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Threat of Funk - A black-and-white field contains a red-brown torso or head shape and repeated block lettering reading BOOGIE and BOO.

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Threat of Funk

2026-04-17

Medium
acrylic on canvas
Size
approx. 25 × 30 in

Role: primary_artwork

Raw title: Threat of Funk

Aliases: Threat of Funk, threatoffunk

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Recall

The repeated “BOOGIE” text turns rhythm into menace, while the dark body and red sun make dance feel like possession. The painting makes funk both comic and apocalyptic: movement as something joyful that might overtake you.

Song Pair

The Jacksons - Blame It on the Boogie

Visual Text

BOOGIE/BOOGIE/BOOGIE/BOO/BOO/BOOGIE/BOOGIE [white, top left]

Source

source filename: threatoffunk.JPG
site image: art-015-threat-of-funk.jpg

Tags

Visible

red sun / red star 15performance 19figure 52skull 9color guy 13ghost 19text 28cartoon 19

Colors

grayred

Part of

Red Sun / Fool / OverexposureBlue Text / Label / VoiceAnimal / Cartoon / TricksterGhost / Interior / Memory

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Manual Priority Evidence

  • BOOGIE (!!)
  • red sun (!)

Related Works

Listen

Song Pairing: The Jacksons - Blame It on the Boogie

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