Caravaggio, Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy, 1606
The Mary Magdalene is a stark image of exile, of anguish, and guilt … Caravaggio had killed a man, and come close to death himself, and the first instinct of a Catholic was to make an act of contrition. His Magdalene is the sinner who spent many years in solitary penitence; she conveys the sense of desolation and abandonment that is part of the mystical experience; and the divine light creates a dazzling darkness. — Helen Langdon
Edward Burne-Jones
Perseus Cycle Seven; The Doom Fulfilled
1888
Janine Antoni, Saddle, 2000. Full Raw Hide and cast of artist’s body.
A striking portrait of Myrna Loy, aged fifteen, 1920
Scanned from: Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming
D’aww! Minos family love, <3.
Monsters & Dames: Slow Day in the Labyrinth on Flickr.
My piece for the “Monsters and Dames” book, a themed collected of art by exhibitors at the 2012 Emerald City Comicon.
Many contributions involve super-sexy ladies being menaced, so I tried for a slightly sweeter and more oblique take.
Ken’s Ouroboros from about a month ago….
Andy Warhol by Richard Avedon, August 20, 1969.
his scars resulted from extensive life-saving surgery following misandrist Valerie Jean Solanas’ gunshot wound to his chest. Upon recovery, Warhol had this to say about his near-death experience, - “Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there – I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. People sometimes say that the way things happen in movies is unreal, but actually it’s the way things happen in life that’s unreal. The movies make emotions look so strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it’s like watching television – you don’t feel anything. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television. The channels switch, but it’s all television.”
(Source: freecocaine)
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