Is the Sarah Jessica Parker Horse Painting Too Mean?

Art about the Sex and the City star raises the question: Where is the line when it comes to insulting celebrities?

By Ted Casablanca, Becky Bain Jun 11, 2009 1:19 PMTags
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About this horsey painting of poor Sarah Jessica Parker: How mean is too mean when you're dealing with celebrities?

We talked to ferocious artist 14 at her exhibit in Hollywood's World of Wonder gallery. She's not afraid to piss off any of the celebs she skewers—even legal threats from Paris' camp about a crab-sprinkled painting couldn't make her play nice.

"I don't feel comfortable teasing people about the way they look," 14 tells us. "But at the same time, my artistic mission for [the Gallery of the Absurd blog] is to observe and record the social commentary springing from celebrity gossip."

Hell, she painted Parker literally as a horse! Is that going too far? We think so. She admitted the only famous face she initially drew but decided against posting on her site was of...

Rumer Willis, sketched with an even bigger Jay Leno-esque chin than the gal's already got.

"Yes, I might giggle a little when a blogger posts a bad photo of Rumer and calls her a tater head," she tells us. "But I feel like she's still a kid and didn't want to hurt her feelings."

Our thoughts? We think Rume's old enough to take a joke and is in the wrong business if she can't take a knock at her own appearance. It only gets worse from here, hon!

So when is mean too mean when it comes to trashing celebs? Parker's painting, for starters. But where the hell do you draw the line, folks? Weigh in, already!