Fleshbot: straight, painting

Serious art historical types like ourselves...

Jonnobot — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:20:27 EDT

Serious art historical types like ourselves know that Gustave Courbet's 1866 "Origin of the World" is one of the masterpieces of 19th century painting and isn't something to make puerile jokes about. That said ... look, pussy! (artfagcity.com)

Posing naked for a calendar to raise money...

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:45:27 EST

Posing naked for a calendar to raise money for charity is so over. Painting ceramic plates with your boobs is where the real money is at. (story + video @ thisisthenortheast.co.uk)

Still Lifes With Sex Toys

Lux Nightmare — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:23:09 EDT

There are more than a few sex toys that we would classify as works of art: the sculptural creations by Myla, Njoy, and Sanrio come to mind, as does our old friend the Hitachi Magic Wand (though admittedly more for the effects it has rather than aesthetic considerations). So it makes perfect sense that artist Pat Hobaugh uses sex toys as the subject for a series of lush, finely detailed still lifes in which dildos, vibrators, and strap-on harnesses share the canvas with things like half empty bottles of vodka, small Asian figurines, and pieces of fruit. (All of which we've seen used as sex toys too on occasion, come to think of it. Guess these paintings make more sense then we thought.)

· Pat Hobaugh - Still Lifes (pathobaugh.com)

Old Master Smut By David Nicholson

Fleshbot — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:45:46 EDT

Art history geeks will get off on all the allusions to classic painters in the art of David Nicholson—many of which are brilliantly rendered pastiches of and references to work by the kind of artists you don't usually associate with hot naked bodies, including Goya, Titian, Blake, and Rousseau. The rest of us pervs can get off to the fact that there are indeed plenty of naked bodies to be seen on his canvases, even including some famous ones like that of everyone's favorite tiny porn princess Bridget The Midget. Whoever said that oil paintings were only good for standing in front of in some dusty old museum anyway?

· Art by David Nicholson (gallery @ aeroplastics.net, via Fluffy Lychees)

Previously: Gettin' Down With Bridget The Midget, (Very Strange) Art By Billy Reynolds, Art By Dana Richardson: "Not Yer Average Perv", The Art of J.K. Potter, Erotic Art by Christopher Leach, Porn Art By Buff Monster: "One In The Pink", World Museum Of Erotic Art, John Currin @ Gagosian Gallery

Wet Spots: A Good Week For Boobs

Dashiell Bennett — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:09:44 EST

· Jennifer Love Hewitt's boobs are on fire this week. Well, not literally, but it's true that we've never met two better advertisements for bras. (egotastic.com)

· Funny, we don't remember having to use the Donkey Punch controller form the last time we played WarioWare. Maybe we just haven't reached that level yet. (vgcats.com - thanks Jonas)

· A fur protestor breaks up a fashion show by taking her clothes off. The audience agreed it was the best outfit of the night. (stuff.co.nz)

· A loud, moralizing talk show host asking a female guest if she'd like to pose for some nude pictures = awwwwkward. (Gawker)

· How do you get a convicted felon down off the top of a 72-foot pole? Send him nude pictures of his wife. That punchline will be much funnier once you realize what the hell we're talking about. (dw-world.de + news.scotsman.com)

· Even in conservative Pakistan dancing girls are quite popular. Hmm ... we wonder why that is? (smh.com.au)

· Wanted: "hot-bodied young men" to pose for a nude painting. Don't worry: It's for art's sake, but you will still be treated like a sex object. (indiatimes.com)

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