pork flesh vagina sculptures by geza szollosi

this art is mainly about the body. the artist wanted to depict the body as true to the original as possible, and to achieve that, he used pork flesh. clever.
obviously the pork flesh he is using has to be dead prior to sculpting, and as a result, the sculptures seem more like corpses than live bodies. something that also enhance this quality about the work is how the bodies are brutally stitched up and divided into parts. the artist, being a man, has chosen women as his subjects, and it comes as no surprise what sort of "parts" of them he has chosen for the base of his work.




as if showing pork flesh vaginas isn't enough, he then gets intimate with his flesh creations. associations of women seen as meat and objects comes to mind (not to mention necrophilia):




i didn't intend to sound this negative about his work, i actually really LIKE it. i think it's ace how he has created these sculptures, and it really says something dark about the body and mortality.

it's just that in our society, the body is always female, and the eye that sees belongs to a man.
unless it's a male body being seen by a homosexual man. this is nearly the only case where a male body is objectified. if you see porn with cocks and naked men, or even art with naked men, it is nearly always labeled "homosexual".

i have this book on the male body, and when looking at it, it's like i see it through the eyes of a homosexual man. it's not that strange; it's probably been published for homosexual men, and all the photographs are taken by homosexual men.

i want to claim the right for women not to see through the eyes of a man, but through their own, and have what they see aknowledged by all as equally important.

there's nothing wrong with the body being an object, it's an aspect of it's existence. but i don't like the notion of female bodies (and thus myself) as MORE of an object, closer to nature and animal, than the male body.
i refuse to identify with these flesh sculptures as they remind me of this absurd untruth.

i have seen this artist in two of my favourite blogs, unscathed corpse and morbid anatomy, and have been wanting to write about him for quite a while as i found his work absolutely fascinating. i didn't think i'd end up with such a gender issue rant. it's not the artist, but society as a whole that bothers me, and i see the symptoms of it in everything, even in things that i truly like, as geza szollosi's art.

here is a photo from his "betelguese projects". it looks like an elf preserved in formaldehyde! :


check out the artist's website for more of his work.

a girl with a mighty mad style

i've only been on flickr for a few days and i've already found great stuff. today i found this girl. i'm loving her fringe, i used to have something like it when i was younger, it might have to make a comeback. i'm absolutely amazed by such intricate colourful hair bonanza but i don't even bother to comb my hair so i guess i'll have to stick with what nature has given me till i feel more inspired. i also really like the tattoos on her arms. and her make up and just her colourful self in general.





is this elf ear surgery or fake elf ears? i'm green of envy if it's for real:




check out her self portrait set on flickr.

punk elf love

pencil drawing in the sketchbook that i've reworked in photoshop. the only stuff that has been added is the black around the heart and the red inside the heart.,

cute madness by junko mizuno

one of my favourite illustrators, junko mizuno. it guess it won't come as a big surprise that she's japanese. i absolutely love the trend with japan being a trendsetter in fashion and art. i wonder if i'd make better art if i was japanese. if not better, at least i bet i would make cuter and more mad art.

















i think it's great how junko mizuno touches upon the theme of female sexuality, and sort of reclaims it in a cute, cool and positive celebration of girlieness. it's nice to see feminism come in different shapes, as girls are different and relate to different things.

i don't think there is anything wrong in girly stuff, i don't think feminism is about making women more like men. having equal rights and equal respect; hell yes! but i don't see the point in adopting the qualities associated with manlyness (i say ASSOCIATED with as it's a stereotype and not always the case), like this new form of bitch-feminism where women think they're strong and liberated if they sleep around, act insensitive, hard and only think of themselves - and in general just adopt all the most negative things associated with the male stereotype.

i don't think we need more bitches, male or female. it's nicer to be nice and the way forward is fluffyness, respect and love no matter what gender you are.



i want the book of her called hellbabies, it's got a puffy pink cover with glitter and is filled with kick ass illustrations, - and not much to read as far as i can remember. i wouldn't mind the comic cinderella either, i haven't really read any of her comics, i wonder if they're good. i don't think her illustrations need a story though, they're cool enough on their own.

the enchanted pixie of no worries

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pencil drawing - it has had the yellow colour added in photoshop. i don't think i'll ever get tired of drawing fairies.

forgotten

a drawing of the house i grew up in. only spiders and ghosts live there now.

dark adorable clay creatures

I've looked at clay stuff today as I'm sculpting a polymer clay elf and wanted some inspiration.

Here is the work of a guy called Scott Radke.






Check out his flickr account for more of his work.