BREAKING UP THE LIST AT NUMBER 8 IS NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIST MATU CRONEY. IS IT EASY FOR A PHOTOGRAPHER TO STAY BEHIND A CAMERA? “GROWING UP MY GRANDFATHER HAD A PHOTOGRAPHIC DARKROOM. BOTH MY GRANDFATHER, & FATHER WERE VERY SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR STUDIO WORK. I SUPPOSE THAT SENSE OF MYSTERY PROPELLED MY OWN FASCINATION WITH THE MEDIUM.”
IN PHOTOGRAPHY GENDER CAN ALSO BE SHOWN AS PERFORMATIVE WHEN MECHANISMS OF MASCULINITY APPEAR AS OVERDETERMINED. IF A MAN ACTS EXCESSIVELY MASCULINE OR PERFORMS TOO MUCH OR TOO WELL, IT CAN BECOME CLEAR TO THE VIEWER OR TO HIMSELF THAT HE IS PERFORMING HIS GENDER. FOR IN ORDER TO HIDE MASCULINITY’S PERFORMATIVITY, A MAN MAY HAVE TO LIMIT HIS PERFORMANCE AND CONTAIN IT AS NON-EXCESSIVE. A MAN WHO ACTS TOO OFTEN IN A WAY PERCEIVED AS HYPER-MASCULINE CALLS ATTENTION TO HIS MASCULINITY AS SOMETHING PERFORMED.
MALE NUDE IN ART HISTORY (C.600 BCE – PRESENT) GREEK ART / ROMAN ART / BYZANTINE ART / MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN ART / RENAISSANCE ART / BAROQUE ART / NEOCLASSICAL ART / 19TH CENTURY ART / 20TH CENTURY ART / CONTEMPORARY ART “WHAT SPIRIT IS SO EMPTY AND BLIND, THAT IT CANNOT RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT THE FOOT IS MORE NOBLE THAN THE SHOE, AND SKIN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAT THE GARMENT WITH WHICH IT IS CLOTHED?“
TOP 10 MATU CRONEY AT 8
13 NovTOP 10 DEBO EILERS AT 9 X
11 Nov
DEBO EILERS IS MAKING ART FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. OUT WITH THE OLD, & IN WITH THE NEW. WHEN WE SAW HIS WORK AT NADA IN 2010 ALL WE SAW WAS BEST IN SHOW. SO WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO SEE JEREMY, ELMO, KAYA & CO. ON THE TOP TEN LIST AT NUMBER 9 X
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE ARTIST RELINQUISHES CONTROL OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS? DEBO EILERS ONGOING COLLABORATION WITH KAYA EXPLORES THAT VERY NOTION, STARTING AT 12 YEARS OLD, WHEN THE ARTIST ALLOWED HIS CONSPIRATOR TO PURCHASE WHATEVER SHE WANTED IN THE STORE, HER TASTES AND CHOICES DIRECTLY IMPACTING THE WORK, WITH THAT GESTURE EILERS OPENS A CROSS-CULTURAL DIALOGUE UNHINDERED BY ACADEMIA OR ART HISTORY, FOSTERING THIS SPACE, & COMING TO TRUST THE INSTINCTS OF HIS COLLABORATOR. A DANCE BETWEEN STUDENT & TEACHER, THE EXCHANGE OF PROTEGE & MASTER THAT TAKES PLACE, WHERE THE STUDENT BECOMES THE MUSE. IN THE AGE OF TEENAGE SUPERSTARS KAYA IS REACHING THE ATTENTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ART WORLD, YEARS BEFORE SHE HAS EVEN STARTED AT A HIGH SCHOOL.
ELEMENTS OF THE PERFORMANCES MAKE THEIR WAY BACK INTO THE WORKS, LEFT OVER MASKS, BEATS, SCREEN GRABS, AND DISCARDED CLOTHING, GET RE-PROCESSED, CONSUMERISM & THE CONSUMPTION PROCESS UNABASHEDLY ON DISPLAY, ALMOST TO A OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE FEVER PITCH. WHERE LITTLEST PET SHOP MEETS PAUL MCCARTHY EPIC, WITH BOB ROSS GIVING YOU A TRIP REPORT IT’S AN OVERWHELMING VISION OF THE ART ACADEMIES OF THE FUTURE.
