Jarla

Installation view from the Olafur Eliasson exhibit at Jarla Partilager in Stockholm 2009.
Rörstrand Porcelain and Dodechedron Lamp

Andrey Vincent Beardsley

"...few artists have had such an extraordinarily deep penetration into hidden abysses of sin, and such a lurid power of suggesting them." by H.C Marillier: from The early works of Aubrey Beardsley 1920.


Sketch Portrait of Himself


Original Sketch for the Cover of "Salone"

Scanned images by Kris Karpowicz

M.A

 

 

Was she (Marie Antoinette) really aware of how France was going to change in 1789?

Not at all, she was absolutely removed from reality, having only acknowledged the pleasant and joyous face of the French whom she encountered at the time of her marriage to the Dauphin of France. She was very shocked and couldn’t understand why the people gave her such an icy reception when she visited Paris.

She never really went to meet the people even though she showed a lot of compassion towards those less fortunate, such as housing 12 poor families to enable them to live in a dignified manner. She also adopted poor children before becoming a mother herself and again at the birth of each of her own children in order that they should learn the value of sharing. The arrogance of Madame Royal, her oldest daughter, was something that worried her. But regarding the misery of the people of France, she deceived herself by seeing them as charming rustics surrounded by well-kept sheep and cows. On the other hand, in the worst moments of her life, she exhibited a dignity that would mellow even the worst revolutionaries.

- Elisabeth de Feydeau

Pictures taken by me at Petit Trianon, Versailles.

Extreme Raw Kids

Collier Schorr.

Joy of Life

Uplifting images of performance artists in different costumes.

Jerusalem - Berlin

Two movies I saw recently; Taxi Zum Klo from 1981 and Eyes Wide Open from 2009. Two super-sexy and beautiful homo pictures: enjoy the stills!

We

We're vulnerable, we're sensitive and we're complicated people too. So many people rolled into one. We contain so much, so much creativity, so much energy, so many contradictions, so much confusion, so much clarity. So many moments of faith and fear. So many characters that willing this. All looking for love, all looking for love, all looking for love.

Share this life with me, a lonely life. Undress that pretentious exterior, sit with me naked. Without your dreams I can't dream. Without your love I can't love.

In da studio

Doing research in Keith Haring's studio on bway.

Distant

 

Although modernism as a movement may be nearly exhausted, the clarity and grace of these objects remain. Perhaps their spirituality can be even better appreciated now. Propped upright, the Cycladic idols are those who stand and wait - human beings battered by time and fate but still hoping for a revolution from beyond. Messages are no longer sought in the labyrinthine bowels of mother earth. The crispy carved Cycladic idols, appealing to the eye, carry an invigorating sense of the future. Even in their rightful positions on their backs, they are gazing skyward toward some other order - not necessarily a supreme deity but the shifting pattern of bright stars.

Interracial

Inside Views - a lonely city

 

Came across a great book this weekend, Inside Views by Floriane de Lassee. Pictures of artificially lit cityscapes,  yielding an immense contrast between human life and large cities. It's as if she's trying to say, being completely surrounded by life one can still be very lonely. Read an interview with her here.













See more pictures here.

Margot - idz w noc

Just read the new book by Michal Witkowski "MARGOT". Funny hehe...

steidl (Please credit blog before you publish images from this post)

I recently visited Steidl's exhibition at the Monnaie de Paris. Karl photographed a naked and beautiful Baptiste!!



I thought the rooms were more interesting than the actual exhibition. the first big hall was really impressive.