Finding this image:
Made me think of this:
Louise Bourgeois. Legs. 1986.
Which reminded me of another book cover:
Hans Bellmer- book cover. 1960
Which made me think of Austin’s own:
Sterling Allen, Father and Son, 2007, graphite, ink and Prismacolor on paper.
A family needs a home:
Laurie Simmons. "Walking House (Color)," 1989 Cibachrome print, 64" x 46".
and even better this:
Robert Gober - Untitled (1991) Wax, fabric, leather, human hair, and wood.
With less candles and more karma:
Do Ho Suh. Karma, 2003.
Without pants and one less shoe:
David Shrigley, untitled, ink on paper, 14 5/8 by 10 3/8 inches, 2010.
And one less leg:
Paul McCarthy. Boy. 1994.
McCarthy’s sculpture reminded me of Alverson’s amazing painting:
Seth Alverson. Woman Bending Over, oil on canvas, 27″ x 33″, 2009.
Flesh triggered another painter’s fleshy legs:
Lucian Freud. Nude With Leg Up (Leigh Bowery), 1992 Oil on linen 72 x 90 1/8 in.
More women and less peter’s equals this:
Vanessa Beecroft, vb Kunsthalle wien , 2001, c-print
Which ultimately has you and I singing this for the rest of the day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwwhhDk55Vk&feature=related
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Which sent me looking for… Martin Kersel’s “Twist” sculpture: http://popartmachine.com/item/pop_art/2009-MCAS.014CS002/MARTIN-KERSELS-TWIST-1993 (mistakenly listed as a painting/print here)
Great post!
So good. Something about David Shrigley always makes me smile. Thanks, Margaret!
Margaret, Margie!
Amazing sequencing.
I love this it will have me thinking today, trolling through legs, leggie-ness and images of bodies and how they are held up.
I’ll pass this on…
Thanks for letting me walk along the path with you a bit…
wow! that james joyce cover and louise!!!
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A fine sequence of images complete with a musical finale. Excellent post.
Very interesting–love seeing the thought proses and your stream-of-consciousness on the triggers of ideas. I’d enjoy seeing more.