Artist: Bhakti Baxter
Title: Imploded Ball Barf (scooby doo)
Date: 2011
Dimensions: 72.4 x 23.5 x 27.3 cm

In Imploded Ball Barf Baxter took a ball and painted it white while cutting it in half and placing it onto a wood box that is painted green. In this piece there is a mixture of concrete, epoxy, and enamel. In addition to the objects already stated earlier. The white ball contains the cartoon figures of Scooby Doo and his life long friend Shaggy. The ball has been placed onto a ribbon egg blue box. The box has colors that have babbled down the sides. The white ball has colors barfing out of it as the title has stated. Bubbling up out of the is an explosion of colors.

To me this piece being non transparent and in its 3D form looks like an old school water fountain. None of the colors that are running down the sides are reflected in the 2D cartoon images shown within the ball. The white pigment that has been used on the ball creates an innocent feel to it. Only breaking the ball has made it more about broken innocence. The two notches placed on either half of the white ball look as nipples so this piece could very easily be about a girl losing her virginity. The classic cartoon show Scooby Doo is about unveiling monsters and figuring out mysteries. This could also be related to the loss of innocence. The child who was full of mystery is now broken and transformed.The different colors in this piece such as the blacks and other muddy colors to me makes me feel like the young person was broken against their will. The person then became dirty and incomplete.