Black Cat Bone- Burning the Flesh Off Modern Art

This self-taught New Orleans artist weighs in on aesthetic and political issues with long passages and a promiscuous use of Youtube, his blog features titles like "John Edwards Is A Subprime Subhuman Prick That Profits Off The Misery Of The People Of New Orleans",

"Never Underestimate The Power Of A Cute Young Blond White Trash Girl To Commit Murder And Get Away With It In The Commonwealth Of Virginia" and

"SpongeBob SqaurePants (Blake Gopnik) and Squidward Tentacles (Philip Kennicott) cover System of a Down's Lonely Day for the premiere of the Washington Post's exciting new Style & Arts section"; guaranteed to give journalists hissy fits.


I found Black Cat Bone while searching for any media coverage on the death of Houston graff writer MUNIK, who was run over by a New Orleans police officer. The title "Houston Graffiti Artist Commits Suicide By Cop In The Suburbs Of New Orleans" gave me pause, but his insight is, understandably, linked to the cultural issues already swirling in the gumbo of Louisiana tensions and cynically level-headed. To quote his final thought out of context the statement may seem like a given, but don't forget- this is in response to NOPD running over a 16 year old suspect with an SUV.

"If it's too much to ask the cops to protect the lives of graffiti artists,
then can we at least agree that it's not too much to expect them
to not recklessly take the life of a adolescent graffiti artist for no reason?"