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Banana Nirvana

January 29, 2010 at 3:45 am (t-shirt, t-shirt Art, t-shirt Fashion, zomboy, zomboyshirts) (90s, grunge, music, Nirvana, t-shirt, t-shirt Art, t-shirt Fashion, zomboy, zomboyshirts)

Here is the latest t-shirt from zomboy “Banana Nirvana”. This is a parody of the all time great 90s grunge Nirvana and their infamous album – Nevermind. You can purchase this shirt from zomboy’s  retail store. In my opinion this nevermind was one of the best album’s of all time. I wanted to try and celebrate this by putting a new spin on it. I find the original album cover quite humourous anyway, so why not try and recapture that humour in a fresh way.

I enjoy working with parody as much as possible. It’s not the easiest form of artwork. It usually takes a bit of brainstorming before drawing phase. Some other artists like Glennz and Rubyred work with this medium very well, particularly cult movie followings like star wars and star trek. I chose to go down the music path as I believe this has not been fully explored yet, there is more room to move/create here.

I find it intriguing that some nevermind covers were printed with the penis while others had it removed. I ummed and aaaahed about this for a while and came the conclusion that the original would have intended to do it this way (with rather than without) so I thought “to hell with it, it’s going in”. I hope people see it as homour and not take offence. It comes from a good place.

Reference

Banana Nirvana [Image] (n.d.). Retrieved January 29, 2010 from http://www.redbubble.com/people/zomboy/t-shirts/4556207-1-banana-nirvana