Georg Baselitz
Scarecrow (Eagle) , 2009
Bronze and black painted stainless steel.
250 x 100 x 100 cm (91 x 40 x 40 in)
Dan Colen
Untitled (Vete al Diablo)
2006
Wood, wire, polyurethane, papier mâché, gesso, oil paint
182.9 x 121.9 cm base 30.5 cm
I saw that my friend Andrew put up this kickstarter project and it seems really cool. Check out the clip and help get this project finished :)
Two studies have demonstrated that people with red hair have different sensitivity to pain compared to people with other hair colors. One study found that people with red hair are more sensitive to thermal pain (associated with naturally occurring low vitamin K levels),while another study concluded that redheads are less sensitive to pain from multiple modalities, including noxious stimuli such as electrically induced pain
DON'T TOUCH A REDHEAD; SHE'S ELECTRIC
Stereo - chest tattoo. get it? heart beat music.
marilyn monroe
the unpublished photos
Wow, I never seen these before. She always looked awesome no matter what. Check her out doing normal stuff, vacationing, pool and hanging with loved ones.
View more at: Smilorama.com
I'M READY FOR SUMMER
ARE YOU??
END OF THE WORLD?
If you watch the news and read the papers and what’s on the internet; by the looks of it, it seems it’s the end of the world. If it’s not the end, it appears more then ever as if it’s around corner. It could be fear mongering by the media as a form of control? It could be that information due to the rapid growth of social media gives us “breaking” news overdoses. Things have always happened, but now we find out on real time instead of weeks or months later. It’s at an instance. The world is more united when it comes to info sharing. Now, if a doze birds die mysteriously everyone around the world can find out in 1 hour. Does this have to do with all of this 2012 talk? I like to stay optimistic, even if I stopped eating the fish. If Dec. 21st 2012 is the date…well I have a little message for the Mayans….
IT MIGHT SEEM ABSURD to describe Julian Schnabel as neglected, given his great celebrity, his flourishing career as a film director, and his near-mythic status as a 1980s art star, but for more than 20 years his paintings have been passed over in silence by most critics and largely ignored by curators. His paradox is to be at once highly visible as a cultural figure and deeply invisible as a painter. Some of this invisibility is the result of his being dismissed by influential academic theorists as a mere resuscitator of modernist styles in an outmoded medium. Another factor has been the unexpected success of his films, which has drawn attention away from his activity as a painter; the meme “His movies are better than his paintings” has flourished almost since the release of his first film, Basquiat (1996).
A balanced assessment of Schnabel’s achievement has been hampered by the difficulty of seeing his work in depth. Astonishingly, Schnabel has not been given a museum exhibition in the U.S. since his Whitney midcareer survey of 1987. (Recently, L.A. MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch signaled an end to what will have been a quarter-century embargo when he announced his museum is planning a Schnabel retrospective for 2012.) There have been numerous gallery shows, mostly in New York, but only a small percentage of this prolific artist’s work ever made it into these exhibitions. Schnabel’s penchant for painting at billboard scale has been one obstacle to a fuller presentation of his work, and so has his tendency to hold back some important works from public view.
JULIAN
SCHNABEL
This is a really interesting article by Raphael Rubinstein that was published in this months issue of Art in America. Rubinsteins examines Schnabel's history or lack there of with some, not all American museum establishments and how that might change very soon thanks to Deitch mounting a retrospective at L.A.'s MOCA in 2012.
Beyond these shores, Schnabel has not been as neglected. In 2003, the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt mounted an extensive survey of his work that traveled to the Reina Sofía in Madrid and the Mostra d’Oltremare in Naples. More recently, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto presented “Julian Schnabel: Art and Film,” an exhibition that brought together some 40 paintings, two sculptures and eight Polaroids from 1975 to 2010. Asserting that cinema has played a central role in Schnabel’s work from the beginning, the show’s organizer, David Moos, who is the AGO’s curator of modern and contemporary art, assembled a compelling survey of Schnabel’s career in which every work had some connection to film. The exhibition coincided with the 2010 Toronto Film Festival, where Schnabel’s new movie, Miral, had its North American debut. In June, a large Schnabel show opens at the Museo Correr in Venice, coinciding with this year’s Biennale.
