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Turner Prize Winner Improvement?

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The signature work of past winner Tracey Emin.

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The signature work of this year's winner, Martin Boyce.

Full report here.

Pipilotti Rist, Redux



I'm sure all WU-vies who are in London in the next few months will be thrilled that one of our favorite performance artists is having a career retrospective.

Here's a review, with still pix.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Mon Nov 21, 2011 | Comments (2)
Category: Art, Avant Garde, Performance Art, Surrealism, Body, Nudism, Screams, Grunts and Other Exclamations, Europe

Sigalit Landau


S. Landau "DeadSee" by maneb40

This is the nude artist swimming in the Dead Sea with several bushels of watermelons.

Warning: minor artistic nudity a few pixels wide.

Artist's home page.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Fri Nov 04, 2011 | Comments (4)
Category: Art, Performance Art, Body, Food, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits

Lisa Yuskavage

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Here's an artist--shown with her gallery patron--who appreciates weird imagery, as you can see from the examples below.

If you use Google Images with her name as the search term, you'll find many more--but the majority are nekkid wimmen who are NSFW, unlike, I presume, the stone female below.


More info here.

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Posted By: Paul | Date: Sun Oct 23, 2011 | Comments (2)
Category: Art, Avant Garde, Surrealism, Body, Sexuality, Women

Crystal City Spun

Crystal City Spun HD from Hye Rim Lee on Vimeo.



A reader recommends a "Mildly NSFW" warning here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Oct 20, 2011 | Comments (5)
Category: Art, Avant Garde, Surrealism, Sex Toys, Cartoons, Asia, Breasts

Ocupación



The artist's concept: to walk in traffic with car horns strapped to her back.

Or, as the translated text from YouTube says: "Occupation of space for the transit of cars with loud support from a portable device with 4 horns (12 v) for cars."

Artist's home page (in Spanish).

John Pugh



Non-embeddable short documentary here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Sep 14, 2011 | Comments (1)
Category: Art, Pop Art, Surrealism, Psychology

Sleep Artist




















The Man Who Draws in His Sleep



Article here.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Fri Sep 02, 2011 | Comments (6)
Category: Art, Psychology, Europe, Brain

Times Square Art



Warning: nudity for art's sake.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Sep 01, 2011 | Comments (6)
Category: Art, Body, Public Indecency
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