Epipháneia

March 29, 2013 • 66 notes • inneroptics

Egon Schiele

March 29, 2013 • 4,813 notes • razorshapes

Dennis Oppenheim - Two Stage Transfer Drawing (1971)

“As I run a marker along Eric’s s back he attempts to duplicate the movement on the wall. My activity stimulates a kinetic response from his sensory system. I am, therefore, Drawing Through Him”

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January 3, 2013 • 1,333 notes • incenses

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Bill Viola The Veiling

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October 10, 2012 • 11,438 notes • paradoxlust

Judith, by Artemesia Gentileschi, a Roman painter in the early 1620s. Gentileschi was raped and actually prosecuted her rapist in court, and the trial went on for like seven months and she was verbally abused and harassed, she underwent a physical exam to prove her virginity, she was physically tortured to see if she was telling the truth, and her rapist was actually found guilty! But he was only sentenced to a few months of exile.
Shortly after the trial, the church said she couldn’t paint the Virgin Mary or any other religious depictions because they couldnt have someone who was raped painting things for the church. She then began painting things like this and in every painting she put the face of her rapist as the man being killed.
Quick historical fact-check: this painting is called Judith Slaying Holofernes, and it’s from c. 1611-1612.

Judith, by Artemesia Gentileschi, a Roman painter in the early 1620s. Gentileschi was raped and actually prosecuted her rapist in court, and the trial went on for like seven months and she was verbally abused and harassed, she underwent a physical exam to prove her virginity, she was physically tortured to see if she was telling the truth, and her rapist was actually found guilty! But he was only sentenced to a few months of exile.

Shortly after the trial, the church said she couldn’t paint the Virgin Mary or any other religious depictions because they couldnt have someone who was raped painting things for the church. She then began painting things like this and in every painting she put the face of her rapist as the man being killed.

Quick historical fact-check: this painting is called Judith Slaying Holofernes, and it’s from c. 1611-1612.

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September 19, 2012