by Michael Anthony Farley on April 6, 2016
Sometimes, I really miss being an undergrad at art school. You know how there was always that one stoner girl who got along with everyone but you never really see anymore and was just such a reassuring bundle of warmth and humor? Like, she’d be totally zoned-out during a group critique of something ridiculous but manage to give the illusion that she was paying undivided attention to whatever was going on. And if that happened to be a performance art piece that involved the artist dancing topless in her underwear while wearing an oversized bunny head (because, it’s like, about reclaiming the iconography of Playboy or something) she would think it was really good. Until, of course, you made eye contact with her and then neither of you would be able to stop laughing.
Anyway, this GIF doesn’t look like it’s from an art school studio, but it totally captures that vibe. See what I mean, after the jump.
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by Rea McNamara on March 2, 2016
The volutes of an ionic column’s capital were thought to have been inspired by the curve of a ram’s horns. But when Helen Adamidou has looped a naked male’s demonstration of sacred spot massage between two palatial shafts, you can’t help connect the rolling scrollwork with the circular stroke—well, you’ll get the idea, especially after the jump. To the gymnasia!
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