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Swirling, Naked…. Angelo Musco’s Haunting ‘Bodyscapes’

one small seed — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 05:30:50 +0000

Italian-born Angelo Musco has a life journey as unique as his art; this guy is no average Joe. From birth he weighed in at a whopping 6.5 kilos after 11 months in the womb. Causing great complications during birth, Musco became trapped and turned blue and in a critical state he was rushed to hospital, leaving his mother in anguish as she thought him to be dead.

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Musco was paralyzed on his right side for the first years of his life. This injury, called Erb’s Palsy, is the tearing of neck, arm and shoulder nerves. With scheduled surgeries to fix the damage, Musco’s superstitious mother saw the disease as a bad omen and refrained from having any surgical work done on Musco and instead he spent the first 10 years of his life in therapy to strengthen his injured side of the body. The traumatic experience since birth is Musco’s main inspiration behind his art,

A body of work that is driven by the personal experience, a birth prolonged until the 11^th month due to a hormonal dysfunction. A difficult pregnancy that has left both deep marks in the unconscious memories and in his physical body here becomes a narrative of suspended images- reflections of silent and surreal visions.

Brought up in Naples, his time was spent at school or helping out in his father’s grocery store doing deliveries. With his school situated near water, Musco would muse out of the window at the happenings on the river as he witnessed an array of interesting sights, such as the high speed boat chases of police and smugglers with black-market contraband. These activities very significant to Musco and his work. He later went on to study at the Academia Di Belle Arti and took an apartment in a very dangerous and historic part of the city; his new dwelling was next to the Napoli Sotteranea, a subterranean second city. The mysticism, history and legends of this old city destroyed by Mount Vesuvius were an ongoing fascination for the young artist.

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A poor student/artist who worked part time jobs and couldn’t afford painting materials, Musco started experimenting with installations and mixed-media like fire, stones and the bodies of his fellow workers. An artist with such a rich and ‘troubled’ childhood created work that depicts all these times of his life and serves as rationale. With the human body is the main focus, he creates mosaics of nude bodies, woven and making it look like constructions that depict symbolic representation of eggs, nests amniotic fluid and other aspects of procreation. His work seems almost like great murals of naked bodies meshed together to form one symbolic meaning.

Words : Bianca Budricks

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Spotted Naked Women in New York

one small seed — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:11:38 +0000

33-year-old body artist Trina Merry has been busy turning tricks and a whole lotta heads in NYC. Ms Merry has been meticulously painting women so that they’ll blend in with New York landmarks, from the Guggenheim Museum and Brooklyn Bridge to the towering grey Manhattan skyline. Her lengthy creative process is one that requires both technique and fiery ambition… See for yourself in these images and video below!

‘I wanted to engage the city and understand it and make some observations'(Merry)

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one small seed — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 10:55:33 +0000

Body Painting – one of the most original types of art that was used mostly in traditional rituals/ceremonies – is now increasingly being considered and revered as a contemporary art form. Verging on the unbelievable, here are the striking and surreal images from German Body Artist, Gesine Marwedel.

Painting by Gesine Marweda | Photos by Thomas van de Wall

The creative process of Body Painting / Body Art requires the skills of traditional art techniques, a vibrant conceptual foresight, and bucket loads of patience…. and paint! Marwedel shares her thoughts about this beautiful art form that gives a whole new life to the idea of what is ‘real’ art…

Body painting is not just paint to a living canvas; it is receiving the body shapes in the design, painting on and with the body. It is the transformation of a human into a breathing, moving, living work of art. (Marwedel)

Painting by Gesine Marweda | Photos by Thomas van de Wall

Body Art by Gesine Marwedel
Photos by Thomas van de Wall

To see more photography that requires a second look, read our article Surreal Photography: The Power of Perception

Painting Austria: Highlights from the 15th World Bodypainting Festival

one small seed — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 13:14:04 +0000

Body art takes on a new level in the 15th annual World Bodypainting Festival held in Austria. The week-long festival functions as the Academy Awards of body paint. Hundreds of artists from around the world gathered to strut their stuff with intricate and colourful designs. Artists competed for the world title in five categories and two amateur awards for airbrush and brush/sponge. Some of the other categories included special effects bodypainting and face painting.

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Bright colours and exuberant headdresses filled the streets of Pörtschach for eight days as the competition commenced. Over 40 countries were represented, making the event the biggest international bodypainting event in history. Some of the world champions include Italy’s Matteo Afranotti for the brush/sponge category, USA’s Scott Fray for airbrush, and Belgium’s Houyam Hajiaoui among many others.

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This year, the festival featured a giant party where guests were encouraged to bring out their most creative, flashy and freaky sides for a night of creativity, fun and partying. The competition ended just a few short days ago on , 7 July 2013, but projections for an even bigger turnout for next year are already in works.

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Image: Alexander Klein

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Images courtesy of:telegraph.co.uk