Jim Carrey has joined a group of celebrities who have left Twitter following the controversial Elon Musk takeover.
The actor-turned-artist has used social media platforms as a launching pad for his colorful, often politically charged art, but in a tweet posted on social platforms on Tuesday, Carey announced his departure. and left the last work for followers. of artwork.
“This is a cartoon I made with my friend Jimmy Hayward,” Carey wrote, referring to the 2008 film director. houghton hear someone, Carrie voiced the main character. “Based on my drawing of a maddened old lighthouse keeper standing naked in a storm, summoning an angel and lighting a lamp to get through a dangerous night.”
Hayward also posted his personally animated clip Instagram account, which features a naked lighthouse keeper rocking the waves in a raging thunderstorm and Carrie singing Sea Shanty lyrics. Many of the visual elements of Carey’s work employ striped lines of color and a maniacal cartoon figure in the center.
Under Musk’s supervision, Twitter announced plans to lay off a number of employees and charge users $8 per month for Blue Check verified accounts, prompting the emergence of fake accounts. Most recently, we announced that our policies to combat the spread of misinformation about the pandemic have been revoked.
In recent weeks, high-profile users, including model Gigi Hadid, author David Simon, producer Shonda Rhimes, actor Whoopi Goldberg, cartoonist Eric Larsen, and now Carrie, have been using masks to All left Twitter for leadership reasons.
Carey started her painting career in 2011 and released a short film. Called Documentary of 2017 needed color, which depicts his studio practice and passion projects. Soon after its release, the film received over his 5 million views. Guardian Critic Jonathan Jones describes the piece as follows:surprisingly bad“
it didn’t stop mask A star who pursues his creative endeavours. In 2017 he held a solo exhibition at the Signature Gallery Group in Las Vegas, and then in LA he held a solo exhibition at the Maccarone gallery.
His early work was a mix of colorful abstractions interspersed with pop culture imagery. Moved to political cartoons It mostly focused on skewering former President Donald Trump in increasingly violent scenes. 2020, Carey announced Explaining that he is leaving politics behind, he explained: No need to immerse yourself in it anymore. ” Most recently, he Dive into the NFT space, inspired by wellness title image sun showerwith the proceeds going to Feeding America.
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