In 2009, artist Terri Lloyd’s iconic Pink Buddha landed at Ground Zero, i.e., the L.A. art scene, and has been making absurdist mischief ever since. One never knows in what form the imperturbable PB will materialize. It has been sighted in guerrilla theater performances, on YouTube, Facebook, in small press art-lit mags, in commie porn chap books, posters, paintings, and other subterranean venues.
Lloyd will tell you, “Pink Buddha manifested in 2009 out of a collaborative photoshoot that was intended to feature one of my assemblage projects, “Baby Head Flowers.” The flowers were instantly upstaged by me in silly jammies and a big pink papier-mâché mask. As soon as I put on the mask, Pink Buddha took on a life of its own. From guerrilla theater, video, photography, digital art, and more, Pink Buddha and I merged into an absurd singularity.
Fascinated by the popularity of Photoshop as a verb and the meme as a tool of information and propaganda, Pink Buddha made a new home in social media. When I Grow Up And Other Mantras, is a collection of cut and paste images also known as memes originally published on Facebook. What better place to say the things I’m thinking out loud and get away with it.”
The book is organized into four parts: When I Grow Up, Lies To Tell Children, Affirmations For Career Advancement, and Absurdum Miscelanus. Messages range from obvious to benign. The book as an aggregate manages to convey that particular contemporary ennui where we can name the problems, but are impotent in the face of them.
When I Grow Up And Other Mantras is available via Black Scat Books on Amazon.
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