My Friend is in the Saatchi Showdown

Painting of Tree Branches in Acrylics by Mary Crenshaw 2007 200 x 300cm

My good friend Mary Crenshaw who lives in Milan, Italy is a finalist in the current "head to head" Saatchi Online Artist Showdown. Here is the link to vote for the Mary Crenshaw painting shown above. You might want to check out her portfolio on the site. Lovely work. Go Mary!

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Andrea Dezso

Book Jacket cover from McSweeny's 23 by Hungarian artist Andrea Dezso that folds out into a poster.

What can I say about Andrea Dezso? I saw this McSweeny's jacket in the book store and was very intrigued. I know that she has also been in "Blab!". Today, I happened upon her website. It's a revelation. She's a prolific artist, designer and assistant professor at Parson's. Read more about her life and check out her amazing sketchbooks, cut outs and other art, including a subway mosaic in NYC, here:

ANDREA DEZSO

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Barber Shop & Trade Signs from West Africa

King Jesus Shoe Repair Ghana
Ici Bonne Tress Ivory Coast

Medical Sign Togo

Hair Braiding Sign Benin

There are some beautiful trade signs from West Africa available to buy at

Indigo Arts Gallery

151 North 3rd Street • Philadelphia, PA 19106.

Have a look at their website!

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What was the Watusi?

"The Watusi was a dance that enjoyed brief popularity during the early 1960s. It was almost as popular as the Twist. In 1961, Puerto Rico jazz musician Ray Barretto had his first hit with a song called "El Watusi" and although he didn't invent the style, he came to be typecast as connected to the style.
The Orlons, a vocal quartet from Philadelphia, had the biggest hit of their career as recording artists with their recording of "The Wah Watusi" (Cameo 218), which debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on June 9, 1962 and remained on the Hot 100 for 14 weeks; it peaked at #2 and held the position for two weeks.
Barretto's recording, "El Watusi" (Tico 419), debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on April 27, 1963 and remained on the Hot 100 for 9 weeks; it peaked at #17 for 9 weeks.
Its name came from the Batutsi tribe of Rwanda." from Answers.com

Morbid Anatomy

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"A. Friedländer, Plakat für ein anatomisches Museum, Hamburg, 1913, Münchner Stadtmuseum, Puppentheatremuseum." From the wonderful book Ebenbilder. Kopien von Körpen - Modelle des Menschen

From MORBID ANATOMY blog

via ectomo (Ross Rosenberg)

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Genius Paintings

Sleepers, bathers, children, landscapes, portraits, ballerinas, field workers. Is there anything she couldn't paint? View 334 soulful images by this great woman painter:

Zinaida Serebriakova

This is an "encore" post because I am in awe of her skill and so happy to discover her.

Women Dreaming, Dreaming...

Julius Troschel: Ruhende. 1860
Sleeping Nymph, c. 1535
Alexandre Schoenewerk: La jeune Tarantine, 1871

Wikimedia Commons has a fascinating page of sleeping women in art. I can think of a few more images to add - paintings by Balthus, for instance. I have even painted some sleeping women myself. It's one of my favorite things to paint! I chose a few sculptures to post here.

Sleeping Women in Art

Thanks again to Internet Weekly for the heads up!

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