Why did Anderson call his first solo show, "Shinobi Marilyn," you ask? According to the Emily Amy Gallery's website, he chose the strange moniker because he was "inspired by an online discovery of imagery embedded in a classic Sega video game from 1987 (Shinobi). Convinced the appearance of Marilyn Monroe in the game was a posthumous tribute to Andy Warhol created by the game designer in 1980s Japan, Anderson sought to explore the subject further."
(For more on what prompted Anderson to focus on this head-scratcher of a subject, read Henry Detweiler's informative interview with him over at burnaway.org.)
A series of 10 digital collages will be featured as part of the "Shinobi Marilyn" exhibit, including the following trio:
According to Anderson, the second of the three pieces above was inspired by fellow artist Cory Arcangel, whose most famous creation also incorporated cloud sprites pulled from the first Super Mario Bros. (On a related note, I'm pretty sure the third piece is made up of coin sprites taken from the same game.)
Want to know more about this Atlanta-based artist? Check out his blog, his Facebook page and his Flickr photostream.
2 comments:
That's really neat! I might have to research this hidden Marilyn inside of Shinobi...
As far as I know, Justin, it's not actually hidden. I think a bunch of them are plastered on the walls in front of one of the bosses? Don't quote me on that, though -- it's been a looooong time since I've played any version of Shinobi!
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