Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water...

... another Raft of the Medusa lookalike. This one by photographer Joel-Peter Witkin

Is it Flotsam or Jetsam?

When, in August last year, we promised no more variations on Théodore Géricault Raft of the Medusa (you can see them all by putting Medusa into the search box) it was mostly because we couldn’t find any more of them. Here’s the Bruce High Quality Foundation’s version to the rescue. (Apologies to RSS readers who may get this post twice in true copy cat fashion)
Image: Bruce High Quality Foundation, Raft of the Medusa 2007

A raft too far

Ok, ok. Enough already. No more Gercault rafts, thanks all the same. Where were you all when we were obsessed by Lego? Here are our pick of the many, many takes on Géricault’s The Raft of the Medusa sent to us by raft, Géricault and naked-guy enthusiasts from around the world.
Images: From the top, Actrix, The Raft of G.W. Bush by Joel Peter Witkin, Medusa by Mark Devo (left), HU Jieming’s Raft of the Medusa (right) and bottom (sorry) Freeman Barnes. Click on one of the images for the full horror.

All at sea

In Raft of Medusa Copy Cat terms, how could we have forgotten the cover of the record we must have played at least once every day of 1985? The Pogues fan site continues the theme and is called In the wake of the Medusa! According to legend the Pogues’ title came from Churchill: “Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash. “ Unfortunately, if you believe Wikipedia, this is a misattribution. Anyway, thanks for the reminder A.

Copy cats

Top, The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault. Middle, The Arrival of the Maoris in New Zealand by Louis J. Steele and Charles F. Goldie and bottom, Raft in Magazine: L’Officiel by Mark Squires