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Little Art things I'm obsessed with pt 1

Portraits of absent figures:

David Hockney - A Bigger Splash, 1967

Hockney originally visited California in 1963 and was won over by the sunlight and laid-back lifestyle, especially the luxury and ubiquity of the swimming pool. He described it as his "promised land" The splash is about freezing a moment in time, but it is also empty of human presence but implying a human. The male figure is present in some of David's other works from this time period, especially his muse and then-partner Peter Schlesinger. These paintings are about a hedonistic gay lifestyle, and the swimmers, the divers, are often the subject of voyeurism and desire. But in this painting, we just missed the diver, which makes the object of desire more private and personal. Who was the painter looking at, lusting after, etc. I like the contrast of the incredibly sharp and graphic suburban neighborhood, and the chaotic, organic splash. So again, if the divers represent this homosexual desire, we have this contrast of an orderly heterosexual world, and the queerness that joyfully disrupts it.

And then of course, with the absent figure, there is this massive sense of loss and loneliness. And so much of loneliness is about concealment, hiding in shame. This is a private space, but its also an exposed space, enhancing the loneliness. The figure is isolated, alone, invisible. Its a sadness that contrasts with the setting, the activity, and saturated lighting.

Felix Gonzalez-Torres - Untitled (billboard of an empty bed), 1991

These billboards were exhibited in the streets of Manhattan during the AIDS crisis. This piece was created the same year Felix Gonzalez-Torres's boyfriend Ross died. This portrait is a celebration of love and a memorization of loss and the emotions between intimacy and publicity. In the artist's own words:

“What I’m trying to say is that we cannot give the powers that be what they want, what they are expecting from us. Some homophobic senator is going to have a very hard time trying to explain to his constituency that my work is homoerotic or pornographic, but if I were to do a performance with HIV blood — that’s what he wants, that’s what the rags expect because they can sensationalize that, and that’s what’s disappointing. Some of the work I make is more effective because it’s more dangerous. We both make work that looks like something else but it’s not that. We’re infiltrating that look.“

The work intentionally uses the matching, identical depressions to imply a same-sex couple. The image itself is extremely intimate, but its being displayed in public spaces.

Felix Gonzales-Torres became known for his absent bodies.

And then, a little different, this painting by Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans (1837) commissioned by Frederick and and Coralie Frey, depicts the three Frey children, with the faint shadow of a figure. There was a legend that there was a fourth figure in this painting. In 2005 a private collector, Jeremy K Simien, purchased the painting and it underwent conservation.

The painting revealed Bélizaire, a fifteen year-old enslaved domestic owned by the children's father. The picture captures the complex relationship between the boy and the children, the family that was keeping him captive. For one thing, the way he is set back from the others. There is this sort of intimacy between them along side the psychological trauma of forced bondage.

Here is a great Tiktok about the painting, to quote "What I'm struck by is what a sensitive portrait this is of this young man who was living in an inhumane society where he, despite being a human being, was bought and sold."

A few years after this painting was created, the three Frey children died, and Bélizaire was the only one who survived into adulthood.

The painting stayed in the Frey family. At some point, likely in the late 19th or 20th century, Bélizaire was intentionally painted over. In 1972, the great-granddaughter of Coralie Frey donated the painting to a Louisiana museum, informing them that a figure was painted over. During the course of the painting's life at the museum, no effort was put into restoring the figure.

Jeremy Simien's, who bought and restored this painting, said on his instagram "Bélizaire, they know your name now. Tell the ancestors to let me sleep for a minute."

And shout out to the picture that make me want to write this, Hyde Park Flowers, London by Tumblr user @kimironside I won't re-post it so check out the link.

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Say his name - Belizaire

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Beşir Collage

1- A stock photo of a desert (reference to Beşir feeling cold and imagining a desert)

2- “Belizaire and the Frey Children” from 19th century - the painting’s story

3- An actual photo of a eunuch employed at the Ottoman Palace

4- “T. B. Harlem” by Alice Neel from 1940

5- “Portrait of Franziska Sibylla Augusta von Sachsen-Lauenburg,” by Georg Adam Eberhard from 1678.

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‘His Name Was Bélizaire’: Rare Portrait of Enslaved Child Arrives at the...

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Had a draw jam to draw OCs inspired by Miku figures, so I drew Marceline for it 🎸⛓

Marceline is from my webcomic Lunar Blight and the Miku I referenced is this one.

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Just some ocs swing dancin

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Quelques mots sur le recueil de nouvelles de Guy Bélizaire "Mémoire vagabonde ".

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Black Witch Deacon, Elowen Belizaire

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Romance Readathon Wrap Up

We've reached the end of the third round of the romance readathon and I am so happy with all the books I've read, there were no duds! Here are all the books I read:

Happy Place by Emily Henry

Prompt: set in a different country than yours

Rating: 4/5 stars

a heartwarming story about friendship groups and second chances ❤️

Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun (ARC)

Prompt: colors of the sun on the cover

Rating: 3/5 stars

follows a road trip of a teacher with his favorite students who hate each other, it had sad tones with a bit of comedy 🚗

Ashes of You by Catherine Cowles

Prompt: three word title

Rating: 4/5 stars

it's the fifth book in a series i've been meaning to finish, you can expect romantic suspense similar to all of her books 🏡

Next to You by Hannah Bonam-Young

Prompt: three word title

Rating: 4/5 stars

a great romance with the sweetest book boyfriend ever! 🔧

Baggage Claim by Juliana Smith

Prompt: set in your favorite season

Rating: 3/5 stars

a cute fake dating romance set in christmas time 🎄

Fast by Millie Belizaire

Prompt: bipoc author

Rating: 4.5/5 stars

an emotional story following childhood friends to lovers (please check trigger warnings for this one) 😭

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

Prompt: colors of the sun on the cover

Rating: 3/5 stars

a fun second chance romance between an actor and a reporter who had interviewed him 10 years ago 🎬

How was your readathon and what was your favorite read from all of them? Thank you to everyone who participated in the readathon, I appreciate you all! See you guys next year 💕

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video essay roundup

Nowhere to Go: The Loss of Third Spaces (Elliot Sang)

Feeling Cynical About Barbie (Broey Deschanel)

2b2t: Minecraft's Society Experiment (Captain KRB)

'His Name Was Belizaire' (The New York Times)

The Most Controversial Creature In Linguistics (languagejones)

The MySpace Incident and the Ruins of the Web (Captain KRB)

Victorians Were Obsessed With Ugly Children (Abby Cox)

Fear of Cold (Jacob Geller)

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Nieuwe premier aangesteld in Haïti om orde te herstellen

Nieuwe premier aangesteld in Haïti om orde te herstellen De presidentiële overgangsraad in Haïti, onlangs opgericht, heeft Fritz Belizaire benoemd als de nieuwe premier. Belizaire, voormalig minister van Sport, neemt de leiding over in een land dat worstelt met corruptie en bendegeweld.... lees meer op: Read the full article

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My Aşk-ı Memnu character moodboard/collages:

Nihal:

Bihter:

Behlül:

Beşir:

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New Haiti PM tasked with stabilising violence-racked country

New Haiti PM tasked with stabilising violence-racked country https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/1/new-pm-tasked-with-stabilising-haiti

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