{"id":7126,"date":"2010-03-16T22:47:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T03:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/?p=7126"},"modified":"2010-03-17T17:03:38","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T22:03:38","slug":"when-the-saints-go-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-lop-bam-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/?p=7126","title":{"rendered":"When the Saints Go Wop Bop-A-Loo Mop-A-Lop Bam-Boom."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"saintrichard\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"clipse-lord-willin-front\"<\/a>I became aware of artist Vicki Berndt<\/a>‘s gifted hand upon seeing her cover for the Clipse’s 2002 release, Lord Willin’<\/em>, right. In the dreamlike vision, rappers Malice and Pusha T drive a JFK-style droptop, with a Black Jesus riding shotgun<\/span> in the back seat. Delicately radiating the sobering hues of Virginia Beach dilapidation via magic realism, the work is one of my all-time favorite album covers, hip-hop or otherwise.<\/p>\n

Born in El Centro CA in 1961, Berndt painted and took pictures of her favorite rock stars in school, printed fanzines, and even joined a punk band, the Maggots, as their lead singer. Later, she took photos of friends’ groups, eventually working for magazines.<\/p>\n

\"il_fullxfull123274566\"<\/a>However, she never stopped slathering the canvas, and paints full-time today, selling both reproductions and her original creations. Her series of works besainting musicians, like Little St. Richard<\/em> (18 x 24 ins.), above, range from about $1,000 to about $1,600 and more, when not quickly snatched up, first. However, less costly pieces are also available, and highly desirable.<\/p>\n

For example, check out The Keene Supremes<\/em>, her three-candle set, above.<\/a> The 6 x 3-inch pieces, each featuring one of the Supremes’ likenesses done in the style of Margaret Keane<\/a>‘s “big-eyed children” paintings, can all be picked up for a mere $40. Why not grab an armful? If it were up to me, Berndt, like the saints and sinners she renders, would definitely be counted among pop’s true icons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I became aware of artist Vicki Berndt‘s gifted hand upon seeing her cover for the Clipse’s 2002 release, Lord Willin’, right. In the dreamlike vision, rappers Malice and Pusha T drive a JFK-style droptop, with a Black Jesus riding shotgun in the back seat. Delicately radiating the sobering hues of Virginia Beach dilapidation via magic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,44,33,21,51,71,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7126"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7126"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7146,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7126\/revisions\/7146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}