Tom Forsythe used Barbie for his work on mass-consumerism. He also put the doll in a tortilla, skewered it and placed in the over and other various kitchen appliances for his pieces. The doll's makers, Mattel, took legal action against the artist saying his sexualisation of their doll was bad for publicity. Because of the attention surrounding this, it is very difficult to find many sites about distorted Barbies on the web ( though some do remain). Sales have already fallen 15% since Barbie seperated from Ken, her partner of 42 years.
When Forsythe won the appeal he said he has "set a new standard for the ability to criticise popular brands and do so without the fear of being sued."
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