Yesterday, Miley Cyrus released her new video for "We Can't Stop," and it confused a lot of people. When did she become obsessed with twerking and taxidermy? How does one acquire a purple swimming pool? Why are fingers being spliced off (and bleeding pink paint), and why does the piñata at her party have sausages and pancakes coming out of it?
The answer is simple: ART. We have a feeling that Miley Cyrus' director, Diane Martel, was at least a little bit inspired by Ryan McGinley, Barbara Kruger, Guy Bourdin, and even the human barbie, Valeria Lukyanova.Â
Maybe you were a bit distracted by her tight white outfit, but these side-by-side comparisons will bring your attention to the details that lowkey made the video what it really is—an amalgamation of scenes directly inspired by famous works of modern and contemporary art.
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Art Pieces That Inspired Miley Cyrus' "We Can't Stop" Video
Ryan McGinley, Taylor (Rushing River), 2011
Ryan McGinley, Falling Pink Sunset, 2006
Roy Lichtenstein, Stepping Out, 1978 and Terry Richardson
Jacky Tsai, Floral Skull Leather Sculpture, 2013 and Damien Hirst, For the Love of God, 2007
Ryan McGinley, Running Fireworks, 2007
Guy Bourdin, Untitled, 1980 and David LaChapelle, Still Life: Mikhail Gorbachev, 2009
Jenny Holzer, Blue Cross, 2008
Cai Guo-Qiang, Heritage 2013, 2013 and Cai Guo-Qiang, Head On, 2006
Claes Oldenburg, Pancakes and Sausauges, 1962 and Tom Friedman, Untitled (White Bread), 2013
Guy Bourdin, Untitled, 1980
Augusta Wood, Kitchen Birds, 2010
Valeria Lukyanova
Big Baby Gandhi, NO1 2 LOOK UP 2 mixtape, 2012
Barbara Kruger, I Can't Look at You and Breathe at the Same Time, 1981-84
