Attached to the Mouse Disney & Contemporary Art

Artists have been using the image of the Mouse in many different contexts and ways since the late 1940s. One of the first was the British artist. And the use of the words "Mickey Mouse," to denote that something is easy, really easy have been around for a long time. The Mouse is an iconic image that has represented the United States for awhile. Right after 9/11 a young artist in Scotland used a stuffed toy Mouse in an airplane that was crashing into two towers. Long before this two artists --Equipo Cronica--had a simple head shot of the Mouse in one box in a grid and the other boxes were filled with graphic image of a A-bomb explosion. It was reported this week that an image of the Mouse is being used by Hamas.
There are many posted links on the net. Julie Stahl's article comes with a video of the program. She comments that the use of the Mouse is ironic. No, easy. Many artist's have done this before Hamas. Here's the link to her article--
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/
archive/200705/INT20070507

And in no time at all the program has been pulled and is under review.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20070509/hamas-mickey-mouse.htm