Hearkening back to
velvet paintings of the 1960s, with the addition of timeless denim, these works also lend a knowing wink to current times.
What Verhoeven and Eszterhas are doing here is painting a sperm and blood - stained black
velvet painting of a festering sore of a world; an empty, black hole that sucks in delusional, naive, men and women, turning them into meat - puppet mulch...
My favorite restaurant has headshots of Laurel and Hardy on the wall, and I just bought a 3 - foot - long
velvet painting of The Last Supper with Marilyn Monroe holding court and Charlie Chaplin, Marlon Brando, Clark Gable, and James Dean as her acolytes.
Not exact matches
His 1956 compilation Let Us Compare Mythologies contains poems like «For Wilf and His House,» which opens: «When young the Christians told me / how we pinned Jesus / like a lovely butterfly against the wood, / and I wept beside
paintings of Calvary / at
velvet wounds / and delicate twisted feet.»
The collection
of classical and contemporary
paintings, on loan from the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, has been featured in Architectural Digest, and is perfectly accented by the French lace curtains and Viennese
velvet draperies.
With a healthy amount
of red
velvet, black
paint, and some very attractive dancers, Lucky Devil Lounge is precisely where you'd expect to find some creative takes on old standards.
Creator
of Velvet Finishes
paint.
An elegant platform bed upholstered in rich navy
velvet anchors this bedroom with walls
painted a very faint shade
of millennial pink.
Deep jewel tones with silk
velvet pumpkins mixed with some dollar store pumpkins that I
painted with and then the flowers
of the season easily coordinate.
Marble Oval Coffee Table: West Elm Canvas Dauville Gold Glazed Large Porcelain Bowl: Amazon Coffee Table Books: Glamorous Rooms + Influence Arrows: Shop HDB Moroccan Rug: Rugs USA Vintage Clock Shelves: IKEA (DIY with gold spray
paint) Fashion: 150 Years
of Couturiers, Designers, Labels Leopard Print
Velvet Pillow Covers: c / o Arianna Belle White + Silver Throw Pillows: Shop HDB Gold Clip Lamps: Land
of Nod Gold Sphere: West Elm Gold Pig Bookends: CB2 Gold Decorative Hex Nut: Target Candle Cloche: HomeGoods Aztec - Print Fabric Box: HomeGoods Gold Capiz Box: West Elm Je Vouse Aime Print: c / o By Luciana Crème de la Crème Print: c / o By Luciana The Little Things Gold Foil Print: c / o Charm & Gumption Wishbone Print: c / o Lindsay Letters Love Is The Only Gold Striped Print: c / o Lindsay Letters Lips Watercolor Print: c / o THE AESTATE White Frames: Blick
We see black occupying a great space at creative designer-less Dior up to
painting the models» lips with black; at Zuhair Murad black lace and
velvet are in abundance; black is the main color at Givenchy fall 2016 runway show as well with some brown and taupe in between and with a smattering
of red to bring vibrancy around, while at Alexander McQueen black oversized coats are embellished with fuchsia embroidery for pretty contrast.
I'm sure the texture
of velvet makes it more difficult to
paint; however, the tutorial I followed was specifically for
painting velvet.
On my first visit to Paris a decade ago, I visited the Chateau de Versailles and remembered the opulence
of each room filled with
velvet curtains,
paintings and plenty
of gold crown moulding and gold detailing all over the palace.
chesterfield tufted sofa — Wayfair coffee table — Birch Lane jute rug — Rugs USA cream sweater blanket in hutch — Target white trees in hutch — Gordmans wooden Noel — HomeGoods large ceramic pitcher on top
of hutch — Wayfair small ceramic pitcher on top
of hutch — Wayfair round basket on top
of hutch — Joann Fabric driftwood deer — HomeGoods tufted beige chair by hutch — Target blanket ladder — tutorial in my book gray and white plaid blanket on ladder — Target white burlap stockings — handmade wooden lamps — similar at Wayfair glass lamp on side table — Target round wood tray on coffee table — Joss & Main birch log candle holders — HomeGoods
velvet curtains — similar at Pier 1 wall / trim
paint color — Du Jour by Valspar wooden horse —
Painted Fox white pom pom garland — Hobby Lobby board and batten wall treatment — tutorial here
Her babyface spangled with tiny jewels and her lips
painted fuschia, an adolescent with elaborately woven blonde hair lies on a silver
velvet couch — round her neck and running onto her breast and down her right arm is a scarf
of sticky blood as shiny as her blue vinyl (or cellophane) dress.
