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Dreamscape 1

TO DREAM

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A succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.

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Dreamscape 2

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An involuntary vision occurring to a person when awake.

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Dreamscape 3

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A vision voluntarily indulged in while awake.

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Dreamscape 4

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To see or imagine in sleep or in a vision.

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Editor’s Note: Artwork courtesy the estate of Anthony Colagreco.

Untitled Paper Cut 1

Posted on June11, 2011 by Robert Asman

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……….These are selected works presented in honor and recognition of the first exhibition of Francis Bacon’s; Drawings/Works on Paper. The exhibition is entitled FBacon7 and opens in Venice this summer. The exhibition deals with his many drawings and attempts to bring the neurological sense of the modern violence/surrealism of humanity to paper. I believe this is the first ever major works on paper exhibit of this legendary artist.

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Since paper is a fragile 3 dimensional medium, Bacon’s sense of foreboding with his materials is poignant and humanizing in contrast to his bold, aggressive canvasses: which handled his sense of human violence less subtlly. These photographs were made with the basic black and white camera, film, silver paper…light sensitive materials.

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The paper negatives are altered by hand with cutting, tearing, scratching before being placed in the photographic enlarger for printing. The enlargements are unique gelatin silver prints; toned, and chemically manipulated to add the genuine hues and colors consistent with the materials of the photographic medium.

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Practicing and experiencing the genuine silver photographic process is very conducive to the neurological transference of violence Bacon worked to express.

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To learn more about Robert Asman’s work log on to www.alchemy-ink.com.

Photo: Chris Carroll

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Posted on June 7, 2011 by Ivy Jo. Frantum

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The first shot, with the moon and hood, is by Studio CMC, Chris Carroll, in Bear, Delaware. We are both into fantasy and Lord of the Rings, etc, and thatis what inspired this picture. We both wanted a shot with that mystical feel. I’ve always been into swords and Xena my whole life, so that surely inspired the image of portraying a bad ass: strong woman that could defend herself.

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David K. Eisenhauer

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As for the bright shot, that was created with DKE Photography, David K Eisenhauer in Royersford, PA. The art work was inspired by my passion for Pirates. Again, I love swords and weapons; and they go hand in hand with pirates. So in this photo I was trying to be a pirate chick ready to fight!

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I did these shots specifically with these two photographers because of their style of photography. Chris Carroll is a genius with Fantasy and Nude Glamour and David K Eisenhauer – just has his own unique style from any other photographers you see out there today.

Editor’s Note: More pictures and booking rates for Ivy Jo. Frantum can be accessed on www.ModelMayhem.com.

Photo: Steve Diet Goedde

To learn more about Steve Diet Goedde’s work log on to www.SteveDietGoedde.com.

America

Posted by Mikel Elam on November 8, 2010

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………..There is a mystical quality to James Rushing. Like a shaman or a prophet. I have known James Rushing for most of my adult life. We met on Temple University’s campus and there was an instant connection. He is very intelligent and quite articulate in his executions of all things creative. He has a deep interest in the spirit world.

James has always walked to his own beat. His intellectual prowess is mind boggling . There has never been one subject we have ever discussed which he had not already discovered, dissected and in some ways solved . In short he is a deep thinker.

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He attended the Tyler School of Art with a split interest in Photography and Graphic Design. His photographs are mesmerizing sometimes lingering between a smokey dream like ephemera and reality. Early on he was using experimental cameras and techniques to push the film’s capabilities. Later he would also use more traditional cameras and somehow his vision and imagery remained intact.

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James started shooting fashion photography after he graduated from school. He soon found many aspiring models knocking on his door for a chance to be his subject. He departed the fashion scene and moved back in the realm of fine arts photography . He entered a “Call For Entry” from the prestigious Graphis Magazine and his work was selected for their annual book of the best photographers of that year.

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We both became visual artist. He has inspired me greatly. At one point I was a subject in some of his earlier works. He transformed me. His work captures the metaphysical similar to entering a vortex and discovering something which challenges our logic. Full of symbolism and metaphor. Life has a way of taking all of us on a journey specific to our experiences sometimes challenging us to choose our priorities. Sometimes survival can cause us to lose our way.Literally denying us the very soul of our existence .

Apparition

James has taken a hiatus from his photography . He lost the will to create in a world where the biggest and the loudest are heard . This is a tribute to him in an effort to get him to return to his core. This is a story about a man who has a gift and should use it. I want him to trust in his abilities as a way to achieve the success which has been denied him up to this point. It will take some effort, yet I believe the universe will assist him. I really believe James ‘s soul and the essence of his work are like twins yearning to play together. My greatest hopes for James will be a realization of his talent and a return to a force which beckons him.

Third Eye

Black Spring

Posted By Bob Asman

These images are Noir.  They are common images in common places.  They are accessible in almost any small town in America. 

Motorlodge

These are real photographs on silver film and silver prints done expressively; in anger, because a bunch of kleptomaniacs on Wall Street have so much power. 

Statute In Landscape

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Signage

I hope the photographs convey a sense of surrealism and foreboding because as an historian of the day-type-artist, that’s what it feels like today. 

Bag Of leaves

These photographs are the Noir debris of our times.

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………It is with great pleasure that we introduce part 2, of the Zenfolio by Anthony Wood.

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To learn more about Anthony Wood’s work, log on to www.anthonywood.zenfolio.com.

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Posted by Anthony Wood

From Christianity I got good and bad, heaven and hell, woman as mother and temptress.

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From Culture I got Cubism, Modigliani, film noir, horror movies, comic books, Heart of Darkness and Interview With a Vampire.

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From photography I got Diane Arbus, Meatyard, Joel-Peter Witkin and Bob Asman.

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From meditation I got mystery and inner effulgent plays of light.

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All of this strikes me as I look at my images of nude women from the past 3 years: idealized, exaggerated, absurd, deformed, decayed, darkness & shadows, unnatural, shame, innocence, desire and temptation, hidden and exposed.

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To learn more about Anthony Wood’s work, log on to www.anthonywood.zenfolio.com.

Bamboozled

………Mikel has informed the Studio that Spike Lee’s film of the same name, inspired the creation of this piece.

The Prophecy

Posted By Mikel Elam

“Numbers and letters may fitly be called eyes” Alan Ginsberg

……..I have a kindred spirit in another well known artist by the name of Francesco Clemente. We share in several ideals. Words can be great inspiration for future paintings, as I have always been an avid reader. I’m fascinated with the concepts of hidden messages. In my life numbers, letters and passages have become fodder for my imagination.

In this painting, there is a woman who is in a meditative state of consciousness. A place of relaxation and exploration of her future objectives. Something unexplainable is happening to her. Perhaps it occurs in her subconscious. It’s leading her in a certain direction. She clutches a tool for choosing her fate.
This story is one I created for this painting, yet as important to me is the viewer’s interpretation which can be quite different and equally as valuable.
My work has been a constant exploration of the mind’s eye, intermixed with the conscious world.

In fact eyes are the windows to the soul. It’s the place where breathing leads to meditation and ultimately to transformation.

…….To learn more about Mikel’s work log on to www.mikelelam.com……..