Artist Creates Images Of Barbie In The Darkest, Most Bizarre And NSFW Situations

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A subversive artist has taken Barbie out of the sparkly dream house and into the dark world of murder, fetish sex , and violence in a series of darkly funny photos.

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Mariel Clayton, the artist behind the photos, uses dolls to create scenes that wouldn't be out of place in an episode of Dexter or Breaking Bad.

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On her website Marielle explains where the idea's come from:

It started out with a camera and a major interest in travel photography, but a sublime encounter in a Tokyo toy shop led me into the surreal world of Japanese miniatures, and ultimately to the stories that could be told with them. Since I started working with dolls, I have grown more and more to appreciate what can be done with them, how the smallest gesture or placement seems to convey volumes.

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What follows are some of Mariel's best work.

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As you can see from her designs it rarely ends well for Ken.

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Barbie is perfectly depicted as a sociopath.

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Barbie enjoying a meal after a long day of murder.

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If Ken had genitles I bet this would burn!

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Somebody is about to die.

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Mariel also says she find working with dolls a "damn funny medium" and we agree, although Ken may want to start sleeping with one eye open.