A visit to the AGO show last November made me realize, first, how few of Schnabel’s paintings I’d seen in the past two decades, and second, how powerful his work can be when encountered in person. Everyone knows that the reliance on reproductions of artworks (and paintings, in particular) fosters highly inaccurate notions about them, but it is still very easy to base one’s estimation of individual works or even entire careers on reproductions now, given their accessibility on the Internet. And more and more of our art experience happens on screens the size of placemats. All paintings suffer from reproduction, but Schnabel’s tend to be depleted more than most. The enormous scale of so many of them, which one experiences almost the way one experiences architecture; the disruptive surfaces of the plate paintings, in which images coalesce or break up dramatically depending on one’s viewing distance; the textures of his wildly various supports (weathered tarpaulins, pony skin, black velvet, polyester) that invite intensely haptic responses from viewers; a bounty of materials that range from encaustic and glossy resin to deer antlers and antique embroidery—these are all primary facts about the works that get lost in even the best photographic reproductions. It’s almost as if the artist deliberately set out to make paintings that resist easy translation into the medium of photography. Pursuing such a strategy would be consistent with Schnabel’s oft-stated belief in the importance of the viewer’s presence before the work of art. In 2003, he told Max Hollein, who organized the Schirn Kunsthalle show, “Paintings are physical things that need to be seen in person. It’s hard to get a painting’s intensity from a reproduction.”
Portrait of Andy Warhol (1982). Half of an artistic exchange (Warhol did a portrait of Schnabel), it presents Warhol as a spectral figure glowing against a black-velvet background. (Like nearly all of Schnabel’s portraits, this one was done from life.) Delineated with abrupt strokes of bone white and scumbled violets and yellows, Warhol could be one of El Greco’s vulnerable, sinewy saints.
Julian Schnabel standing in front of his painting El Espontaneo (For Abelardo Martinez), 1990, oil on white tarpaulin, 22 feet square. Courtesy Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. Photo Ian Lefevbre.
MANDY
MURPHY
Hey friends, welcome to another exclusive issue of Sexy Riot. We got to catch up with the classy, beautiful and petite model Mandy Murphy. She’s from Florida and she’s been modeling for 2 years now. We really enjoy the quality of her pictures. Totally different from any of the other girls we featured; then again each one is special for different reasons. :-) If your on the ipad, welcome! It looks great doesn’t it? Without further a due, learn something new about our 8th issue model Mandy Murphy. – Sexy Riot
What's life like in Orlando, FL?
Never a dull moment, that's for sure. Where I live, I'm minutes away from the beach, downtown, museums, parks, beautiful nature and amazing weather - I love it.
How long have you been modeling?
A little over two years now!
Do you have a boyfriend?
Yes, and he's definitely my kind of man! We've been together for over a year now.
What kind of guys are you attracted to ? White, Black, Asian Hispanic? etc
I am not racist at all, but I prefer white males, I've never dated out of my own race mostly due to threats from my father and the way I was raised.
Who are some photographers you have worked with?
I've worked with a slew for sure, some of my favorite and most memorable with Lauren Steil, Victoria Zeoli, Lithium Picnic, Gage Young, Mojokiss, Michelle Star, Shelby Chan and gosh, so many others I'm leaving out that were also so amazing and spectacular at what they do. :X
Who's your favorite designer out today?
I can honestly say that I don't have one! As much as I love fashion, my style and love constantly evolves, I like such a range of designers that I could never narrow it down to just one!
Any models you look up to? Anyone you would like to work with?
Cindy Crawford & Claudia Schiffer are huge inspirations for me, as well as Dita Von Teese, who has such a glamourous, classy look.
So, you like eating candy and smoking pot?
Two of my favorite things to do daily, all day.
What do you do on your free time?
Crafts! I love making cute artsy fartsy things, painting, gardening, flea markets, thrift shopping, hanging w/my friends.
Ever make it much down to Miami?
Yes! Actually going next week. : )
Any shoots coming up you can share with us?
