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“Tesla” Julian Baker London, April...

Sat, 04 May 2013 12:29:13 -0400

“Tesla”
Julian Baker
London, April 2013

www.julianbaker.com/photography/new-work/

boudoirboudoir: Apologies. A disruption from the normal...

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:30:27 -0400

Apologies. A disruption from the normal tasteful and discreet service Bourdoir Boudoir provides.

“First of May” by Jonathan Coulton

It’s the 1st of May, c’mon you know you want to.

Buy or say thank you to Mr Coulton at www.jonathancoulton.com

Shorter – a short stories iPhone appI tried to take Will Ashon’s...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:50:56 -0400

Shorter – a short stories iPhone app

I tried to take Will Ashon’s portrait. Somehow things got mixed up and it ended as an iPhone…

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"Aesthetics is for the artist as ornithology is for the birds."

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 07:05:16 -0400

“Aesthetics is for the artist as ornithology is for the birds.”

- Barnett Newman

“Bifocal” Julian Baker London, March 2013 From the “In...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:44:17 -0400

“Bifocal”
Julian Baker
London, March 2013

From the “In conversation with three women” triptych

‘In conversation with three women’ Julian Baker A triptych...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:15:46 -0400

‘In conversation with three women’
Julian Baker
A triptych comprising ‘Male Pattern Blindness’ London, November 2010 / ‘Eye Contact’ London, February 2013 / ‘Bifocal’ London, March 2013

“Revealing” Julian Baker London, March 2013

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:56:05 -0400

“Revealing”
Julian Baker
London, March 2013

Anna Maltz Artist, knitter, activist I discovered the work of...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:31:00 -0400

Anna Maltz
Artist, knitter, activist

I discovered the work of Anna Maltz happening upon an apparent portrait of a family wearing what can only be described as knitted nude suits. The little girl examining her father’s woollen penis. The image was posted uncredited on an internet notice board accompanied by a litany of incredulous comments.

It had to have been the work of an artist - a simple and wonderfully executed concept that throws open all the moral and social contradictions in public displays of nudity. I would see it pop up again in unexpected places, each time eliciting a search to find the creator.

When Sasha Baron Cohen premiered “Bruno” in Berlin wearing a similar outfit a year later I made a concerted effort to find the artist, to express my admiration and congratulate her on finding mainstream exposure. Emailing Anna I learnt the Bruno costumes were not by her.

Artists frequently have their ideas purloined by advertising, take Gillian Wearing’s “Signs that say what you want them to say” and the Volkswagen advert by BMP DDB. In a “creative” industry not crediting a concept is ironic as well as unjust.

It’s probable Baron Cohen was unaware of her work but I would be surprised if no-one in his team had not seen the image, given the similarity in the versions. Five years had passed since Anna exhibited her suits and the emergence of the ones to promote Bruno. It seemed a shame to me that the latecomer and conceptually less brilliant version may become the one posterity remembers. So I thought a formal portrait of Anna in her creation would be in order. I must admit that I may also have had a sneaky desire to try one one for myself.

(Although we corresponded it took a while for the portrait to happen, since, for a while, Anna thought I was asking her to pose nude. A lesson learnt and now I state clearly when propositioning artists and authors that I’m expecting them to keep their clothes on.)

annamaltz.com

“Shorter” the iPhone and iPad app I cobbled together to house...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:14:00 -0500

“Shorter” the iPhone and iPad app I cobbled together to house Will Ashon’s fabulous – and fabulously short – stories is now available from the App Store here

thiswolf: Small, quick and smart idea. Dove: Thought Before...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:49:04 -0500

thiswolf:

Small, quick and smart idea.

Dove: Thought Before Action (by Ogilvy Toronto)

I can safely say I never thought I’d be posting an advert. Whilst the advertising industry has pointed out that the plug-in didn’t have a huge up take, perhaps they are missing the point. That the target isn’t the creatives that distort our bodies in order to sell us product, it’s us. To remind us that advertising misleads, not just in it’s promises but in it’s very fabric – and that we shouldn’t feel we’re not up to par because they are liars.

“Eye Contact” Julian Baker London, February 2013

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:33:10 -0500

“Eye Contact”
Julian Baker
London, February 2013

"To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognised for..."

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:12:52 -0500

““To be naked is to be oneself.
To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognised for oneself.””

- ― John Berger, Ways of Seeing

"You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, put a mirror in her hand and you..."

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:55:49 -0500

“You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting “Vanity,” thus morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for you own pleasure.”

- John Berger Ways of Seeing
(via dowhatyourbodywants)

Nicholas Royle’s “First Novel” – which isn’t First Novel by...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:50:29 -0500

Nicholas Royle’s “First Novel” – which isn’t

First Novel by Nicolas Royle | Nicholas Royle portrait by Julian Baker

I received a copy of…

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“Coupled, Friends #10” Julian Baker London, February 2013 From...

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:28:56 -0500

“Coupled, Friends #10”
Julian Baker
London, February 2013

From the Coupled series

Featured on the Art - das Kunstmagazin...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:28:32 -0500

Featured on the Art - das Kunstmagazin site

www.art-magazin.de/kunst/58933/akt_now_aktfotografie

“Art”, a magazine from Germany has just…

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“Coupled, Friends #9” Julian Baker London, January 2013 From...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:01:28 -0500

“Coupled, Friends #9”
Julian Baker
London, January 2013

From the Coupled series

"Unheimlich is often translated as the English word uncanny. However, the German term according to..."

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 06:39:28 -0500

“Unheimlich is often translated as the English word uncanny. However, the German term according to Freud has two competing meanings in relationship to its root heimlich, which means homey, comfortable, and friendly and a competing, less common, meaning of the root is concealed, secret, and deceitful. Unheimlich can mean unfamiliar, uncomfortable, and eerie. Or, it can also mean (less commonly) what is supposed to be kept hidden but is inadvertently revealed (take a look at some class notes for a Washington University lecture on Freud’s essay for an interesting framing of this essay here).”

- Freud, der unheimlich, and the importance of aesthetics | bavatuesdays

Coupled, Lovers #9 Julian Baker London, January 2013 From the...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:15:00 -0500

Coupled, Lovers #9
Julian Baker
London, January 2013

From the Coupled series

Love the “too many years in the travel agents...

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:19:00 -0500

Love the “too many years in the travel agents window” effect.

Rose Berlin by Julian Baker