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above: Kim Kardashian made of Red Vines & Black Licorice twists
Los Angeles born, and now San Francisco-based, mosaic artist Jason Mecier creates portraits of famous personalities with assemblages crafted of candy, food, yarn, dried beans and just plain junk.
In his licorice mosaics, He artfully twists red and black licorice to create uncanny likenesses of some of today's most popular entertainers and images from popular culture.
above: detail of Kim Kardashian made of Red Vines and Black Licorice
In his "junk" portraits, the objects he uses to craft the images include things relevant to the celebrity or personality of his subject, such as the Campbell's soup cans and banana used to compose a portrait of artist Andy Warhol:
Red vines and black licorice:
Mo' Nique:
Michael C. Hall as Dexter:
Elizabeth Berkely in Showgirls:
Taylor Lautner:
Robert Englund as Freddy Kruger from Nightmare on Elm Street:
Other Candy
Taylor Swift made with Good n' Plenty Candies:
Pam Anderson made of various hard candy and candy bars:
details:
Christina Aguilera made of candy:
The Olsen Twins made of candy:
The Spice Girls made of candy:
Some of his impressive "junk" portraits.
Mary Louise Parker (star of HBO's Weeds):
Conan O'Brien:
Tina Fey:
Chelsea Handler:
Donald Trump and detail:
Frida Kahlo and detail:
Singer Pink:
Kathy Najimy:
RuPaul:
President Obama:
To see more, visit Jason's website.
above: Lady Gaga is Dead
A multitude of celebrities from superstar Lady Gaga to photographer David LaChapelle have sacrificed their digital lives to help save millions of real lives affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India in a new awareness campaign for Keep A Child Alive by TBWA/ Chiat /Day, New York.
Starting on December 1, which was World AIDS Day, the world's most followed celebrity Tweeters began sacrificing their digital lives to help save millions of real lives affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India.
That meant no more Twitter or Facebook updates from any of them. No more knowing where they are, what they had for dinner, or what interesting things are happening in their lives. From here on out, they're dead. Kaput. Finished.
Jennifer Hudson Is Dead:
But they don't have to die in vain. And they don't have to stay dead for long. Just watch their Last Tweet and Testaments, and buy their lives back.
Every single dollar helps Keep a Child Alive fight this terrible disease. And when $1,000,000 is reached, everyone will be back online and tweeting in no time.
You can even join the fight yourself by sacrificing your own digital life. If Khloe and Kim can live without Twitter for a few days, maybe you can too.
Kim and Khloe Kardashian Are Dead:
Together, with a little digital sacrifice on our parts, we can give millions of real people the care, love and hope they deserve. We can give them life - the one thing none of us can live without.
The following fabulous shots of the 'dead' celebs were taken by Markus Klinko and Indrani, with styling by GK Reid. The one exception is the Justin Timberlake shot which was taken by Peggy Sirota.
The other "Dead" Celebs:
Alicia Keyes:
Justin Timberlake:
Bronson Pelletier:
Daphne Guinness:
David LaChapelle:
Elijah Wood:
Janelle Monae:
Jay Sean:
Kimberly Cole:
Ryan Seacrest:
Serena Williams:
Swiss Beatz:
The Buried Life:
Usher:
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