Voluptuous figures of middle-aged women whose heads have been removed

Lin Tianmiao Mother's!!! No. 12 (detail) 2008 Courtesy: The artist and Long March Space, Beijing

The white, voluptuous figures of middle-aged women, whose heads have been removed, or remain abstract and devoid of human features, have been placed in deliberately ambiguous postures. The surface of these bodies are delicately wrapped in a pearl-like material, these figures at times placed in private remonstrations suggesting the expelling of bodily waste, or seemingly pulled apart and laid bare, the innards of the body transformed into ominous balls and threads which suggest an interconnected relationship with the animal and plant world. The boundaries between people and their surroundings; male and female; internal and external; between different types of species, are blurred and broken, creating a chaotic environment which questions the nature of the world it inhabits. (source)

Stalin boobs

Art Chronika is Russia's leading monthly magazine for contemporary art, antiques and fine arts.

An abundance of boobs and bonnets, but little else to offer

"Well, there they are. The breasts of the women, in the Serpentine Gallery, courtesy of the artist Richard Prince. They're airbrushed all over a real 1987 Buick Grand National, a cheesy all-American "girl" pasted onto a cheesy all-American car."

From a review by Bidisha.

Female Body Reduced To The Essence By Rodin

Rodin. Link

Flipper Torso Boobs

Mitsuzumi Yoshiyuki via.

Weird tit people dolls

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"Female Abdomen Ring" by Chrissy Jones

"Female Abdomen Ring" by Chrissy Jones

"This classy and minimalistic ring is completely hand-constructed with polymer clay and many many coats of gloss, giving it a ceramic appearance." On Etsy.

"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"

"Untitled" (2002) by Louise Bourgeois

"Untitled" (2002) by Louise Bourgeois. Fabric and steel. Courtesy Cheim & Read, Galerie Karsten Greve and Galerie Hauser & Wirth. © Louise Bourgeois Photo: Christopher Burke

Artboobs has been very busy & off-line the last few weeks, and that has affected the number of posts. Don't worry, we're still alive! This is from a solo exhibition at the Tate Modern in London visited last week. Great show, highly recommended!

"Forgiveness" (2007) by Dan Attoe

"Forgiveness" (2007) by Dan Attoe. Mixed-media sculpture, neon light, wire, transformer, controllers. Approx. 61 x 104 in. (155 x 265 cm). Edition of 2 + 1 AP. Available at the Peres Projects booth at Frieze. $20,000. Courtesy Peres Projects

From the ARTINFO.com Frieze 2007 Editor’s Picks: A Sneak Peek Into the Booths at Frieze. Daniel Attoe is an American painter and sculptor. He was born in Bremerton, Washington in 1975.

"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.

"Fertility Goddess" by unknown artist

"Fertility Goddess" by unknown artist, Chinaberry Wood Carvings from Bali, 8" tall, $89.00. Sold out.

A gem from my bookmarks.

"Venus Spatiale" (1977) by Salvador Dalí

"Venus Spatiale" (1977) by Salvador Dalí (1904-1989). From an auction.

"Project K02" (1999) by Takashi Murakami

"Project K02" (1999) by Takashi Murakami. Height: 48 cm. Painted resin. From an auction. More Murakami on Art Boobs.

Two sculptures by Mickry 3

"...auf den titten gehen" (2007) by Mickry 3, Y-tong and Styropor, verspachtelt, Acryl, ca. 55 x 34 x 25 cm

"Untitled" (2007) by Mickry 3, Y-tong and Styropor, verspachtelt, Acryl, ca. 36 x 21 x 17 cm

Nina von Meiss (1978) Dominique Vigne (1981) and Christina Pfander (1980) are three young women who live and work in Zürich, Switzerland. They met nine year ago at art college and since then they have made art together under the name Mickry 3. They make comic book-inspired drawings, and they have also turned these into small three-dimensional figures made from paper mache or other cheap materials like paper and felt pen. Their installation "Mickry 3 Supermarket" was a great success.

The sculptures shown here are from their current exhibition at Esther Eppstein's message salon downtown gallery in Zürich (April 28 - May 13). Inspired by an exhibition of Rodin they are made to look like real, heavy bronze sculptures. Mickry 3 humorously celebrate Rodin's Körperkult by looking at it with a feminist, revealing eye.

