"Andrea Cruz Carrer Junta de Camere, Barelona, February 1996" by Craigie Horsfield

"Andrea Cruz Carrer Junta de Camere, Barcelona, February 1996" by Craigie Horsfield. C-print flush mounted on foamcore. 139 x 139 cm. (54 3/4 x 54 3/4 in).

Horsfield has said: 'The work I make is intimate in scale but its ambition is, uncomfortable as I find it, towards an epic dimension, to describe the history of our century, and the centuries beyond, the seething extent of the human condition.' His black and white photographs record the environment around him and people he knows. He attempts to establish an understanding of history that challenges the notion of a mythical past or inexorable future, divorced from human experience of the here and now.

Craigie Horsfield was born in Cambridge, England in 1949. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1996, for the continuing development of his work shown in solo shows at the Antoni Tapuies Fundacio in Barcelona and at the Barbara Gladstone Gallery in New York.

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"Miss Beehayving" by Albert Watson

BREAUNNA (FRIDGE) by Albert Watson, 24 x 20", 60 x 48"

BREAUNNA (BED) by Albert Watson, 24 x 20", 60 x 48"

BREAUNNA IN CAT MASK by Albert Watson, 20" x 24", 60 x 48"

All Digital c print photograph, source: guyhepner.com

Miss Beehayving, Hamiltons Gallery London, 13 February - 15 March 2008

In his first UK solo gallery exhibition, Scottish-born photographer Albert Watson presents twelve new photographs from his latest body of work, Shot in Vegas. This new work departs from Watson's iconic portraiture initiated at the time of his arrival in America in 1970 and continued for the ensuing two decades. Concentrating on a single dominatrix and burlesque performer, Breaunna, with whom he worked repeatedly over two years, these images form a unique and essential part of the Shot in Vegas series, Watson's forthcoming book project. He met her at a Rock-A-Billy Convention in 2000 and over the years she became his muse, posing for him numerous times.

"When you come from a small town in Scotland, and years later you end up with a camera in Las Vegas, it's truly like being in another galaxy. And meeting somebody like Breaunna was inspiring. She lives in an exotic, erotic world, and that's what fascinated me." Albert Watson.

Watson described Breaunna, whose online moniker is Miss Beehayving, as having a chameleon-like quality. He managed to capture a different facial expression in each photograph, depicting the world both literally and figuratively through her eyes and the places she worked. His use of light creates a meditative atmosphere, drawing the viewer into the image whilst simultaneously demanding a reverent distance.

Watson studied graphic design at The Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee; and film and television at The Royal College of Art, London. He has exhibited internationally in solo shows at The Museum of Modern Art, Milan; Kunst Haus Wien, Vienna; City Art Centre, Edinburgh and FotoMuseum, Antwerp and group shows at The National Portrait Gallery, London; Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow and The International Centre of Photography, New York. His photographs are included in the permanent collections at The National Portrait Gallery and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. A retrospective of his work was published by Phaidon in November 2007.

"Infanta Electronica" by Bob Carlos Clarke

"Infanta Electronica" by Bob Carlos Clarke (1950-2006). Giclee pigment print on paper, executed in two editions.

Bob Carlos Clarke was born in Cork, Ireland in 1950, and moved to England in 1964 to study art and design at The West Sussex College of Art where he developed an interest in photography. He then went on to The London College of Printing, before completing his degree at the Royal College of Art in 1975.

He worked in almost every sphere of photography, winning numerous awards for high-profile advertising campaigns, recognition for his photojournalism and portraits of celebrities, and international acclaim from collectors of fine prints.

Bob Carlos Clarke produced five books: The Illustrated Delta of Venus (1979), Obsession (1981), The Dark Summer (1985), White Heat (with Marco Pierre White, 1990), and Shooting Sex (2003).

Bob Carlos Clarke died in March 2006. The estate is currently represented by Guy Hepner.

"Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip 'The Beat That My Heart Skipped' Single Cover" (2007) by Jock Mooney

"Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip 'The Beat That My Heart Skipped' Single Cover" (2007) by Jock Mooney

Statement: My sculptural works and installations are comprised of numerous small-scale hand made objects. In the case of my ongoing project 'Inventory', the bombardment of data currently numbers over 1,500 individual elements. Presented en masse to the viewer, these apparently random images are drawn from a wide range of sources, including mythology, religious iconography, historical occurrence, popular culture and mundane reality. Taken from similar sources, my drawings and random lists written off the top of my head, function in parallel to the sculptural works and share the same stream-of-consciousness aesthetic.

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip is my favourite new band/act of the year. They are great live as well. This is the video of "The Beat That My Heart Skipped"

"Mornington Crescent Nude" (1907) by Walter Sickert

Walter Sickert, Mornington Crescent Nude, c. 1907, Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 50.8 cm. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. © Estate of Walter R. Sickert/DACS 2007.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Walter Sickert (1860-1942) painted a remarkable series of female nudes which confirmed his reputation as one of the most important modern British artists.

The Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, London presents the first exhibition devoted to these radical works produced in Camden Town, north London, between 1905 and 1913. The uncompromising realism of Sickert’s nudes, set on iron bedsteads in the murky interiors of cheap lodging houses, challenged artistic conventions and divided critical opinion.

The exhibition traces Sickert’s reinvention of the nude, exploring the ways in which these powerful paintings addressed pressing artistic and social concerns of the period. It brings together many of his finest canvases, from both private and public collections, including Sickert’s four provocative Camden Town Murder paintings, which have never before been displayed together.

To complement the exhibition a display of Sickert’s drawings and prints from The Courtauld Gallery’s collections will also be on show. These rarely seen works cover various periods of the artist’s career and demonstrate his exceptional talents as a draughtsman.

"Sophie Dahl, i-D" (1997) by Nick Knight

"Sophie Dahl, i-D" (1997) by Nick Knight

Nick Knight is among the world’s most influential and visionary photographers. As a fashion photographer, he has consistently challenged conventional notions of beauty and is fêted for his groundbreaking creative collaborations with leading designers including Yohji Yamamoto, John Galliano, Alexander McQueen. Advertising campaigns as well as award-winning editorial for W, British Vogue, Paris Vogue, Dazed & Confused, Another, Another Man and i-D magazines have consistently kept Knight at the vanguard of progressive image-making for the past three decades. His first book of photographs, Skinheads, was published in 1982. He has since produced Nicknight, a twelve year retrospective, and Flora, a series of flower pictures, both published by Schirmer Mosel. Knight's work has been exhibited at international institutions such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, Saatchi Gallery, The Photographers Gallery and Hayward Gallery. He has also produced a permanent installation, Plant Power, for the Natural History Museum in London and was the first of Channel 4's 'Big 4' 50-foot installations outside its London HQ in 2007. A long-standing commitment to experimenting with the latest technologies led to Knight launching his award-winning fashion and art broadcasting company SHOWstudio in 2000.

"Bunny Sees Boobs" by Colin Christian

"Bunny Sees Boobs" by Colin Christian. 5' high fiberglass sculpture, automotive paint job, a weighted 'boob' base. From the 'dirty bunnies' series.

"Tracey Emin" (2006) by Tracey Emin

"Tracey Emin" (2006) by Tracey Emin

Boobs, beer & a bottle of water. Get the book at Amazon.

The most highly publicized of the infamous Young British Artists, Emin has stirred as much controversy as she has acclaim, being both highly personal and extremely original in her art. Emin's work is engaging, titillating, disturbing, and startlingly confessional. One of her most famous pieces is Everyone I Ever Slept With 1963-1995, a tent appliquéd with names. Another notorious work, My Bed—the scene where she spent four days contemplating suicide—was exhibited at Tate Britain when the artist was short-listed for the Turner prize in 1999. Though denounced by conservative critics at the outset, Emin's work has attracted serious critical attention for more than a decade. In the words of Art in America, "What brought Emin to prominence was shock value, but what keeps her work powerful as she continues is the strength and nuance of its form and content." Compiled in close collaboration with the artist herself—and unprecedented in its scope—this is the definitive book on Emin, featuring drawings, paintings, sculptures, appliqués and embroideries, neon and video stills as well as her own writing.

