Body, Be My Brush

I'm not sure what to make of this one. But I saw it on the Craigslist artists board and thought I would share it with you. Feminine Flowers is a site selling what claims to be paintings done by a young woman artist who applies "chilled acrylic paints" to her pussy and "with perfect positioning over the canvas" creates erotic prints. Honestly, I might like them better if she were printing herself onto some better backgrounds… and perhaps if she didn't go on in her artist's statement about mixing the paints with her "natural lubricants." Is this real or not? You decide. I'm thinking it's a college prank — something someone at UC Davis thought up for beer money.

On a related subject, Eye Weekly recently answered a reader's question about what paints would be safe for body painting, painting on canvas with one's body, accidentally getting into one's eye or vagina while rolling around in paint with one's lover on some canvas, etc. Short answer? Crayola Washable Kids' Paint. And goggles. And maybe a douche afterward, just in case.

A much, much better recommendation (also from Craigslist) is the Nude and Erotic gallery from the Seattle Lighten Up Gallery. (OK, yes. The gallery's acronym is SLUG. Aside from their logo being made up of green slugs, you can overlook that.) The gallery features the work of 22 photographers and painters. You're certain to find something there you like. I particularly enjoyed the work of Kenney Mencher. His paintings are very voyeuristic, but in a surreal sort of way that I think you'll enjoy.

Comments:

• man, people think anything is art nowadays…

  Posted by JeN  on  01/30/06  at  01:13 PM
  
  

• They may not know what art is, but they know what body part they like. Alternately, there’s a sucker born every minute… and how do we get a piece of the action?

  Posted by Prospero  on  01/31/06  at  04:54 PM
  
  
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