Thursday, May 15, 2014

Corita Kent: “come alive!”

Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)
“come alive!” 1967
Silkscreen
Dimensions: 13" x 23"
photograph by versluis
courtesy of the Corita Art Center, Los Angeles

Corita suggests a parody of brand graphics from the Brillo box and Tide detergent.

The following is from the Corita Art Center:
Text:
come alive! you can make it—The glory of Christ is man fully alive man fully alive is the glory of God the blue cross way is very simple we walk together don’t you need somebody to love jefferson air plane you can make it

Quote by Jefferson Airplane, Pepsi generation ad slogan, Saint Irenaeus

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