Articles Posted in the ART Category
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Nowness: 6 Minute Excerpt of Björk: Biophilia Live
Biophilia Live brings to a close an intense few years of activity from one of the most inventive artists working in the world of music.
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22 Years Later – Madonna’s Sex Book Gets The Drag Makeover it Deserves
Greg Scarnici presents “Sex In Drag” – a parody of Madonna’s notorious release – shot entirely on Fire Island. Featuring Chris Harder, Dallas Dubois, Logan Hardcore, Bob The Drag Queen, Quamin Ellis, Z100’s “Uncle Johnny” and Greg himself, as Mandonna.
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NSFW: Carmen Carrera’s Nude Poster For Life Ball 2014 by David LaChapelle
David LaChapelle captures trans model Carmen Carrera as both ‘Adam’ and ‘Eve’ on the Life Ball 2014 poster.
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VIDEO: Matthew Barney’s New 5 Hour Insane Opera/Film Performance showing to London.
Erstwhile J.Crew model and father to Bjork’s children Matthew Barney is renowned as one of the strangest, most ambitious and certainly least thrifty artists in the world. His gorgeous, nauseating, head-scratchingly avant garde ‘Cremaster Cycle’ is a series of five feature length films that allegedly cost four million dollars to make.
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WATCH: The GENDEROSITY Project: A Transformative Performance Art Project by Donald C. Shorter
A Multi-media transformative performance art project by Donald C. Shorter.
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Happy Birthday Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery (26 March 1961 – 31 December 1994) was an Australian performance artist, club promoter, actor, pop star, model and fashion designer, based in London. Bowery is considered one of the more influential figures in the 1980s and 1990s London and New York art and fashion circles influencing a generation of artists and designers. His influence reached through the fashion, club and art worlds to impact, amongst others, Meadham Kirchhoff, Alexander McQueen, Lucian Freud, Vivienne Westwood, Boy George, Antony and the Johnsons, John Galliano, the Scissor Sisters, David LaChapelle, Lady Bunny plus numerous Nu-Rave bands and nightclubs in London and New York which arguably perpetuated his avant garde ideas.
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Installation view of Nick Cave at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
Though Nick Cave’s Sound Suits appear whimsical with their mishmash of colorful, festive-looking materials, the unconventional, wearable sculptures have a less joyful origin story.
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Beefcake: Adonis Photography by Antonio Pulgarin
Beefcake a.k.a. Adonis: Black & Adonis: White are two sides of the photo series by Antonio Pulgarin inspired by vintage beefcake imagery of the 1950’s and 60’s. Antonio’s concept for the shoot develops in two directions one with the use of bright lighting , and cast shadow; Where the Black series uses shadow as it prominent element gently painting and exposing with precisely placed light on the forms on these beautiful men’s bodies.
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WATCH: RuPaul’s SUPERMODEL (2013 Edit) by Marco Ovando feat. The Drag Race All-Stars
Marco Ovando injects high glamour into his remake of RuPaul’s hit song” Supermodel” The video shot in contrasted black in white features most of the famous faces like Raja, Sharon Needles, Detox, Manila Luzon, Milan, Alaska, Carmen Carrera, with cameos by Amanda Lepore, Heidi Glum, Jordan Fox & Epiphany. Get into it.
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The Films of Absurdist Video Art Genius: Shaye Saint John
SHAYE SAINT JOHN (USA) is a performer and video artist. Considered the GodMother of Absurdist Video Art, the character of Shaye exploded onto YouTube with a reality based horror show that defined the absurdity of the times. An ex-model, in a car crash and now outfitted with prosthetics, Shaye takes to the camera creating insane diets, working various angles to get back into the scene, and repeating unforgettable aphorisms mimicking the social media language that subsequently emerged.