those artists and their cats...

 (Felix Gonzalez-Torres)

(Gustav Klimt)

george ohr

 Crinkle top pot, 1897-1900, 7 5/8 inches high 

 Organic Vessel, 1897-1900, 4 inches high, 6 inches wide 

 

 

(from left to right: george ohr, mad hatter)

kiki smith, tattoos, and someone named tift

"somehow the combination of the beauty marks and the ink on her body, I thought I could tattoo her beauty marks onto me.  And then I was at another artist’s house and they had a little bit of paint on their fingers.  And I thought, I could take a mark from somebody else’s body and put it on my body and then I would remember. That way you would have this weird little reminder to them..." 

(go here to hear the beautiful little snippet of a conversation)

click 'listen' in red above photo on website

Michelle Taylor

 "Duchess"

"Chintz" detail

"The starting point for my art practice is influenced by a personal childhood narrative of maternal loss. The need to repair and restore the damaged and the broken in order to preserve memories and existence are paramount in my work. I am interested in the memory bearing aspect of objects, their connections and associations, and the emotional attachment we may have with them.  I use the juxtaposition of ceramic and textile to explore emotional themes relating to memory and loss..." (read & see more)

Cai Guo-Qiang

terry fan

Cloud Watching

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to see more of his fabulous illustrations, go here