Spencer Tunick: Naked Art!

Surely you have heard of an American photographer who takes pictures of nude people around the world, his name is Spencer Tunick. I have just seen one documentary of him that i recommend "naked state", there he speaks about himself who paradoxically enough he doesnt feel comfortable nude! Spencer goes to big musical festivals to find volunteers for his naked people pictures because music is what brings the biggest amount of people together in one place! There he starts asking people ,if they want to pose for him. Spencer was in Dublin in 2008, one good friend of mine, Virginia, posed for him (she asked me to go with her but im not brave enough to be on a beach in Ireland naked in such a high temperature, Virginia you are my hero!). What is great about the photographs of Spencer is the anonymity of the naked people posing, Spencer always tells them not to look at the camera in big group shots of naked people. Spencer also has pieces of art of single naked people, in this case , he decides whether he or she has to look at him or not. On his web page ,you can contact him if you want to be a volunteer and you have to enter your approximate skin tone. I leave you with one picture of his stay in Dublin of one my favorite buildings in the docklands area, I wonder how he managed to have those naked people in the different balconies!

His last picture has been taken in Mexico! Will you be brave enough to pose for him surrounded by nude strangers?

http://www.spencertunick.com/

a great artist Valerio Doval -

I have to thank my cousin, Inma for showing me the web page of a very contemporaneous and original Spanish artist from Valencia living currently in London: Valerio Doval. I haven´t seen any drawings like his before. Have a look at his different collections, I specially like "harlequin","circus pets" , "ghosts" and "haunted houses" below you can see one drawing belonging to this collection.http://www.valerodoval.com/Personal/index.html

I can´t wait to see any new piece of art coming from him! By the way you can buy his drawings online if they are not sold out,of course, many are!

Una canción "im-presionante" de un famoso torero andalú

Jesulín De Ubrique, torero de éxito que provenía de una familia originariamente humilde, de Ubrique (Cádiz). Jesulín consiguió todo lo que se propuso,empezó a torear obligado por su padre a la edad de 13 años, estuvo a punto de perder la vida en 4 ocasiones, 3 en 3 graves cogidas en diferentes plazas de toros (una de ellas llegando a herirle un testículo y parte del pene, uy!!) y la última en un grave accidente de coche que casi le costó la vida. Os preguntaréis por qué me ha dado por escribir sobre Jesulín, pues muy sencillo,ayer vi un reportaje de su vida y de la de su familia en Canal Sur y me hizo recordar uno de los momentos de su vida que creo que ningún español podrá olvidar..la salida de su disco con la canción "Toda" o "toa " como es más comúmente conocida! jajaj que buenos momentos nos llevábamos en los pubs cuando ponían su canción "toa,toa ,toa te necesito toaaaa",lo mejor era escuchar la versión grabada de su cd con perfecto acento de Don Quijote cuando un gaditano de acento cerrado como él, nunca pronunciaría la "s" finales ,ni diría "toda" sino "toa" que a fin de cuentas tiene mucho más arte! Bueno aquí os dejo con un video antiguo de su canción mítica (en playback,claro)!



a día de hoy tampoco entiendo su éxito con las mujeres, y vosotros/as?

Ron Mueck unique sculptures

I wanted to show you a unique Australian hyperrealist sculptor : Ron Mueck. The realism of his sculptures is superb, his coming exhibition will be in Japan,next April but i do hope to be able to admire his art in Europe one day.

Mueck´s sculpture look may remind you of the movie "the labyrinth" starring David Bowie (I loved that movie by the way!) for which he contributed. It´s unbeliavable the close you can get to reality through art , don´t you think?

The sculpture of the baby girl is really impressive and the one with the woman in bed or the big guy. I haven´t seen another sculptor like Mueck, have you?