, that is why there's a dollar menu for almost every fast food restaurant
and you're smart enough to know that food doesnt make people fat? lol, how else do you get fat if food is not in the equation?
before you go and start criticizing this man's artwork, maybe you should do some research and also watch the movie "Fed Up", most of the food we eat on a daily basis is harmful for us
FYI someone can be obese and not be fat
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This speaks to me on a dark and disturbing level.
And in an equally dark and disturbing way, I love it.
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I think it was Picasso who said experiencing art should be like being slapped in the face with a fistful of razor blades. He would be very proud. : )
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This disturbs me, but it also speaks to me.
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It's a mockery of The Sistine Chapel's ceiling, which depicts Adam and God touching fingers to show how God and Man are linked.
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This has been reposted on Reddit like a hundred times in the past week.
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... Nice.... But who needs sleep?
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O.O Grotesque! It is a very good work! You're a good artist!
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Murica: Home of McDonalds, School Shootings, Shitty Hip-Hop, Ghetto stuff, Politicians, Fatasses, Conservatives, SJWs, Assburgers, Autism, *Information Overload*
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O_o it's okay, sleep is overrated anyway...
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I have mixed feelings about this.... There is a “I'm terrified now” and “this is incredibly disturbing” and then there is “well dayum this is pretty deep” and “wow this hit hard” and then a touch of “wow...*no words*”
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very descriptive feelings
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LOL!!!!! this is perfect!
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This is the most striking piece of art I've seen on here in YEARS.
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This is going straight to the pool room. Well done, on multiple levels.
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McDonald's doesn't make you fat, sedentary lifestyle does.
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omg this is what nightmares are made of...
its purrfect!
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Your symbolism and the way you carried it out is right on point. Well done!
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Not goin to lie. This is my wallpaper now.
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It is indeed, this just changed the way i thought of the universe we live in.
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Featured in my Journal --
Spread Some DA Love, No. 65Below is the latest installment of my "favorite faves" -- the best, in my opinion, of works I faved recently. Some of these pieces you have no doubt seen; others you may be viewing for the first time. If you come across something you like please let the artist know -- give them some DA love in the form of faves and comments; also take a look at their galleries -- you might like their work so much you'll want to watch them!
Remember, everyone could use a little more DA love!
(Many of the works shown below are included in the galleries of two groups I founded. Visit Ugly-Mug-Portraits http://ugly-mug-portraits.deviantart.com/ and Surreal-Landscapes http://surreal-landscapes.deviantart.com/ to view even more incredible art created by very talented DA artists in need of your support!)
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This is really great and amazing! xD I love your work (dark and stuff)
But the cherubim with the sitar...his face tho
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Brilliant on so many levels! Definitely DD-worthy!
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Really good piece of art. And descriptional text under painting is great too.
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