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Hello. This is a slightly ADHD, thematico-chromatically obsessive-compulsively streaming and thus always a little out-of-date -version of an art blog for daily encounters with anything intellectually, emotionally or sensorily appealing. By Heidi, finnish, 27, a Ph.D. student of Art History. Warning: the function of art is not only to comfort. Occasionally we go NSFW. For solidarity's sake the pictures often function as portals to the sources they were found from, if there are any. PLEASE, if you want to reblog, don't wipe out the info, because the work of art was made by someone and came with a name, k? If you are an artist, and want the work I posted from you either removed or edited, let me know. If you have something to say My academic face Everyday prettiness Birdtalk (mostly in Finnish)

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Adrian Ghenie - Pie Fight Study 2, 2008. (Oil on canvas, 55 X 59 cm.)

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Théodore Géricault – Etude de pieds et de mains, 1818-1819. (Oil on canvas, 52 x 64 cm.) A study for the Raft of the Medusa (La Radeau de la Méduse.)

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David Salle - Saltimbanques, 1986. (Acrylic, oil, two canvas inserts and one wooden frame on canvas, 152.3 x 254cm.) 

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Holly Andres - The Magic Elixir, 2008, from "Sparrow Lane" -series. (Chromogenic dye coupler print, variable sizes.)

"Sparrow Lane presents an elliptical narrative of young women on the verge of adulthood. Drawing on the formal and thematic conventions of Nancy Drew books, 1970s horror films and Alfred Hitchcock, the series depicts girls in search of forbidden knowledge. By employing suggestive and symbolic iconography such as chrome flashlights, skeleton keys, mirrors, birdcages and open drawers, literal narratives are suspended to suggest psycho-sexual metaphors. The Sparrow Lane protagonists are propelled by curiosity, empowered by their discoveries, and are also intimidated by a sense of impending threat. While the girls flirt with danger, however, the work is apparently innocent and devoid of explicit violence. Rather, the series represents the potential loss of innocence. (Source)"

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Jana Maré - Behind the Wallpaper, 2012. (Archival Inkjet Print, 51 x 76 cm.)

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Nazif Topçuoğlu - Undressing, 2008. (C-print.)

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Bert Löeschner - Rückgrat. (stacked plastic chairs.)

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Michaël Borremans - Vertebra, 2004. (Oil on canvas, 30 x 50 cm.)

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Gottfried Hellnwein - The Disasters of War 4, 2007. (oil and acrylic on canvas, 299 cm x 204 cm.)

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Michaël Borremans - The Case, 2009. (Oil on canvas, 50,0 x 42,0 cm.)

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Virginia Broersma - Swish, 2011-12.  (Oil on canvas, 33 x 46 in.)

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Ludovic Florent - from "Poussière d'étoiles" -series, 2013.

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Nicola Costantino - Male nipples corset, 1999, from the "Human Furriery" -series.

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Alexandra Bachzetsis - A Piece Danced Alone, 2012. (Dance performance with Anne Pajunen, see it HERE.) photographed by Melanie Hoffman.

"An open-ended series of solos passed from one performer to another, much like reflections in a mirror, Alexandra Bachzetsis’s newest work, “A Piece Danced Alone,” investigates ideas of originality and imitation—as well as the failure and transgression inherent in any interpretation. (Source)"

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Shinichi Maruyama - photography from the "Nude" -series, 2012, created in collaboration with choreographer Jessica Lang..

"Behind every image is the perfection of a human body that is liquefied in time and movement, decomposing into millionths of a second to then recompose into a compact three-dimensional sequence. (Source)"

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Javier Pérez - extracts from En Puntas, 2013. (a video piece performed by Amélie Ségarra.)

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Kriztianna - Winter Muertita, from the series of four seasonal muertitas. (Mixed media wall sculpture.) Photographed by Chris Rigg. (via koikoikoi)