This #cafe had their #restroom keys attached to #giant #spoons. #portsmouth #newhampshire
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- MARC QUINN— Self 2006
made using 4.5 litres of his own blood, which was slowly extracted from his body over a period of five months and frozen in a cast of his face. Quinn has been making these roughly every five years since 1991 - FREDERIC FONTENOY— Alkama (blood & milk) 2003 | 2 images
in Fontenoy’s words: “Alkama is an experiment, related to alchemy… The vital fluids, red and white, male and female, female or male, mingle—the experiment is whether they will interpenetrate or reject.” these photographs capture the moments when the two body substances first come together - JORDAN EAGLES— BAR 1-9 2009 + LIFE FORCE 2008
layers of Blood preserved on plexiglass, UV resin, the process of layering blood and resin in this manner (at times up to 3 inches thick) allows for the creation of depth, luminosity and texture. - ANDRES SERRANO— blood and semen V 1990 + bloodstream
The most famous and notorious of Serrano’s work plays on the relationship between beautiful imagery and vulgar often bodily materials and substances, his subject matter often draws from the potentially controversial and is intentionally provocative.
*for ISSUES & IMAGES: flesh + blood lecture
a selection of male artists using blood as a medium in the production of art - MARC QUINN— Self 2006
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@caitlynpenke with her new friend Power Babo #uglydolls #portsmouth #nh
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My bank account is crying but #happybirthday to me #21
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“Much of Letinsky’s work alludes to human presence, without including any actual figures. For example, in the Morning and Melancholia (c. 1997-2001), and the I Did Not Remember I Had Forgotten (c. 2002-2004) series, Letinsky seems to document the aftermath of a sumptuous gathering or dinner party. Faded flower petals intermingle with empty glasses and crumbs of food on partially cleared tables, often covered with a white linen that bears the mark of spilled wine.
As alluded in the title Morning and Melancholia these scenes are often filled with a fresh, clear light, as though one is viewing from the perspective of the morning after, what the host failed to clean up the evening before. However, the title of the series itself is a reference to an essay by Freud, Mourning and Melancholia, which discusses the human response to loss.
The title I Did Not Remember I Had Forgotten also has a literary source; it refers to a line by St. Augustine, commenting on memory, ‘One would never say I did not remember I had forgotten.’ Letinsky responded:
‘I was thinking, No, that’s not right! Actually, I felt I had just come to this moment where I did not remember that I had forgotten, and it had to do with music. I’d gone for three years without listening to music. I would drive in the car and I would want silence, or I would listen to talk shows. Then for some reason I began listening to the radio, and some of the CDs I had around, and it was almost like drinking water after being really thirsty. I took such pleasure in it. Somehow, I did not remember that I’d forgotten to turn on the music.’”
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#orangeleaf with #good #friends in #portsmouth #nh #latergram
