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cutieful painting i saw by dana schutz ::
Schutz painted this emotionally charged composition as part of a group of subjects she called "self-eaters," imaginary characters who have the power to regenerate by consuming portions of their own bodies. In part, such a hallucinatory narrative might represent an analogue or allegory of painting itself, a practice that artists continue to reimagine through both regurgitation and reinvention. Here, Schutz brings into being two subjects with mask-like heads who, in her words, are "sort of consoling each other," or else "trying to feel what the other one is doing." Evoking touch rather than sight might contradict the notion that painting is a purely visual medium, but Schutz’s work appears both optically charged and sculpturally formed, constructed of worlds within worlds.
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these paintings have so much incredible depth its wild. they are described as sensual, nebulous and erotic self-representations, which reminds me of all my friends when they sigh and say they wish they were a pink cloud instead being burdened by their corporeal form. they definitely look so much more deep and nuanced in person, i would highly recco coming to meditate on them in person if u can. they are pictured here with mars‘s tarot readings for a divination salad.
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Another Green World, 2015, Nicole Eisenman, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.
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I call it pareidolia
noun | /ˌper-ē-ˈdō-lē-ə/
Definition:
The tendency of the human mind to perceive a specific, often meaningful image—such as a face, animal, or object—in a vague or random visual pattern, especially where none actually exists.
im interested to hear what you can see in it, think finding faces in the clouds.
It’s made from a section of graffiti pulled off of the walls of Philly, and then set on another section of the wall, but the underside
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whenever i’m away from this app i’m like… I have nothing to post. And then it reminds me that maybe i’m a little miserable and infected by haterism and that’s why I can’t think of anything to recommend to all of u fellow friends. reminding myself of things I like n enjoy is kind of like reminding urself of everything ur grateful for :)
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