However, despite best efforts to remind audiences that The Smurfs are
a cherished childhood icon, Raja Gosnell's version is thoroughly modern.
And while the inflatable art by Jeff Koons still keeps the likeable form of the adorable objects on which it's based on, artist Paul McCarthy newer fails to gross us out, by adding a touch of malice to
cherished childhood myths and
icons and by placing them in violent or sexually deviant situations.