These enamel earrings in the shape of hands hold pieces of shrapnel removed from the eye and forehead of Denmark’s King Christian IV after he was wounded in battle. He gave the earrings to his mistress.
A naked Spanish men throws flower petals at the picture of the Birth of Venus by Botticelli
NEW BOY
In Between the Daily Routines of Female Israeli Soldiers, by Mayan Toledano.
In November of 1970, forty people were photographed at the exact instant after the photographer said, “You have a beautiful face.”
srsly tho the house opening was so cool I’m proud of my mum for helping create this like damn all I could think shit this is so tumblr
from the yellow sketchbook from last year. the drawing on the left is of my friend georg cause he asked me if i ever try to draw directly what i see and i said “no” and then he dared me so this is what happened.
art / indie
Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995 - Tracey Emin
Everyone I Have Ever Slept With was a tent appliquéd with 102 names of the people she had slept with up to the time of its creation in 1995. The title is often misinterpreted as a euphemism indicating sexual partners and the work termed “a list of all the people that Emin has ever had sex with”, but is in fact intended more inclusively:
“Some I’d had a shag with in bed or against a wall some I had just slept with, like my grandma. I used to lay in her bed and hold her hand. We used to listen to the radio together and nod off to sleep. You don’t do that with someone you don’t love and don’t care about.”
The names include family, friends, drinking partners, lovers and even two numbered foetuses. The name of former boyfriend, Billy Childish, could be seen prominently through the tent opening. The tent was square and coloured blue; its shape was reminiscent of the Margate Shell Grotto, with which Emin was very familiar from childhood; inside on the floor of the tent was the text, “With myself, always myself, never forgetting”
Against all odds Dennis Feddersen
MY HEART IS MELTING i want a man covered in flowers the concept of the project makes this 10x more beautiful
“My series presents the truth about the sensitivity of boys, especially boys of color. It is important to have images that positively portray boys of color because they are stereotyped in ways which lead people to believe that they feel less pain than other people. Their negative depiction in popular media contributes to a lack of empathy for them and robs them of human qualities. My images show that boys of color are people who feel pain just as strongly if not more than others. Like flowers, they are beautiful and must be protected. Please do not step on them.”