I have a really exciting shoot coming up with Dangerously Dolly (Artraged) coming up that I'm really excited about! I've admired her work for awhile now & we've been wanting to shoot for some time now and FINALLY we'll be in the same place, same time soon. Cute stuff coming soon!
Ever had a one night stand?
Never in my life, everything about that phrase wants me to vomit. Sex is love, and love does not come & go overnight.
How many times have you been to Disney world?
Over 20! It's one of my favorite theme parks, who doesn't love Minnie Mouse and magical lands?
What things model wise up to this point are you most proud of?
That's a toughie..I feel like I haven't even reached my full potential at all so it's hard to say.
Whats a big turn off and turn on for you?
Turn on - good smelling armpits. Turn off - teeth plaque.
Any pets?
A cat named Miss Kitty and a bunny name Herman (after Herman Munster)
Can we find you in print?
A few places, yes! Been in a few tattoo magazines, bunch of various advertisements, couple of covers, also just shot another cover for an international magazine last month.
Favorite sites?
http://www.facebook.com/l/65ac4;Ebay.com!
Favorite magazines?
W, Another, Nylon, Playboy (Oooo) and Architecture's Digest
What do you think of the ipad?
I wouldn't mind having one, want to buy me one?
I see your an iphone user, if someone stole your phone what kind of texts would they find, and what kind of pictures?
1000 texts from my dude, few from my mom, bunch of missed calls, backed up on voicemails, maybe some nudes & pictures of Miss Kitty probably..hahah
Special thanks to Mandy for doing the interview. Stay tuned for more exclusive interviews with some of hottest models that are of 100% Value for people into tattoos, pin up, punk rock modelilng and more! Let us know what you want to see! Subscribe to our webzine and drop us a message with feedback and questions. Thanks for the love everyone! -Sexy Riot
"YOU THINK YOU GOT BETTER KICKS? I'MA PISS ON YOUR SHOES RIGHT NOW NIGGA."
- KANYE WEST
GOD BLESS AMERICA
HAPPY ST. PATTIES DAY
BITCHES!
Ah, yes its that time of the year again. Grab your four leaf clovers, your only green shirt in your closet and plenty of beer and enjoy this tradition. Oh, yeah...and pump that House of Pain!
CRAIG GLEASON
Nothing better then spending money, and in Gleason's case drawing on Washington...making him look like a Lady Gaga.
GUIDELINES
Female painted as the iphone. Now, why couldn't I think of that? I wonder how you put in the battery? Check out the other photos at Design You Trust.
NATE DOGG
Nathaniel Dwayne Hale (August 19, 1969 - March 15, 2011)
OH MY GOD
BRASS MONKI
FUNKYMONKI
If you can dream it (and afford it), Daniel Reese (aka Brass Monki) can make it happen on a pair of Nike Dunks. We discovered him researching our Geek Sneaks article, and knew we had to go back and run a full piece. Inspired by a boring afternoon, a Biro and a pair of white plimsolls, Reese threw himself into sneaker pimping when a night out in his new doodle sneakers ended with a pocket full of requests and a wallet full of cash - he didn't buy a drink all night! These days, things are way more professional. Business is booming and the Monki's branching out. He even got a cease and desist letter from Warner Bros, for an awesome-looking pair of Batman and Robins. Not bad for a 22-year-old that still lives at home...
SO, SO, SO DOPE!!
How long have you been customising sneakers?
It’s been about three years since I doodled on those pumps. But I turned my attention to leather and started the Brass Monki blog in July 2009.
Were you always a massive sneaker head?
Huge! Since I turned 16 and got a job, I haven’t stopped buying shoes.
How many pairs do you own?
I’d say about 40 sneakers and around 25 plain white Nike Dunks ready to paint!
The site says you also re-stuff tongues and colour the stitching, how much have you learned about sneakers over the years?
I’ve learned a lot, but all the information’s out there. Everything I know is from the Internet, little written guides and YouTube.
"Since I turned 16 and got a job, I haven’t stopped buying shoes."
Via: Design You Trust
Amazing post by Design You Trust!!
