‘I think the trends have changed and the girls are getting harder. Some girls are doing double anal now and triple anal.’ — Tera Patrick
artwork { Damien Hirst, Ho, Ho, Ho, 1999 }
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My wife thinks I’m a wacko-kook: how do you vote?
{ Damien Hirst, Infinity, 2001 | Glass and stainless steel cabinet with resin, metal and plaster pills }
‘We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.’ — Plato
{ Damien Hirst, Adam and Eve Exposed, 2004 | glass and stainless steel vitrine, surgical instruments, buckets, sheets | White Cube }
Benny Blanco: I don’t know, but there may be some mis-fuckin’-understanding, I don’t know man, but maybe you don’t remember me, my name is Benny…
Carlito: Maybe I don’t give a shit! Maybe I don’t remember the last time I blew my nose either.
Not so long ago, when his teeth were falling out from all the crack he was smoking, Antony Genn wouldn’t have received a particularly warm welcome at the swooping Rem Koolhaas–designed, luxury-shopping Prada terrarium in Soho. He’d played with Pulp when he was 16 and was roommates with Robbie Williams. Eventually, he was just getting wasted with Shane McGowan. But since he got sober, his old friend Damien Hirst paid for him to go into the studio, and on September 7 his band, the Hours, will play a private gig at the Prada store for Fashion Week insiders. (They’ll be performing under a mock-up of For the Love of God, Hirst’s $99-million diamond-encrusted platinum skull.) He spoke to Carl Swanson.
Why did Hirst pay for your recording?
The thing is, he’s funded so many people to do so many things. Oh God, I’ve known artists that he’s kept food on their tables for the last ten years. He doesn’t have that much money because he fucking spends it. He buys art, he gives it away, he buys other people’s art, he puts money into projects, he gives loads to charity.
illustration { Usugrow, 1999 }
Sold
Damien Hirst, the U.K.’s wealthiest artist, is selling his diamond skull (For The Love Of God) to an investment group for $100 million. { previously }
related { The stone is more than twice the size of the world’s biggest confirmed diamond, the Koh-i-Noor, which makes up the centrepiece of the British crown jewels. But diamond industry analysts remain sceptical about whether a diamond of that size is even possible. }
Elements Swimming in the Same Direction for the Purpose of Understanding
{ Milk drinkers grow taller | Milk Producers Association }
{ Damien Hirst, I Want You Because I Can’t Have You, 1992 | MDF, melamine, wood, steel, glass, perspex cases, fish and formaldehyde solution }
Ten Radical Moments in 20th Century Art: ‘The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.’ — Hegel
1907. Picasso: Art doesn’t imitate life anymore
{ Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, 1907 | oil on canvas } |
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon) depicts five prostitutes in a brothel, in the Avignon Street of Barcelona (Spain). Picasso created over one hundred sketches and studies in preparation for this work, one of the most important in the early development of Cubism. Within the narrative of early modern art, it is a pivotal work in the development of modern art, widely held as a seminal work. Picasso called it “my first exorcism painting.”
Read more { Wikipedia | On-line Picasso Project | MoMA, NY } |
Listen Kid, I Need a Mountain of Cash So I Could Roll Up, Hop in the Whip and Like, Bounce to the Ave
Artist Damien Hirst has unveiled For The Love Of God, a diamond-encrusted human skull worth $98m (£50m) — said to be the most expensive piece of contemporary art. The 18th Century skull is entirely covered in 8,601 jewels. The centrepiece of the 41-year-old’s creation is a $8m pear-shaped pink diamond, set in the skull’s forehead. { BBC | Continue reading }
The skull is a platinum replica of a human skull bought by Hirst two years ago in a London taxidermy shop. The original is thought to be that of a 35-year-old man who lived in Europe between 1720 and 1810. The teeth have been taken from the original, polished, and then reset in the cast.
Robin Simon, editor of the British Art Journal, said: “All of Hirst’s works are stunts – but this one is just a more expensive stunt. It’s vacuous nonsense. It is not even made by Hirst. He comes up with the concept and he gets his technicians to do the rest. As a piece of workmanship it is very good, but it is just window dressing. As art it is extremely dull.” The work took 18 months to make.
The multi-millionaire artist, 41, has already received several offers from collectors. But he dreams of seeing the skull on display among the ancient treasures at the British Museum. { This Is London | Continue reading }
{ Damien Hirst, For The Love Of God, 2007 }
Jo Jo the Dog Face Boy, and Milton Malone, the Human Skeleton
{ Damien Hirst, Where are we going? Where do we come from? Is there a reason?, 2000-2004 | Glass and Stainless steel cabinet with animal skeletons }
pittsburgh craigslist
REAL dog skeleton
Date: 2007-03-26, 4:37PM EDT
Lost dog? I may have found it yesterday.
The Coming Era of Shy Porn Stars: I’m Not Gonna Waste Ya Time Talkin ’bout Shit That You Know
IM interview with porn actress Taylor Rain
Zack: Hey Taylor, I’m a big fan of your work. Thanks for talking with me.
TaYLORRRAIN: SUP IN HERE BOY
TaYLORRRAIN: YEA
Zack: You have a very impressive catalog of work.
TaYLORRRAIN: HELL YEA THANKS
Zack: What themes do you feel were left unexplored by Cum Dumpsters 1 that compelled you to return to the set to film Cum Dumpsters 4?
TaYLORRRAIN: LOL WHAT
Zack: A thirst for knowledge sent you to school in Anal Trainer 2 and then you returned again in Anal Trainer 7. Do you feel that anal education is a lifelong process?
Zack: How much knowledge can one anus retain?
TaYLORRRAIN has disconnected****
The Collector
{ Damien Hirst, Sympathy in White Major Absolution II, 2006 | Butterflies and household gloss on canvas }
“Two things seem sure with Damien Hirst: death and taxidermy. His latest works use the wings of thousands of butterflies.” { Los Angeles Times | Continue reading }
{ Superstition @ The Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills | artwork } + { Show opening photos }
+ previously { Damien Hirst’s Shark }
Insects: The Living Dead
{ Angelo Vermeulen, Blue Shift [LOG. x], 2006 | a Darwinian art project connecting human and water flea behavior }
Artist and biologist Angelo Vermeulen introduced his installation Blue Shift [LOG. x] last Summer at Isea2006. Blue Shift [LOG. x] was co-realized with biologist Luc De Meester (University of Leuven, Belgium) and engineers from Philips. The project consists of an interactive installation piece with an evolving model ecosystem at its core. Visitors induce a microevolution of the light-responsive behavior of water flea populations. The project aims to question the status of the utilitarian in art and science. Video footage, photos and biological data will be used to demonstrate the working process.
+ { Interview with Angelo Vermeulen }
{ Bansky, Thou Shall Not Worship False Icons, 2005 | Paris Hilton’s CD with cockroaches nesting in them}
{ Damien Hirst, A Thousand Years, 1990 | Steel, glass, flies, maggots, MDF, insect-o-cutor, cow’s head, sugar, water }
+ previously { Expired Milk and Pesky Flying Insects }
