With the release of her new single, 'Russian Roulette,' Rihanna has unveiled an edgy new image for herself. The song, from the singer's upcoming album 'Rated R,' ends with a gunshot, but even more controversial is the artwork that accompanies the single. Rihanna is pictured wrapped in barbed wire and gripping a chain, while blood drips from the song's title, which is directly underneath a shiny blade 'R' logo. All of this dark imagery is right in tune with the song's suicide-hinting lyrics, "So just pull the trigger." 'Rated R' will be released on Nov. 23, but in the meantime, let us know what you think of the photo's racy look.
Love it, hate it or don't give a shit? Pray tell peeps.
Rihanna's police photo with her face all messed up by Chris Brown's alleged attack circulated the internet for days on end. Now pop artist Shaim Ibrahim has drawn a series of portraits based on the photos in question for no apparent purpose. Ibrahim tells E! Magazine Online: “I thought the bruises in the police photo were interesting shapes to draw. And it was cool to color them pink and blue. Those are two of my favorite colors.”
And when asked about the meaning behind his work, Ibrahim stated: “There is no message to any of my art. It’s meant to look cool hanging on your wall and that’s it! I’m not into deep meanings.”
So this guy sees that image of a woman who just got the shit beaten out of her and he says, "Why let this very interesting photo of a major bitch-slapping go to waste? And then he proceeds to go all Andy Warhol on the pop artist's battered face. Don't know about you guys but that's what I call a major asshole opportunist!
Meanwhile, here I am posting the dude's work on my blog. That makes me a complicit asshole opportunist.
