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01/28/2008 The Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery is located in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City and features many impressive artists that I had never seen before. I haven't even had a chance to check all the artists and find all their the websites. Below are three artists that caught my eye anyway, and many thanks to Lou Patrou, whose work is now on exhibit, (art below) for sending me the link. The next time I'm NYC, I'll have to check this place out.
Mari Yamagiwa
Lou Patrou
Benita Jung [Permalink] [ ] Alexandre Cabanel [Bio
1823 to 1889] Images: Art Renewal (26) and Wikimedia (16)
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T-Bone
Walker - Call It Stormy Monday (Live) [Lyrics]
They Might Be
Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul [Lyrics]
Laurie Anderson -
Excellent Birds (Live) [Lyrics]
Ralph Wiggum
for President
Rejected Titles For The George W. Bush Movie 01/21/2008
National Gallery of
Slovenia
Periodic Table Printmaking Project via
MF
JM
Sketchbook - WW1 via
Little Hokum Rag
Bongaboi's deviantART Gallery via
Blog About
The Octopus In Japanese Erotic Art I'm not big fan of Japanese erotic art unless the quality of the artwork is outstanding. My favorite work of Shunga, Dream of the Fisherman's Wife, is by the master Japanese Ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai. I'm also quite impressed by the exceptional quality of the modern paintings of Yuji Moriguchi, which I found via Blog About. Unlike the disturbing sadistic tentacle images of Japanese Hentai books and anime, the women in these depictions seem to be in a state of erotic ecstasy with their octopus lovers. Whatever the underlying psychology is behind these images, I have to blame Captain Beefheart and his Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish song from Trout Mask Replica for my warped mind!
[Permalink] [ ] 01/14/2008 The Visual Art Of William Blake William Blake [Bio
1757-1827] Wikimedia Archive
and Essay Update: The WikiSource has an incredible collection of Blake's poetry, including illustrated works, that is just super! I was particularly touched by his illustrated poem - The Little Black Boy. It brought a tear to my eye, and poignantly revealed the abolitionist side of Blake way back in 1789! It's really amazing all the wonderful works of art that is at our fingertips on the Internet and especially Wikipedia!
[Permalink] [ ] Frederick Leighton [Bio
1825-30 to 1896] Images: Art Renewal (101) and Wikimedia (43)
[Permalink] [ ] The Three Faces Of Lady Marmalade I was looking for a music video to post when I thought about Labelle's sexy disco hit Lady Marmalade from 1975, which I've always thought was a great tune. Well I found the original Labelle video on YouTube, but also I found a great version by Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, and Pink for the Moulin Rouge! movie, and also a very funny Mad parody version of the latter. So please check out the Three Faces of Lady Marmalade. There is also a lot of interesting background from Wikipedia. For example, did you know:
[Permalink] [ ] 01/07/2008 Zinaida Serebriakova [Bio 1884-1967] (Via Little Hokum Rag) This is what I love about art blogging, i.e., finding an artist that you never heard of before who totally blows you away with their talent, and Ukranian Zinaida Serebriakova certainly fills the bill as a great artist for me. She was an very prolific portraiture and landscape artist. Where she excelled in my opinion was her remarkable portrayal of female sensuality and "eroticism" in her paintings.
It's been my observation that women make the best female nude and portrait paintings, because they are more likely to capture the complete beauty of the feminine body and spirit, and Zinaida Serebriakova renders the essence of women second to none! I want to get a book of her of work, but I couldn't find one on Amazon. If there isn't a good book on her artwork in English, this would be a great project for somebody! Archives [Permalink] [ ] This is an interesting set paintings from Wikimedia Commons. With the exception of Fuseli, the images are very peaceful and serene. Click the link above to see all of my favorites.
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