Not so surprisingly, the $ 17 million caper comes from a true story: the 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery that became known as the «hillbilly heist,» so called for the half - smart maneuvering (and lavish
velvet - Elvis -
painting spending)
of its players.
Not the biggest fan
of Tom Stern - era Eastwood, but what we have here is completely un-digital in appearance, like a (
velvet)
painting come to life, and the surprisingly minimal presence
of grain doesn't cause the image to look any less filmic.
Head
of the plot to destroy the world's currency system is Tijada's dictator, a General Garcia (Richard Libertini), who has a Z - shaped scar on his face, does Seà ± or Wences imitations with a face
painted on his hand, and boasts the world's foremost gallery
of Tijuana
velvet paintings.
The furniture is upholstered in lush suede; there are
velvet pillows everywhere, jewel - toned accents and
paintings of anthropomorphized white rabbits in royal regalia.
You'll laugh again when Django is offered the opportunity to pick out his own clothes and we next see Foxx in a
velvet Little Lord Fauntleroy outfit straight out
of The Blue Boy
painting from Gainsborough.
I keep thinking that things stated to go bad for the
velvet paintings business after the 1979 release
of the movie «The Inlaws» which featured a South American dictator that had the world's greatest collection
of Tijuana
velvet paintings.
Some
of the
paints are Alpine Green Metallic, Anthracite Metallic, Anthracite Satin, Antique Gold, Black
Velvet, Cumbrian Green, Dove Gray, Glacier Blue and more.
Add in a list
of options including Burgundy
Velvet Tinted
paint ($ 695), Technology Package ($ 2,640), single - disc CD player ($ 225), Revel Ultima 20 - speaker audio system ($ 995), 30 - way adjustable «Perfect Position» seats ($ 1,250), Cargo Package ($ 420), and destination ($ 1,195), and our Navigator checked out at $ 88,625.
The first version
of the Golf R Concept attracts attention with mid-tone «
Velvet Grey Metallic» exterior, polished 19 - inch «Talladega» alloy wheels, orange
painted brake callipers and carbon mirror caps.
The last
of its kind is a bespoke version and is
painted in Blue
Velvet.
THIS WEEK IN LEMBEH... Lots
of specialty courses on the go and we're seeing some great critters in the process... Harlequin Shrimp, Mimic Octopus, Flamboyant Cuttlefish, Giant;
Painted and Shaggy Frogfish,
Velvet Ghost Pipefish, Hairy Octopus, Coconut Octopus galore, Ambon Scorpionfish, plus Bobbit Worms, Stargazers and Starry Night Octopus on the night dives Find...
Tucson - based artist Kyle Kulakowski specializes in video game - inspired black
velvet paintings, a medium that uses black
velvet in place
of canvas, allowing vibrant colors to pop out more against the dark background.
And who better to organise the affair than Alison Gingeras, house curator to Amalia Dayan and Daniella Luxembourg's uptown shop, which has underwritten the East Village storefront, Oko, where one work from each
of Schnabel's early series — St Sebastian — Born in 1951 (1975 — 9), The Patients and the Doctors (1978), Mutant King (1981), Abstract
Painting on Blue
Velvet (1980)-- is on view in two - week stints.
The show consists
of a new body
of word
paintings on
velvet.
Julian Schnabel, a leader
of the Neo-Expressionists,
painted large works on unconventional supports like
velvet, or broken ceramic plates adhered to wood panels.
Blue Tree Grey has a 5ft wooden stand, I designed it and my dad made it, he's an old school master carpenter, I
painted the stand indigo blue, made 6 long grey droopy branches for it, tied a grey
velvet egg baby to its central pole with a blue ribbon, because oh dear what can the matter be, Johnny's so long at the fair, he promised to buy me a bunch of blue ribbons to tie up my bonny brown hair, and there's 6 midnight blue velveteen «heads» tied to its branches, I see them as mourners, watchers, protectors, and they're my version of my all time favorite sculpture: Nature Study (Velvet Eyes) by Louise Bour
velvet egg baby to its central pole with a blue ribbon, because oh dear what can the matter be, Johnny's so long at the fair, he promised to buy me a bunch
of blue ribbons to tie up my bonny brown hair, and there's 6 midnight blue velveteen «heads» tied to its branches, I see them as mourners, watchers, protectors, and they're my version
of my all time favorite sculpture: Nature Study (
Velvet Eyes) by Louise Bour
Velvet Eyes) by Louise Bourgeois.
