Not exact matches
Superman: blue
body latex, red speedo, red
latex «S»
painted on, red towel or fabric held on with safety pin for cape.
The idea of contrasting
body / arms and legs was gone and I just went for it,
painting every inch of it in regular old white
latex wall
paint.
The Los Angeles artist shifted styles, mediums and techniques frequently, creating an eclectic
body of work that ranges from abject
latex sculptures to copies of Old Master
paintings.
By exposing the naked
body and concealing it under layers of
paint, cosmetics and
latex, Huanca's performers confront our instinctive reactions to flesh, which becomes both a familiar, decorative object and an abstract, inaccessible subject.
Odili Donald Odita, Found, 2010 Acrylic
latex wall
paint November 18 — December 23, 2010 Jack Shainman Gallery is pleased to announce
Body & Space, the second solo exhibition at the gallery of new work by Odili Donald Odita.
More theoretically inclined Feminist artists of the late 1980s and 1990s included: the conceptual artist Mary Kelly, now Professor of Art at the University of California, Los Angeles, whose work borrows from both Marxism and psychoanalysis; the contemporary German photographer Katharina Sieverding, who uses make - up and face -
painting to explore gender borders; the German multimedia artist Iza Genzken, noted for her assemblages of household objects; the American postmodernist Lynda Benglis, best - known for her wax
paintings and poured
latex sculptures; and the English conceptual Helen Chadwick (1953 - 96), noted for her feminist performances and installations, but perhaps best - known for photocopying her
body next to dead animals.
I sanded the whole
body a bit, which I normally don't do, because I was going to be
painting the whole thing with the SW
latex paint, and it doesn't adhere to varnished surfaces like chalk
paint does.
Start with 2 coats of that, then 2 coats of a water - based
latex paint (better for the environment and your
body will appreciate it too).