Wander through a Garden of Earthly Delights on loop
'Paradise' was commissioned by the MOTI Museum in The Netherlands for the exhibition New Delights, which is part of the Hieronymus Bosch 500-year anniversary. A gigantic video installation of this work is exhibited in the Museum until the 31st of December 2016.
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The peculiar case of the Icelandic Phallological Museum
"Paris has the Louvre. London has the Tate Modern, and New York the Metropolitan Museum. But Husavik, Iceland–a diminutive village on the fringe of the Arctic Circle–boasts the world's only museum devoted exclusively to painstakingly preserved male genitalia. Founded and curated by Sigurður 'Siggi' Hjartarson, the Icelandic Phallological Museum houses four decades worth of mammalian members, from a petite field mouse to the colossal sperm whale, and every 'thing' in between. But, lamentably, Siggi's collection lacks the holy grail of phallic phantasmagoria: a human specimen. Siggi's world changes dramatically when he receives generous offers from an elderly Icelandic Casanova and an eccentric American. However, as the competition for eternal penile preservation heats up between the two men, Siggi soon discovers that this process is more complicated than it initially appeared. In their debut feature film, Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math follow Siggi on his dogged, often emotional quest to complete his exhibition in a peculiar, yet startlingly relatable, story of self–fulfillment and the value of personal legacies (both big and small)."
Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math (2012). "The Final Member" [documentary film, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2318701/]
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Sergey Merkurov: Soviet Erotic Alphabet (1931)
"Так Ð½Ð°Ð·Ñ‹Ð²Ð°ÐµÐ¼Ð°Ñ «Ð¡Ð¾Ð²ÐµÑ‚ÑÐºÐ°Ñ ÑротичеÑÐºÐ°Ñ Ð°Ð·Ð±ÑƒÐºÐ°» Ñкульптора-монументалиÑта Ð¡ÐµÑ€Ð³ÐµÑ Ð”Ð¼Ð¸Ñ‚Ñ€Ð¸ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡Ð° Меркурова (1881—1952) — автора многочиÑленных монументов И. Ð’. Сталину (в том чиÑле трех Ñамых крупных на территории СССР) и Ð’. И. Ленину. Ð—Ð½Ð°Ð¼ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ñ‚Ð°Ñ Ð¸ ÐºÑ€Ñ‹Ð»Ð°Ñ‚Ð°Ñ Ñ„Ñ€Ð°Ð·Ð°: “Ð’ СССРÑекÑа нет” имела Ñкорее вÑего политичеÑкую подоплёку. ЕÑли Ñамого Ð›Ð°Ð²Ñ€ÐµÐ½Ñ‚Ð¸Ñ Ð‘ÐµÑ€Ð¸ÑŽ можно назвать продолжателем дела “ÑекÑ-машины” Ð“Ñ€Ð¸Ð³Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸Ñ Ð Ð°Ñпутина, то, напротив, добропорÑдочного ÑоветÑкого гражданина Ð¡ÐµÑ€Ð³ÐµÑ Ð”Ð¼Ð¸Ñ‚Ñ€Ð¸ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡Ð° Меркурова, лауреата неÑкольких ÑталинÑких премий, – «Ñтрого заÑекреченным руÑÑким БайроÑом». Данную папку он подпиÑал на обложке: акварельные риÑунки И.И. Иванова (1886-1924) и даже указал годы его жизни. Как будто, Ñто имело какое-то значение Ð´Ð»Ñ Ñ€Ð°Ð±Ð¾Ñ‚Ð½Ð¸ÐºÐ¾Ð² “карающего меча революции”. ЧувÑтвуетÑÑ Ñильное влиÑние французÑкой и южно-немецкой школ живопиÑи."
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Artist's spoof Ladybird book provokes wrath of Penguin
"An artist and comedian [Miriam Elia] has been told by the publisher Penguin that her new satirical art book breaches its copyright, and if she continues to sell copies it could use the courts to seize the books and have them pulped. ...
Elia's version sees them visiting an exhibition at a modern art gallery and grappling with existential questions about the nature of Tracey Emin–style conceptualist work, much of it peppered with distinctly adult imagery."
(Gareth Rubin, 2 March 2014, The Guardian)
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Dorothy Iannone's Innocent and Aware
Dorothy Iannone, "Innocent and Aware", 8 March 2013 – 5 May 2013, Camden Arts Centre in London.
"Iannone's portrayals of male and female sexuality celebrate the joy of her most intimate relationships while subverting traditional gender stereotypes of dominance and control. Through graphic paintings, sculptures and video boxes her works depict partly–clothed and naked figures on bright psychedelic backgrounds of flora, mandalas and biomorphic patterns. Recalling classical Indian erotic art, Egyptian frescoes and Byzantine mosaics, Iannone's intricate work communicates a personal narrative, passionate love affairs and lifetime pursuit of 'ecstatic unity' through transcendence and spirituality."
(Camden Arts Centre, 2013)
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