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Home > Illustrations > Oscar Night Wardrobe Malfunction

Oscar Night Wardrobe Malfunction

By Istvan Banyai | Created: 2004

Oscar Night Wardrobe Malfunction
Publication
  • The New Yorker, March 1, 2004
Publication Date
  • March 1, 2004
Medium
  • Mixed media
Support
  • Paper
Illustration Size
  • Unknown
Collection
  • Collection of the artist

©Istvan Banyai

The 76th Academy Awards ceremony was broadcast live on February 29, 2004, but was aired with a five second tape delay― possibly because of Janet Jackson’s recent “wardrobe malfunction,” which occurred during a half-time performance at Super Bowl XXXVII. Banyai references this event in his New Yorker cover, which features the Oscar statuette as a convenient cover up. The magazine’s art director, Francoise Mouly, had several discussions with the artist about just how much skin to reveal in the finished piece.

Genres
  • Fairy Tales and Fables
  • Story Illustration
Global Perspectives
  • North America
Related Time Periods
  • The Decade 2000-2010 The Decade 2000-2010

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