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Venus of Willendorf (23,000 BCE)

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Sculpture by John DeAndrea

This installation by sculptor John DeAndrea was exhibited at the Sorry, We're Closed gallery in Brussels, Belgium in 2005.

That gallery is located in the heart of Brussels and isn't a classical gallery but a vitrine / window / white cube only open towards the street, which is always closed and lit day and night.

John DeAndrea's (1941, Denver, Colorado) realistic figures are cast from life and rendered in minute detail. Hair is set into plastic scalps, brows and pubes a few strands at a time. The oil polychrome 'skins' reveal moles, tiny veins, and scars. For draped works, garments are taken apart and reassembled on the fully painted bodies.

"These amazing simulacra are among the most enduring legacies of Photorealism, and they have gained John DeAndrea an international reputation."

Six works by Martin Eder

"Memoirs of My Nervous Illness" by Martin Eder, watercolour and graphite on paper

"Memoirs of My Nervous Illness" by Martin Eder, watercolour and graphite on paper

"Memoirs of My Nervous Illness" by Martin Eder, watercolour and graphite on paper

"Don't Trust Violence" (2003) by Martin Eder, 2003, Oil on canvas, 53 x 42 inches (framed), Rosette Delug Collection

"Dead Star / Black Hole / Shine On My Little Light / Big Pancake Peacefest" (2000) by Martin Eder, polystyrol, 7x8 m

"My sick eyes search for you" (2002) by Martin Eder, installation with 16 watercolours

"My sick eyes search for you" (2002) by Martin Eder, installation with 16 watercolours

Martin Eder (1968, Augsburg, Germany) lives in Berlin.

Don't be fooled by the initial cuteness of his paintings and watercolours. It's all about context, baby. His paintings, drawings, watercolours, videos and photography are often part of quite gothic installations and performances. The monumental "Dead Star [..]" sculpture above consists of a vast amount of polystyrene insulation boards, bought from your average DIY store and piled on top of each another, arranged in tiers, sawn, snapped, torn into shape, painted black and finally glued together.

Some small samples of his work can be seen through this page but most of the images above are taken from PDF catalogues found on this page. The "Don't Trust Violence" painting was found here.

"Alison Lapper pregnant" (2005) by Marc Quinn

"Alison Lapper pregnant" (2005) by Marc Quinn

Quote from Marc Quinn:

The sculpture is a portrait of Alison Lapper when she was 8½ months pregnant. It is carved out of one block of white marble and stands 3.55 metres high.

At first glance it would seem that there are few if any public sculptures of people with disabilities. However, a closer look reveals that Trafalgar Square is one of the few public spaces where one exists: Nelson on top of his column has lost an arm. I think that Alison's portrait reactivates this dormant aspect of Trafalgar Square. Most public sculpture, especially in the Trafalgar Square and Whitehall areas, is triumphant male statuary. Nelson's Column is the epitome of a phallic male monument and I felt that the square needed some femininity, linking with Boudicca near the Houses of Parliament. Alison's statue could represent a new model of female heroism.

In the past, heroes such as Nelson conquered the outside world. Now it seems to me they conquer their own circumstances and the prejudices of others, and I believe that Alison's portrait will symbolise this.

I'm not physically disabled myself but from working with disabled sitters I realised how hidden different bodies are in public life and media. Her pregnancy also makes this a monument to the possibilities of the future.

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Nude sculpture under attack!

Edward Winkleman reports that "in Frisco Texas, Sydney McGee, a 28-year veteran art teacher, has been pushed out of the school system because one of the 89 fifth-graders she took on a field trip to the Dallas Museum of Art (at the principal's urging, mind you) saw a nude statue while there and complained to his/her parents."

"But seriously, for the parent who signed off on the field trip (and, one assumes, without having researched the collection before doing so) to then complain to the school is virtually criminal. And even as I write that (trying very hard to give all due respect to parents' rights), I'm thinking if a parent truly objects to having their 10-year old view a statue of a naked person in the context of an art museum then the system has failed that parent as well as that child."