Naked Virgin Mary Statue Offends Neighbors
 

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A 33-foot-tall bronze statue of a naked, pregnant woman that stands on real estate mogul Aby Rosen’s luxurious Old Westbury property has been covered in black after neighbors complained that the artwork was disrupting their “bucolic views.”

The immaculate piece was conceived by British artist Damien Hirst and features a walking woman whose skin has been ripped away from the right side of her body, exposing skull, muscles and her fetus.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.1783426

These kind of paintings are not the style that I usually like but the work of Adam Styka (1890-1959) cannot be ignored - a bit of titillation for the bourgeoisie

Life imitating art

Contemporary Lithuanian artist Stanislav Sugintas - seems to have a thing about only showing one breast and apples - I like the surrealist edge to his work.

Frank Frazetta - always popular - great illustrator but is it art?

If Frazetta's fantasy pictures are very much in the muscular fantasy genre - these by Collete Trignac are more your weird SF style.

Hump day
 

art.............

Paintings by the Russian (?) artist Victor Lyapkalo.

What do you think? Erotic or a bit dodgy? These are by Danni Shinya Luo.

Saturday
 

model in the painting

Sunday
 

bridal art

What If
 

famous paintings, such as Botticelli's Birth of Venus, were photoshopped to look like today's fashion models?

The answer is here:

hxxp://www.takepart.com/feature/2014/05/15/famous-paintings-photoshopped-to-look-like-fashion-models

Sadly, I can't post any samples because they are all watermarked.

Thanks for the link I'll check that out - meanwhile here are some classic pinup pics by Fritz Willis

There is something special about 2 girls together.......

Tuesday
 

art.........

Nice work here!

The fantasy art of Spanish illustrator Luis Royo is always popular - stylish but perhaps too much of adolescent male fantasy to be art.

Elliot Richard's Father
 

the father of the Santa Barbara shooter sells artistic photos of women's butts at the Saatchi Gallery


http://www.showbiz411.com/2014/05/25...womens-behinds

Is it only me or is the world getting odder and odder? :confused:

If this is your sort of thing and want to see his more "harder" work then click the following link:

https://forum.oneclickchicks.com/show...46#post1788546

A mixture of 2 American artists - the first 5 are by Richard Phillips and the next 5 by John Curran - great stuff.

It looks as if most of Friday's posts were lost - I hope you don't mind me reposting it.

A real variety of styles and periods today - and yes that bloody swan is back!!

Ok - just to show that this is the most eclectic thread on OCC - here are 2 as different 20th century artists as you can probably find - the first 5 are by Archibald J. Motley Jr - American artist of the Jazz Age - the other 5 are by Dorothy Iannone - a rediscovered artist of the 1960s and afterwards - what do you think?

Continuing with the eclectic theme - These are by French-Canadian artist Francois Milville-Deschenes

Your selection for Sunday.....

Sunday
 

art..........

Your selection for Monday.....

Some interesting pics in this selection

Another great post - many thanks osreb for your continued support of this thread

The very distinctive style of Polish artist Karol Bak

It is erotic and singular. I'm not sure how I like it but it does grab my attention.

TGIF
 

more beach babe art

Saturday
 

more bridal art

American artist Miles Williams Mathis

Paintings by Arthur Braginski

Monday
 

B+W drawings

I love pulp covers - here are some by the great Fred Fixler

A bit of a mixture for Thursday....

Art imitating life - what do your prefer?