In the centre
of the gallery, Hayley Silverman's The Debt Collector (Tomorrow Always Comes)(2017)-- a life - sized figure made from stained
velvet, unspooling rope coils and tattered lace brocade — seems to have stepped from one
of Gardner Gray's
paintings; three branches carved with elfin faces by Birke Gorm (IOU, 2017) lie in the gallery's corners, as if waiting to be gleaned.
At Sadie Coles he showed work featuring the imprint
of huge palm leaves on weathered canvases splattered with rain saturated with pigment, while at the Zabludowicz Collection there were boldly
painted aluminium sculptures and a recent series
of five video works using appropriated scenes from Tarkovsky films played against a segment
of a
Velvet Underground song.
Using a variety
of techniques —
paint on canvas and
velvet, drawing, printmaking, and wall installations — Bochner's Thesaurus
paintings riff on words and their meanings in countless permutations.
There is a great deal
of tension on the surfaces
of these
paintings — the
velvet flocking drawing light into its depth, and mirrored silver passages reflecting it back out.
The master bedroom has a wall - spanning oak - and -
velvet asymmetrical headboard with geometric shapes inspired by the
paintings of Frank Stella.
She does this through a mix
of her stunning photography and authoritative command
of a personal vocabulary
of pastels and
paint on black
velvet and black paper.
Zoer,
Velvet, and Persu collaborated for Act 6
of a series
of wall
painting at the Histoire d'un Mur.
Sat One, Poesia, Nawer,
Velvet, and Pener Remi Rough, LX One, and Nawer Graphic Surgery Sat one Kenor Nelio Pez Pener Nawer Poesia and Gilbert1 During our recent trip to Paris for the Graffuturism exhibition being held at Open Space Gallerie we were able to document some
of the walls that were being
painted while...
In a 1972 New York Times article, Thomas said her interest in art came «from her mother, who «
painted dainty pictures on
velvet,» and from the «artsy» household atmosphere
of her childhood.»
Apfelbaum's earlier floor - bound installations incorporate hundreds
of pieces
of velvet, hand - dyed in bold hues and often arranged in sprawling configurations that appear to be organically inspired or like abstract
paintings that melted off the wall, forming vibrant puddles.
Blending elements
of fairy tales, history, myths, and reality she creates unique scenarios that include, among many other elements, references to the 1960's television series The Avengers, The Beatles, Little Red Riding Hood, ballet stages like Giselle's Cottage at the Bolshoi, photographs
of dead squirrels and birds reminiscent
of Dutch still - life
paintings, gold frames,
velvet curtains, mirrors, cobwebs, swords, and axes accompanied by sound - tracks
of 18th century choral and harpsichord music as well as the sound
of clinging crystal chandeliers.
(and other recent
paintings on
velvet) is the new Mel Bochner exhibition, opening at Simon Lee Gallery in London, showcasing the latest body
of work
of the acclaimed artist.
The project is a series
of hand
painted mixed media prints
of found scanned cigarette packs on Somerset
Velvet Paper with deckle edges.»
These rooms were decorated by my mother and filled with opulence and ornamentation;
paintings of faux Dutch still life, gold tassels hanging from lamp shades, and pistachio green
velvet pillows.
Working in oils on aluminium panel, Early's colour - saturated mini-narratives combine the splendour
of Renaissance and Romantic
painting with the rawness
of contemporary life, a splendid example
of the iron fist in a
velvet glove strategy, examining the sensitive and personal aspects
of conflict, ambition and entropy in an opulent, cinematic style.
Crowded with
paint drips, dynamic brushstrokes, and found materials including broken plates, textiles, tarpaulins, and
velvet, many
of Schnabel's
paintings combine
painting and collage techniques.
Schnabel is particularly noted for large
paintings that incorporate broken crockery, e.g., The Walk Home (1985), and for other kinds
of work that flout high - art conventions, such as
paintings on
velvet or linoleum.
The artist, whose oil on
velvet painting Hamid in Alcheringa (1983) hammered at $ 320,000 at Christie's ($ 391,000 with fees, est. $ 200,000 - $ 300,000), will react to specific sites both inside and outside the building, where three or four bodies
of his works will be shown.
She counts the linoleum, the
velvet and the wax
paintings as fantastic bodies
of early work and also rates the shaped canvases, the pink
paintings he recently made in Mexico as well as
paintings that use words.