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The Masochistic Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy War

2025-07-13

Medium: oil and acrylic on canvas
Size: approx. 24 × 36 in

Role: primary_artwork

Raw title: The Masochistic Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy War

Aliases: The Masochistic Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy-Proxy War, masochisticproxyproxywar

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Recall

The painting turns conflict into a cartoon wanted poster, where gun, animal mask, and scattered text make violence feel absurdly mediated. Its humor depends on distance: the war is everywhere, but always through another proxy, another joke, another image.

Song Pair

The Strokes - Reptilia

Visual Text

BANDiT [black, top left, wanted poster; WANTED/BANDiT context]

Source

source filename: masochisticproxyproxywar.heic
site image: art-043-the-masochistic-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-proxy-war.jpg

Manual Priority Evidence

text: BANDiT (!!!)
BANDiT (!!)
wanted poster (!!)
gun (!)
cartoon (!)

Related Works

Listen

Song Pairing: The Strokes - Reptilia

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Works Cited

The Book of Disquiet verified Fernando Pessoa
Othello verified William Shakespeare