TOP 10 BRANDON OPALKA X
9 Nov
THE EXHIBITIONIST NEVER SHIES AWAY FROM A SHOW. . . IN THE TRADITION OF ART EXPLORATION, WE WERE CURIOUS TO SEE WHICH ARTISTS OUR READERS WERE RESEARCHING. WE HAVE COMPILED THE DATA, WE ARE HAPPY TO PRESENT THE TOP TEN ARTISTS AS CHOSEN BY OUR READERS, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, ARTIST BRANDON OPALKA.
THE MYTH OF THE ARTIST IS A REAL THING, WHEN THE ENVIRONMENT IS AS VIBRANT AS THE WORK THAT EMERGES FROM IT, THE ARTIST ISN’T JUST CREATING A WORK OF ART, BUT A WHOLE MYTHOLOGY THAT MOVES THROUGHOUT. AN UNMISTAKABLE SIGNATURE THAT MARKS THE WORK, AND DEFINES ITS PHYSICALITY IN OUR WORLD
MOVING ITS WAY THROUGH THE STUDIO FLOOR, FRAGMENTS & FLECKS CONGEAL INTO SOLID ARTIFACTS THAT MAKE THEIR WAY AGAINST THE PULL OF GRAVITY UPWARDS, INSERTING THEMSELVES INTO THE WORK
BRANDON OPALKAS’ WORK UNDENIABLY TRANSCENDS INTO THE SPIRIT WORLD WITHOUT EFFORT, POWER ANIMALS & MYSTERIOUS LOCATIONS EVOKE DREAMLIKE LUCIDITY, DAY TRIPPING IS ONLY A BOTTLE AWAY. THE BOTTLE, THE UNIVERSAL LIBATION ITSELF FORESHADOWS STORYTELLING. MYTHS BECOME DISTORTED, & EMBELLISHED, TREASURED THEN DISCARDED, ONLY TO BE RE-FOUND
YESTERDAYS PARTIES SHALL FUEL TOMORROWS EXPLORATION, BRANDON OPALKA VENTURES WITH BRAZEN EXUBERANCE INTO UNKNOWN TERRITORY. EXHIBITING THE POWERFUL ABILITY TO WAYFARE HIS AUDIENCE ON A PERSONAL YET UNIVERSAL JOURNEY
THE LOVERS OF SCORPIO ♏️
31 Oct
SCORPIO IS THE EIGHTH SIGN OF THE ZODIAC, AND THE SECOND WATER SIGN (AFTER CANCER). WEIGHTY AND INTENSE, ALTHOUGH SCORPIO IS RULED BY PLUTO, WITH MARS AS ITS CO-RULER IT SHARES CERTAIN AGGRESSIVE CHARACTERISTICS WITH ARIES. SCORPIO SYMBOLICALLY DEMONSTRATES THE POWER OF MIDDLE AGE, & A CORRESPONDING ABILITY TO DIRECT & CONTROL THE LIFE AROUND IT.
SCORPIO CAN BE SEEN AS AN EVOLUTIONARY STAGE BETWEEN LIBRA & SAGITTARIUS THAT TRANSMUTES GRACIOUS, SOCIAL AND DIPLOMATIC ENERGIES INTO PHILOSOPHICAL, CHANGEABLE AND FIERY ONES. PLUTO GRANTS VOLCANIC SEXUAL ENERGIES AS WELL AS AN INSIGHT INTO THE MYSTERIES OF METAMORPHOSIS & TRANSFORMATION.
THE SCORPIO I PERIOD TAKES INTENSITY AS ITS CENTRAL IMAGE. THE DAYS WHICH COMPRISE SCORPIO I ILLUSTRATE THE UNDERLYING THEME OF INTENSITY, AND THE ACCOMPANYING CAPACITY TO FORMULATE, GUIDE AND FINALLY TRANSFORM UNPOLISHED MATERIALS CREATIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY INTO HIGHLY VALUABLE AND VIABLE ENTITIES. SCORPIO I PEOPLE ARE VERY INTENSE. ONCE THEY GET THEIR TEETH INTO SOMETHING THEY DO NOT EASILY LET GO. NOR DO THEY SPECIALIZE IN COMPROMISE. USING THEIR CHARM WITH GREAT EFFECT IS CHARACTERISTIC OF SCORPIO I’S.
