Erik Olson
I Fucking Love Space, 2011
oil on panel, 48 x 36 inchesMercury, 2011
oil on panel, 48 x 36 inchesVenus, 2011
oil on panel, 48 x 36 inchesEarth, 2011
oil on canvas, 72 x 84 inchesMars, Fear & Dread, 2011
oil on panel, 48 x 36 inchesJupiter, 2011
oil on panel, 48 x 36 inchesSaturn, 2011
oil on panel, 48 x 36 inchesUranus, 2011
oil on panel, 48 x 36 inchesNeptune, 2011
oil on panel, 48 x 36 inchesThe Gateway (Hubble Deep Field), 2011
oil on canvas, 72 x 84 inchesThis is awesome but what’s with the Greek names for some of them but not all?
Holy smokes. This is the collaboration my incredibly talented calligraphy artist friend, Aoi Yamaguchi (who I photographed last fall) she did with Absolut Vodka!
Aoi states:
CONCEPT:
“戀矢文 / KOIYABUMI”
During warfare in pre-modern Japan, “Yabumi” were messages affixed to arrows and launched to communicate covertly over a distance. Through this indirect method of correspondence, the sender’s identity could be hidden. Introducing Yabumi into modern society, these arrows could now serve as a metaphor for those who are forced by social pressure to conceal their true feelings. The action of shooting a love letter affixed to the arrow has a dual symbolism; not only does it challenge any opponents of the romance in society, it also unleashes direct communication of love between two romantic partners.
“Koi-Yabumi”, my original word combination of Koi (in love) with Yabumi, seeks to recast this military artifact into a positive symbol representing the struggle of the LGBT community against legal, cultural, and institutional discrimination in our culture — It is the artistic embodiment of each person’s inherent need to freely express their feelings of love and affection regardless of gender, creatively challenging society break down all artificial obstacles to the arrow of love.”
I’m in AWE.
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Section One of Part Three! Some interesting approaches to wrinkles in clothing.
Holy shit, someone translated Hitokaku tutorials into English?! GIEF TO ME
