Agreed. Not finding anything on YouTube... posted by LordSludge at 6:37 PM on March 15, 2010
Much more awesome than I could have imagined, but this is more awesome:
I was scrolling through the photo gallery in the fourth link and went to far, looking at photos of some gold painted bikini shoot. I didn't realize this, so I'm going along thinking, "nice, nice... very interesting." And then I get to a picture of a ludicrously-titted gold woman posing luridly and I'm like, "NOW SHE"S ON TO SOMETHING."
I'm either a genius or I need a wank. posted by cmoj at 6:48 PM on March 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
holy moly thats amazing stuff. posted by marienbad at 6:51 PM on March 15, 2010
CMOJ: I Don't think the gold stuff is her work. i'm not sure though, the picture you describe ditsracted me from further uh, investigation. posted by marienbad at 6:57 PM on March 15, 2010
No, it's not hers. But it should be. posted by cmoj at 7:13 PM on March 15, 2010
these are cool...
a lot of these (particularly this one) reminds me of an incredibly tame jenny saville (nsfw, crazy talented). posted by nathancaswell at 7:19 PM on March 15, 2010
That is simultaneously awesome and creepy.
I'd love to see a video too. posted by liet at 7:27 PM on March 15, 2010
great find, emilyd22222 - thanks.
I like the reactions of the observers - ranging from bemusement to confusion. posted by madamjujujive at 7:34 PM on March 15, 2010
I found the pictures super creepy because the eyes are still realistic, and they look a bit like those paintings with holes cut out of them so people can spy into a room. Amazing work. posted by Alnedra at 7:41 PM on March 15, 2010
Well, my brain is now thoroughly confused. Thank you! Wonderful post. posted by rtha at 7:44 PM on March 15, 2010
So cool. My favorite is the living art exhibition in the gallery, with the man talking to her. posted by Solon and Thanks at 7:45 PM on March 15, 2010
You just can’t do anything that violates the original painting, like giggling or itching. They do allow some nervous crying, but you can tell they don’t like it. posted by snwod at 7:46 PM on March 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
I love this. I would be really curious to see what it looks like in person - as photographs they're amazing, very convincing for a moment, and then wonderfully surreal when you see the subject move or catch something real in the frame (hair, or another person)... posted by mdn at 8:12 PM on March 15, 2010
And then I get to a picture of a ludicrously-titted gold woman posing luridly and I'm like, "NOW SHE"S ON TO SOMETHING."
Faved for "ludicrously-titted." I don't know if that's a common phrase somewhere or not, but it is now part of my idiolect. I shall assume its meaning is more broad than used here.
Seriously though, this artist has ludicrously-titted skills! posted by Xezlec at 8:46 PM on March 15, 2010 [1 favorite]
This is pretty amazing. I was showing this to my roommate/friend and his friend as they're working on some music editing, and I had to point out that they weren't paintings, but live people painted as paintings.
At the Laguna Beach, California Festival of the Arts they do the Pageant of the Masters where they set up somewhat painted live tableau of classic paintings -- but honestly it's a lot less creative and interesting than this. Actually, I think Pageant of the Masters is cheesy tourist-trap crap, especially compared to this, but I digress.
Neat. You can see bigger versions of some of those on her flikr page, in case you miss the link on her website. posted by Forktine at 3:39 AM on March 16, 2010
Amazing. Thanks for the post. posted by painquale at 4:27 PM on March 16, 2010
posted by kuatto at 5:43 PM on March 15, 2010