SCORPIO II TAKES DEPTH AS ITS CENTRAL IMAGE. SCORPIO II’S SYMBOLICALLY REVEAL THE MORE SERIOUS SIDE OF HUMAN LIFE. GENERALLY SCORPIO II’S ARE NOT IN A BIG HURRY. METAMORPHIC CHANGE MAY BE EFFECTED IN THEMSELVES AND THEIR LIVES OVER MANY YEARS – SLOWLY AND UNSEEN. THE DANGER IN SUCH STATIC BEHAVIOR WILL LEAD TO BROODING, & DURING SUCH PERIODS SCORPIO II’S MUST BEWARE THAT THEIR DARK SIDE DOES NOT COME TO DOMINATE THEIR OUTLOOK. AS WHEN OIL IS STRUCK & A GEYSER EXPLODES, TREMENDOUS ENERGIES CAN BE RELEASED FROM THE DEEP LAYERS OF THE UNCONSCIOUS. SUCH ENERGIES MUS OF COURSE BE WELL DIRECTED OR DESTRUCTION COULD EASILY RESULT. IDEALLY, POWERFUL NEW INSIGHTS MAY RESULT AT THIS TIME.
THE SCORPIO III TAKES CHARM AS ITS CENTRAL IMAGE, SYMBOLICALLY REVEALING THE ATTRACTIVE POWERS OF SEDUCTIVE CHARM, & MAGNETISM. SCORPIO III PEOPLE TEND TO BE HIGHLY MAGNETIC, & HAVE A HIGHLY DEVELOPED SENSUALITY WHICH NOT ONLY TENDS TO ATTRACT OTHERS BUT LEADS THEM TO SEEK OUT A VARIETY OF PHYSICALLY SATISFYING EXPERIENCES. THE INNER STABILITY OF SCORPIO III IS USUALLY SO GREAT THAT IT SEEMS IT WOULD TAKE AN EARTHQUAKE TO KNOCK THEM OFF BALANCE. PART OF THE REASON FOR THIS IS SELF-CONTROL, ANOTHER PART A REALISTIC ASSESSMENT OF THEIR CAPABILITIES, WHICH KEEPS THEM FROM VENTURING BEYOND THEIR LIMITATIONS. CONTROL IS THE KEY
HOLLYWOOD💩ILLUMINATI
31 Oct
CULTURE IS A WEAPON. POINT BLANK. IT ISN’T FUNNY, SEXY, OR ENTERTAINING. WE MAY DERIVE PLEASURE & COMFORT FROM ITS BYPRODUCTS, BUT DO NOT BE FOOLED, THE BREAD AND CIRCUS SHOW WAS PERFECTED EONS AGO. GOODBYE HOLLYWOOD ILLUMINATI RIP
ITS ALL FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS & VICTORIA SECRET EXTRAVAGANZAS, UNTIL SOMEONE DECIDES TO PULL THE CURTAINS BACK ON THE WHOLE PRODUCTION. WE WERE UPSET, BUT NOT SURPRISED WHEN WE SAW HOLLYWOOD ILLUMINATI HAD BEEN YANKED OFF THE INTERWAVES. NOT SURPRISED, BECAUSE ONLY MONTHS BEFORE, ATTACKS WERE MADE ON BLACK CHILD PRODUCTIONS, FROM THE BIG DOGS > KOCH PRODUCTIONS, FOX, AND THE GRAMMYS. LUCKILY BLACK CHILD HAD THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO BACK UP HIS ARCHIVES. HOLLYWOOD ILLUMINATIS BLOG WAS YANKED BECAUSE OF SUPPOSED “INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT” WE WERE GLAD TO HEAR HIS INSIGHTS, EVEN IF WE DIDN’T AGREE WITH HIS IDEOLOGIES/ OR DELIVERY METHOD, WE FULLY SUPPORT HIS RIGHT TO WRITE A BLOG & COMMUNICATE HIS INSIGHTS WITHOUT THE FEAR OF DELETION.
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