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Morgan Monceaux, self taught artist portraits of the Presidents including Obama via NYTimes Article

Morgan Monceaux, self taught artist portraits of the Presidents including Obama

via NYTimes Article

Montage of material from Francis Bacon’s Studio, 7 Cromwell Place, c. 1950 (including pictures of Velázquez’s Innocent X, The Thinker by Rodin etc…)

Montage of material from Francis Bacon’s Studio, 7 Cromwell Place, c. 1950 (including pictures of Velázquez’s Innocent X, The Thinker by Rodin etc…)

Tair Salakhov, 1961

Tair Salakhov, 1961

Gregori Maiofis, Figurative painting from Artist and Model II, 2008 from the series The Love for Russian Ballet

Gregori Maiofis, Figurative painting from Artist and Model II, 2008

from the series The Love for Russian Ballet

Jason Florio, from the portrait of Beijing Artists’ series

Jason Florio, from the portrait of Beijing Artists’ series

tobia: Self, as of late…. I assure you I am not a robot. (2) This happened just short of a few… hours ago. I had to do it. Of course, I was (and still am) well aware that the current weather and seasonal forecast produces some mild hostility to such a ..drastic cut; however, I had to liberate myself again, I could sense it was needed and I finally manifested what had been boiling internally for some time now. I no longer felt the emphasis or utility for any sort of ornamentation; embellishments of any sort of crown on this head was never an aim and thoughts revolving around such things grew rather tiresome. So, I buzzed it all clean off early this morning. Funny thing to note: I considered donning a Mr. T-worthy afro-hawke, but thought I’d better go all the way as I giggled hysterically at the sight up to that point.

tobia:

Self, as of late…. I assure you I am not a robot. (2)

This happened just short of a few… hours ago. I had to do it. Of course, I was (and still am) well aware that the current weather and seasonal forecast produces some mild hostility to such a ..drastic cut; however, I had to liberate myself again, I could sense it was needed and I finally manifested what had been boiling internally for some time now. I no longer felt the emphasis or utility for any sort of ornamentation; embellishments of any sort of crown on this head was never an aim and thoughts revolving around such things grew rather tiresome. So, I buzzed it all clean off early this morning.

Funny thing to note: I considered donning a Mr. T-worthy afro-hawke, but thought I’d better go all the way as I giggled hysterically at the sight up to that point.

tobia

I think we are all star-f***ers to varying degrees. The whole celebrity thing comes out of a fear of death, which is what art has always been about. The desire to draw is fundamental to art. Connected to that is a desire to be the best drawer in the class. Then the class gets bigger and bigger and that grows into a desire to be the most famous artist in the world. You meet famous people and it makes you feel closer to being immortal in some way.
Damien Hirst
I don’t mind a picture having a story as long as the beginning and the end exist within the four edges of the canvas. A picture is only finished when it is self-sufficient. The title should not be a synopsis.
Allen Jones

Nancy Spero, Becoming an Artist (Art21 Web Exclusive, 2008)