How is it that struggling artists get slammed for appearing on the reality TV show "Work of Art," but superstar artists get a total pass when they get into bed with crass commercial enterprises?
When did it become acceptable to be an art whore, so long as you're already famous and rich?
Is Julian Schnabel the next Martha Stewart? Check out his new towel, part of
Artware Editions' "Artist Towel Series" -- no kidding -- that includes such other blue-chip names as Ed Ruscha and Jim Hodges.
Damien Hirst has designed a beach chair just for you and a gazillion other people, and, with a $425 pricetag, it even comes with a stainless steel plaque bearing his signature.
A tea set? Try the one by Cindy Sherman -- it's ornamented with her self-portrait as, fittingly, Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV's slut-in-chief.
Gerhard Richter and Jeff Koons are putting their names to nylon carpeting -- perfect for the kids' education in how to sell out. Cicely Brown has opted for jigsaw puzzles.
And if you're in the market for a
ring that says "Bulgari" -- Anish Kapoor has designed one of those.
Kiki Smith has her very own perfume -- in shades of Paris Hilton? You can also pick up her "Cat" knickknack, described by Artware as follows: "Smith renders the head of a housecat into a porcelain vessel, and turns it upside-down inviting us to fill its empty head with the trivial." Indeed.
