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James Mundie presents Prodigies: “pen and ink portraits of genuine sideshow performers in contexts borrowed from art history”. It’s pretty fun looking at these and trying to recognize not only the piece of classical art being riffed on, but the sideshow performer as well. Of particular note: Andre Rousimoff in the Guise of Saint Christopher.

  • http://www.penguinx.org/ Ray Frenden

    Really great link; I’m a sucker for detailed ink work.

  • http://www.penguinx.org/ Ray Frenden

    Really great link; I’m a sucker for detailed ink work.

  • http://www.screenhead.com/funny/art/prodigies-111377.php Screenhead

    Prodigies

    James Mundie’s remarkable Prodigies are pen and ink portraits of prominent sideshow performers in “contexts borrowed from art history”. For example the image above combines Siamese twins the Tocci…

  • http://www.zippythepinhead.com/pages/aabillgr.html Toph

    Click on “Toph” for other pictures of Schlitzie by way of Bill Griffith, creator of *Zippy the Pinhead*.

  • http://www.zippythepinhead.com/pages/aabillgr.html Toph

    Click on “Toph” for other pictures of Schlitzie by way of Bill Griffith, creator of *Zippy the Pinhead*.

  • http://www.robotjohnny.com/ Johnny

    Toph — we posted about Zippy here!

  • http://www.robotjohnny.com Johnny

    Toph — we posted about Zippy here!

  • http://www.missioncreep.com/mundie/ James Mundie

    Thanks for the kind words, folks!

    If anybody has a hankering to see some of these in person, six drawings from the series will be featured in “Step Right Up! Sideshow Wonders and Human Curiosites” at Orange Hill Art in Atlanta, Georgia (http://www.orangehillart.com) from 28 July through 1 September 2005.

    For more info, please see http://www.mundieart.com/step-right-up-pr.htm

    Freakishly yours,
    Jim

  • http://www.missioncreep.com/mundie/ James Mundie

    Thanks for the kind words, folks!

    If anybody has a hankering to see some of these in person, six drawings from the series will be featured in “Step Right Up! Sideshow Wonders and Human Curiosites” at Orange Hill Art in Atlanta, Georgia (http://www.orangehillart.com) from 28 July through 1 September 2005.

    For more info, please see http://www.mundieart.com/step-right-up-pr.htm

    Freakishly yours,
    Jim