Elizabeth Bennett contemporary art
California, USA
Updated Nursery Rhymes
Inspired by the Burma Shave ads from the 1900's, these red and white signs containing Updated Nursery Rhymes have been placed along roads. The modernized rhymes refect contemporary society.
Little Bo Peep
Can’t get to sleep
She’s jacked up on caffeine and coke
Counting sheep doesn’t work
She’s going berserk
Is this what it means to be “Woke?”
Little Bo Peep 2022
Castro Street, Mountain View, Ca
Hickory Dickory Dock
My cell phone is my clock.
Don’t understand
An hour hand
.
Hickory Dickory Dock
Hickory Dickory Dock 2022
Grant Road, Los Altos, CA
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Mary had about a gram
of high grade pure white snow.
And everywhere that Mary went
she always took her blow.
She shared some at her school one day
which was against the rules.
It made the children laugh and play
to take some drugs at school.
Three white mice
Three white mice
We watch them run
We watch them run
Injected with hormones
and antifreeze
They finish the maze
with incredible ease
The people who sponsor
this research are pleased
With three white mice.
Jack was nimble
Jack was fleet
Jack became a
Pro athlete.
There was an old woman
who lived on the street
with an old shopping cart
and nothing to eat.
She went to the mission
to get a hot meal.
But needed a miracle
to end her ordeal.
Simple Frank went to a bank
to get himself a loan.
Says Simple Frank to the bank
“I want to buy a home.”
Says the bank to Simple Frank
“Any assets in your name?”
Says Simple Frank back to the bank,
“No, that’s why I came.”
There was an old woman
who lived in a tent.
She had so many children
she couldn’t pay rent.
She went to a food bank
and got them some bread,
Hugged them and kissed them
and put them to bed
Officer Lou,
come make an arrest.
My wallet's been stolen
I’m stabbed in the chest
Where is the cop
who should answer this call?
Laid off during cutbacks
at City Hall.
Bye Baby Roscoe
Daddy ran to Costco.
For diapers for your little bottom
Please don’t shit before he’s got ‘em
Little Miss Marcy
was stuck in her car seat
When a spider climbed
up on her head
She let out a shout
but she couldn’t get out
So she swatted the spider instead.