March 13, 2007 | Filed under: art, loves
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*Not Safe For Work…unless your work involves answering Penthouse Letters**The long-awaited sequel to Porn/Art 1. Hey, fine art takes time, you know! There are four reasonably explicit pornographic images in this video, so Elaine and Megan, don’t prop your kids in front of this one. Again, naughty bits have been blacked out, but still, the gist is still there in full porny force.
Some notes about Brian’s drawings: firstly, they were difficult for me to photograph correctly. They are pencil on white paper so getting in all the delicate shading*** while avoiding shadows was tough. Also, I didn’t realize until after we shot all the footage and stills of the work that I had focused so much on the forms themselves that I missed their relation to the remainder of the space. These images gently float off-center on large amounts of negative background space. I don’t think I got that across properly. Sorry about that, Baby.
I really like the three-dimensional quality he’s added, and I like the well-placed stars. Most of all I enjoy how de-porned the images became, which was, of course, the entire point. Of these four I have chosen my favorite (the one with two chicks), as well as my least favorite. Can you guess which one that is and why? (hint: remember I just said how I liked how “un-porned” they got?)
***EDIT 3/14/07***Brian would like to correct me here: it was not “shading” that was the issue, it was the “line quality”. As you can see, I never took drawing.
For my next post, bread baking!
What, you were expecting more porn? Haven’t you had enough?
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March 13, 2007
@ 6:41 pm
nice job miss b remember all porn pales next to your true beauty.
…next series…superheroes ! or um vacuum cleaners
your artist boyfriend
March 14, 2007
@ 9:47 am
The porn doesn’t bother me nearly as much as the spike heels. Ouch.
March 14, 2007
@ 5:39 pm
Now superheroes I would like to see, Brian….
WoW when you said “reasonably explicit” you were not kidding!! I am soooo glad I did not check this out at work! And yes the “de-porning” worked very well, had I not seen the first image I am not sure I would have known it was “porn” at first…
March 14, 2007
@ 8:02 pm
Indeed.
Why are spiked heels so “sexy” when most of the time the women are not on their feet?
Stupid men.
March 15, 2007
@ 10:43 pm
Bev & Jorge I’ve ALWAYS wondered about those dang shoes! I don’t get it! I mean, there’s “high heels” and then there’s “completely crazy”! And they’re not even on the floor!
Heath: Superheroes has my vote, too! He doesn’t need to do vacuum cleaners because he’s already done automatic drip coffee makers.
March 16, 2007
@ 9:09 am
I love the blog that you have. I was wondering if you would link my blog to yours and in return I would do the same for your blog. If you want to, my site name is American Legends and the URL is:
www.americanlegends.info
If you want to do this just go to my blog and in one of the comments just write your blog name and the URL and I will add it to my site.
Thanks,
David
March 16, 2007
@ 7:40 pm
So is that the final product? Or is there addtl phases to the project?
March 17, 2007
@ 10:35 am
to answer rocketstar
no. these images will be reproduced in much larger drawings where they are part of a much larger
“mise en scène”
brian
March 18, 2007
@ 2:54 pm
In a way I agree with BatmanGeek that the original images shown before the drawn images do effect the way we look at the drawing.
I’m not sure that there was anything that really could have been done about this.
With that said. I still think that both the drawn images as well as the photos are what could be considered pornographic.
The female form has a strange power over the mind and emotions of man. The shapes and lines arouse us to…..well they just arouse.
This power to arouse could be intentional; by design. I mean how cool is it that God designed us to be able to enjoy the way our partner looks. It doesn’t necessarily serve a function, that we enjoy seeing the one we love naked other than it adds to the enjoyment of the sexual experience.
However with making this sight an enjoyable one also comes the danger that when other attractive people come into view enjoyment might be gleaned, which could then turn to lust, which could then eventually turn to other messy things like adultery, pornography addiction, etc etc.
No doubt the women in these images are physically attractive. The drawn images capture some of the beauty in their forms. The drawings show provocative positions and yet also leave to the imagination (to a certain extent) what is actually happening in these positions. I wonder if that doesn’t even further provoke the part of a person that takes enjoyment from these types of images.
Brian is an artist. His work is beautiful.
In my opinion these drawings do more than just show facets of the beauty of a women they provoke the mind to think sexually and to lust after the forms. In that sense, these drawings haven’t been “un-porned”.
Thanks for sharing this second part of this. I know that in part you wanted this to be part of a conversation. Please know that this comment has been written with that in mind. Again I applaud you and Brian for your openness and willingness to engage your viewers in conversation.
March 19, 2007
@ 1:22 pm
MissB - does Brian have a website to show off more of his art? I’d really be interested to see more.
-AYC-
PS - gotta plug my own photography and art site too! http://photospot-atyourcervix.blogspot.com/
March 20, 2007
@ 5:20 pm
I can see your dilemma, MissBeh.
As well done as they are, the dilemma is clear.
That said, men are visual creatures and I dare not begrudge that aspect of masculinity without begrudging those parts of the feminine that are difficult for men to understand.
So long as the need / deed is not compulsive or exclusionary, why, live and let live is my motto.
April 1, 2007
@ 6:41 pm
Brian just needed an excuse to look at porn, and now he’s passing it off as high art.
April 5, 2007
@ 10:41 pm
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