"Cashback" (2007) by Sean Ellis

Based on the Oscar nominated short, Cashback is the tale of life on the graveyard shift at a supermarket. When a bad break-up leads to insomnia, art student Ben joins the nocturnal existence of a group of young grocers who indulge in the art of the imagination. As Ben learns to let his run free, he begins to see beauty in the ordinary as well as the possibility to love again.

Here's the trailer:

Here's the original 18 minute short:

I really liked this movie. At some points it suffered from debut feature film syndrome (too many ideas crammed into one movie) but it's still highly recommended. The IMDM rating is 7.5/10

Justin Chang wrote this for Variety:

Slickly charming, genteelly erotic and directed with supreme polish, "Cashback" is a conventional romantic comedy that plays unconventional games with time and memory. Elaborating on his Oscar-nominated short of the same title, Brit filmmaker Sean Ellis reveals a gift for formal sleight-of-hand that's ultimately more dazzling than his patly amusing script. Though frank sexuality will limit audience scope, pic's kudo cachet and bankable title should earn worldwide distrib Gaumont some cashback of its own from savvy younger viewers. [..] It's [in the supermarket] that Ben discovers his ability to stop time, a phenomenon that gives him a new appreciation for the beauty around him. The beauties in this supermarket readily identify pic as a supremely cushy male fantasy. Ben wanders the aisles of the store undressing the drop-dead gorgeous women around him -- photographed by Angus Hudson in unsparing detail -- then sketches their portraits.

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"Stripper" by Charles Thomson

"Stripper" by Charles Thomson, 40 x 30", oil and acrylic on canvas. Source.

Charles Thomson instigated the Stuckist movement in 1999. He has been the driving force behind it and responsible for most of its media coverage. He has led demonstrations against the Turner Prize for seven years, stood as a Stuckist for parliament, reported Charles Saatchi to the Office of Fair Trading, and run a Stuckist gallery. Previously he was a member of the Medway Poets (1979) and a full-time poet for over a decade. He was briefly married to the artist Stella Vine. He now lives in North London.

Charles Thomson paints in flat areas of mostly high key colour with black outlines, and sees the influence for this from Japanese woodblock prints, Van Gogh and German Expressionism. Subjects are mainly people and situations in his everyday life, but transformed to show "a synthesis of the material, mental, emotional and spiritual." He has observed the paintings often have alternate readings.

"Robert Lenkiewicz and Lucinda Nash" (1993) by Chris Summerfield

"Robert Lenkiewicz and Lucinda Nash" (1993) by Chris Summerfield (1956). Photograph. From Saatchi Online

"Bathroom II" (2005-2006) by Richard Hamilton

"Bathroom II" (2005-2006) by Richard Hamilton, oil on Fuji lightjet on canvas, 100 x 100 cm. Courtesy the artist.

Richard Hamilton (born February 24, 1922) is an English painter and collage artist. His 1956 collage titled "Just What Is It that Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?", produced for the "This is Tomorrow" exhibition of the Independent Group in London, is considered by some critics and historians to be the first work of Pop Art.

This work is part of a series shown now at the Venice Art Biennial.

"Closed Contact A" by Jenny Saville

"Closed Contact A" by Jenny Saville (1970). Photography, 41x29,5 cm. From an auction.

Jenny Saville (born in Cambridge in 1970) is a contemporary English painter and one of the Young British Artists (YBAs). She is known for her monumental images of obese women, usually using herself as the model. Her painting North Face/South Face appeared on the cover of The Manic Street Preachers third album The Holy Bible.

"Lucile" (2006) by Nicolas Granger-Taylor

"Lucile" (2006) by Nicolas Granger-Taylor (London, UK, 1963), Oil on canvas over board, 25.9 x 36.1 cm (10.24 x 14.25 inches)

Image courtesy Frost & Reed Gallery.

"Eve" by Eric Gill

"Eve" by Eric Gill (1882-1940), wood engraving printed from the block in 1929 in an edition of 400.

