anna bo

HI, MY NAME IS ANNA BO, LIFE IS A DANCEFLOOR, MASCARA WAS MADE TO RUN.

[newretrowave]

Bausch & Lomb Expressions Fashion Eyewear, Glamour, May 1985.

[annabo-tv]

Caravaggiwho? For this one I was deeply inspired by Caravaggio, Derek Jarman, and Derek Jarman’s film Caravaggio. Shot on my iPhone 12, can you believe?!

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Bob Eggleton

[katya-zamos]

MISTRESS VIOLET Violet Chachki & Allie X

[simena]

Ludwig Obersteiner (detail)

[thefarnsworthgallery]

Portrait of the Artist’s Sisters Playing Chess - Sofonisba Anguissola, 1555

[annabo-tv]

Pat McGrath’s makeup for Galliano’s Dior is still the most brilliant phenomenon of the mid 90s/late 2010s.

[kogumarecord]

Pixdaus: Popular Today Pics - By ?

[centuriespast]

LAGRENÉE, Louis-Jean-François Cupid and Psyche 1767 Oil on canvas, 55 x 71cm Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

[huariqueje]

Untitled (Witness) III  -   Carl Hammoud , 2016.

Swedish, b. 1976-

Oil on linen,80 x 70 cm.   31 1/2  x  27  9/16 in.

[artist-kerryjamesmarshall]

 Plunge - Kerry James Marshall

[neopaganism]

Top 10 favourite paintings of all time probably

[nomoreuniverse]

Kerry James Marshall

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“School of Beauty, School of Culture” (2012), Kerry James Marshall

Kerry James Marshall’s paintings are emotional, bursting with everyday life in riotous colors and love. Even the most staid museum visitors have been seen to kiss in front of them!

[neopaganism]

KJM appreciation society

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Kerry James Marshall

Untitled (Blanket Couple)

2014

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KJM appreciation society

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Kerry James Marshall

Black and part Black Birds in America ,2020

[neopaganism]

So beautiful

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un chien andalou, 1929

[annabo-tv]

Welcome to Versailles, darlings! Have a seat, if your crinolins will let you.

This cheeky photographie is inspired by all the gorgeous portrait paintings I have hoarded on my Pinterest over the years. As it also happens, the 18th century is my all time favourite eras in terms of aesthetics. It has been that was since I first learnt about Gustav III of Sweden in primary school; he was EXTREMELY glamorus and died (was assassinated) on the dance floor of a Royal Opera House masquerade ball in 1792. When I later heard the stories of ridiculous people like Madame du Pompadour, it was well and truly over for all other fashionable epochs.

Obviously, this image is not entirely historically accurate (the closest thing is probably the makeup) but it’s as close as what I had in my wardrobe/home studio (living room) would allow on a whim, hehe, so we make do. More interesting was trying to edit the photograph in the style of a painting, which was a new and really fun experience, 10/10.