Month: November 2007
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Happy Birthday – Dear Blog!
This blog is – give or take a couple of weeks – a year old. Since last December I have posted more or less weekly and sometimes more often. What a joy and inspiration it has been to publish directly to the net – with whimsy, humour and occasionally seriously. Without editorial or commercial constraints…
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A Book of Books of Nudes – Livres de Nus
An excellent anthology of books of nudes and beautifully produced, it lists both Cowboy Kate (1964) and November Girl (1967). The book sadly has some notable omissions to its list of artists, not least of all the great nude images produced by Irving Penn.
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Lacy Lady
This graphic exploration was built from lace purchased in the Portobello road (around 1970) and the lips are from an enamel broach of (I think) Marilyn Munroe’s lips. The nipples – inspired by Tom Wesselmann‘s Great American nudes series – are constructed from wood and painted with gloss paint. The original version of this shot,…