http://larushlist.dev4.stefna.is/ Lárus H List en Thu, 17 May 2012 04:35:33 +0000 Thu, 17 May 2012 04:35:33 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Moya 1.13 moya@moya.is moya@moya.is http://larushlist.dev4.stefna.is/en/news/wal-mart_is_suing_an_icelandic_artist/ Wal-Mart is suing an Icelandic artist and dragging him to arbitration court in Switzerland in Mars because of a paintingname Wa1-Mart.com The Akureyri native, aptly named Lárus H. List, with "list" meaning "art" in Icelandic, created the piece two years ago and based it upon Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, then named it "Wa1m-ART." It was intended to be a comment on lies hiden underneath capitalism greed, the painting was meant as a symbol of the consumer greed of America and to protest the Iraq War. Once his painthing was finished List bought the domain name http://www.wa1mart.com/, and sow this artwork Wa1mART in Kling og Bang Gallery which seems to have angered Wal-Mart so much they filed a suit claiming List needs to abandon this website as it too closely visionl resembles the company website http://www.wal-mart.com/ List said the idea behind his Mona Lisa- oil painting art work, was meant as a symbol of the consumer greed of America, like in Art and politiks we do not have or see the hole picture. British lawyer Graham Ross http://www.themediationroom.com/ has offered List to represent his case. List said one of the idea behind his Mona Lisa-based artwork was to criticize American greed and cultural hegemony and that Wal-Mart’s lawsuit has proven his point. Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:29:00 +0000 http://larushlist.dev4.stefna.is/en/news/wal-mart_is_suing_an_icelandic_artist/