Thursday, February 10, 2011

Nazi gnomes?

This one may be a little more edgy than gnomepunk, but we're going to include it anyway:



That's right: a well-dressed golden garden gnome giving the Nazi salute while surrounded by other similarly dressed black garden gnomes.

WTF?

Well, apparently this was German artist Ottmar Hörl's expression of protest against "lingering fascist tendencies in German society." What started out as one gnome became an entire installation -- and a cause célèbre when Horl found his work potentially running afoul of Germany's strict anti-Nazi laws!

Actually, fighting fascism with art - yeah, let's call that gnomepunk.

Here's a TIME magazine story and a CBS News report on the incident.
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3 comments:

  1. Jeff SwansonFebruary 10, 2011 at 11:09 PM

    If you want an actual steampunk garden gnome check out Steampunk Garden Gnome

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  2. Walaka of Earth 2February 11, 2011 at 6:56 AM

    Awesome! We'll highlight this in the future!

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  3. Jeff SwansonFebruary 16, 2011 at 2:39 PM

    Hey I just saw you were in Seattle too -- shoot me an email if you get a chance. Jeff () onetwoten () net.

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