Sculptor and engraver. Born in Brighton, Sussex the son of a Congregationalist minister, Gill became articled to W.H. Caroe, architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in London in 1900. He attended evening classes at Central School of Arts and Crafts and studied letter design under Edward Johnston, he also began to carve in stone. By 1904 he was making a living from letter engraving and within six years he was sculpturing figures. His first solo exhibition was held at at the Chenil Gallery, London, 1911. He set up an artistic community in Ditchling, Sussex and converted to Roman Catholicism in 1913. In 1924 moved to Wales and over the next four years produced much of his best engraved work, mainly for the Golden Cockerel Press. Though a controversial figure in that his sexual improprieties remained in conflict with his Catholic faith, Gill is nowadays regarded as one of the greatest craftsmen of this century, a typographer and letter cutter of consummate skill and a masterly wood engraver. "Eve" is regarded as his most important work. (source)

Montage by Linder Sterling

Montage by Linder Sterling. Image courtesy Paul Stolper Gallery

Linder Sterling is a visual artist, performance artist and musician from Manchester, England who also uses the single name "Linder". Born Linda Mulvey in Liverpool in 1954, she spent her adolescence and most of her adult life in Manchester. She studied art at Manchester Polytechnic 1974-1977. She now lives and works in Lancashire.

A radical feminist and a well-known figure of the Manchester punk and post-punk scene, Linder was known for her montages, which often combined images taken from pornographic magazines with images from women's fashion and domestic magazines, particularly those of domestic appliances, making a point about the cultural expectations of women and the treatment of female body as a commodity.

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"Made's Warung (With Text in Background)" (2006) by Ashley Bickerton

"Made's Warung (With Text in Background)" (2006) by Ashley Bickerton, Mixed media collage on wood, 42.1 x 60.1 in.

This work by Ashley Bickerton (British, born 1959) can now be seen at Sonnabend Gallery in NYC, USA.

"Red Nude with Stripes on Gold" (2006) by David Bromley

"Red Nude with Stripes on Gold" (2006) by David Bromley, painting, 82x118 cm

David Bromley (1960, Sheffield, England) lives and works in Adelaide, Australia.

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Two photos by Richard Williams

Photo by Richard Williams. Copyright Richard Williams & Diva Photography.

Photo by Richard Williams. Copyright Richard Williams & Diva Photography.

Richard Williams (London, England) is a "master of beauty and nude photography" with "an international reputation for quality and creativity, and his work is seen all over the world in print and on the web". (source).

These two photos from the "Creative Images of Women" series are not quite typical of his aesthetic erotic nude photography.

"Electric Ladyland" (1968) by The Jimi Hendrix Experience [update]

Here's the fourth installment of Album Covers Featuring Boobs: "Electric Ladyland" (1968) by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Bursting with ideas and energy, Jimi Hendrix's second album release of 1968 was a double-LP set that showcased virtually everything the guitar genius had to offer: blistering blues ("Voodoo Chile"), galaxy-patrolling space jams ("1983... A Merman I Should Turn to Be"), psychedelic soul ("Crosstown Traffic"), and skyscraping rock ("Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"). In the midst of all this was even a hit song--Hendrix's remarkable reading of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," featuring a series of baton-passing guitar solos, all distinct and brilliant. Seemingly diffuse when first released; in hindsight, kaleidoscopically eclectic. --Billy Altman

Warning: judging by the album at Amazon the units of this album no longer shift with the original artwork. Fucking shame. If Hendrix was alive today he would rather piss on Wallmart than having his artwork changed to have it on their shelves.

This cover is from the UK edition. If you buy this album now it comes with a blurry head shot of Hendrix looking like he's about to come (or playing a high note during a solo), which according to the Hendrix estate is what he preferred.

The UK edition [..] came with a different and very controversial cover. With the artwork not reaching the UK in time to press the album, a cover of naked women lounging in front of a black background was issued in its place, causing considerable reaction. The US cover by Karl Ferris, which Hendrix had intended, has since become the official cover of Electric Ladyland internationally. Hendrix's family, who own the rights to the album and most of his catalogue, has stated that the original UK cover will not be used anymore since Hendrix did not himself like it.

Thanks to 'Anonymous' for pointing me here.