Velvet.

breathingvioletfog: likeafieldmouse: Jay DeFeo - The Rose...

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:58:34 -0400

likeafieldmouse:

Jay DeFeo - The Rose (1958-69)

“The story of Jay DeFeo and The Rose is both a cautionary tale of obsession and an inspiring tale of determination and belief. She began working on The Rose in 1958. She was 29 years old and for the next eight years, she did little else but sit on a stool in her studio, smoking cigarettes, drinking brandy while she painted and scraped away at her vision.

First titled The Deathrose, then The White Rose and finally just The Rose, DeFeo only stopped working on the painting when an increase in rent forced her from her studio. By then it was 1966, her marriage was ending, she was in fragile physical and mental health, and The Rose had become too large to fit out the door.

At nearly 12 feet high and in places eight inches thick, The Rose was constructed from layer upon layer of built up and scraped away black and white paint. DeFeo added mica chips to the paint and so The Rose has its own interior light.”

tambourine-girl

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:23:01 -0400

tambourine-girl

theghostofgold: Petrus Christus, Portrait of a Young Girl...

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:18:28 -0400

theghostofgold:

Petrus Christus, Portrait of a Young Girl (detail)

throughascreendarkly: Julien Donkey-Boy (Harmony Korine, 1999)

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:08:25 -0400

throughascreendarkly:

Julien Donkey-Boy (Harmony Korine, 1999)

Kim & Thurston

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:47:18 -0400

Kim & Thurston

tamburina: Georges De La Tour, The Fortune Teller (detail)

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:44:34 -0400

tamburina:

Georges De La Tour, The Fortune Teller (detail)

Miles

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:20:53 -0400

Miles

ccccommunications: ANDY KAUFMAN LP “ANDY AND HIS...

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:47:59 -0400

ccccommunications:

ANDY KAUFMAN LP “ANDY AND HIS GRANDMOTHER”

out July 2013 on DRAG CITY

Photo

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:29:10 -0400

Photo

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:27:31 -0400

kiameku: Joachim Mogarra

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:51:13 -0400

kiameku:

Joachim Mogarra

kiameku: Joachim Mogarra Midnight Series, 1/3 15 photographies...

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:50:22 -0400

kiameku:

Joachim Mogarra
Midnight Series, 1/3
15 photographies argentiques

nevver: Look deep enough into your anger you may find yourself...

Sun, 12 May 2013 16:37:17 -0400

nevver:

Look deep enough into your anger you may find yourself falling in love.

darksilenceinsuburbia: Cody Rocko . Website Flickr Tumblr

Sun, 12 May 2013 10:20:08 -0400

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Cody Rocko .

Website

Flickr

Tumblr

Cœur fidèle (The Faithful Heart) by Jean Epstein, 1923 “In...

Sat, 11 May 2013 20:18:25 -0400

Cœur fidèle (The Faithful Heart) by Jean Epstein, 1923

“In water, crystals grow, beautiful as Venus, born as she was, full of the most secret graces, symmetries and correspondences. Games of Heavens, thus, worlds fall — from where? Into a light space.”

beautilation: “I’ll never forget the day Marilyn and I were...

Sat, 11 May 2013 01:16:16 -0400

beautilation:

“I’ll never forget the day Marilyn and I were walking around New York City, just having a stroll on a nice day. She loved New York because no one bothered her there like they did in Hollywood, she could put on her plain-jane clothes and no one would notice her. She loved that. So as we we’re walking down Broadway, she turns to me and says ‘Do you want to see me become her?’ I didn’t know what she meant but I just said ‘Yes’- and then I saw it. I don’t know how to explain what she did because it was so very subtle, but she turned something on within herself that was almost like magic. And suddenly cars were slowing and people were turning their heads and stopping to stare. They were recognizing that this was Marilyn Monroe as if she pulled off a mask or something, even though a second ago nobody noticed her. I had never seen anything like it before.” - Amy Greene, wife of Marilyn’s personal photographer Milton Greene

a-state-of-bliss: vogue Italia Nov 1994 - Linda Evangelista by...

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:16:44 -0400

a-state-of-bliss:

vogue Italia Nov 1994 - Linda Evangelista by Steven Meisel

René Groebli -The Eye of Love

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:15:13 -0400

René Groebli -The Eye of Love

catbird-nyc: Leopard lady.

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:56:24 -0400

catbird-nyc:

Leopard lady.

magic-of-cinema: Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy...

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:38:58 -0400

magic-of-cinema:

Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution 1965 / Jean-Luc Godard