Street Anatomy

What’s Your Bodytype?

The human body says alot….

‘Body as a Letter Form’ by Amandine Alessandra plays on the idea that most typographic vocabulary is reflective of human anatomy (footers, head piece, etc), as is the case with the structure of a book (spine, joints, back, foot). Clever work Miss Alessandra.

Skinless Body Art

Really awesome body painting by xutomu on DeviantArt. Wonder how long that took?

[via Freshbump and The Good Werd]

The Chrissy Skin Rug

Above image via Flickr by Bromirski

Okay I know this is a very controversial piece of art, but it is also extremely well-done and unique.  This is a very personal work by artist Chrissy Conant, which represents her relationship with her parents.  She expresses that she’s still has suppressed feelings from childhood and parental influences which play a role in this work.

Here’s a little more thought behind the rug from Conant:

To exorcise a part of my psyche that feels powerless and objectified, I laid fully shaven, covered with Vaseline, and immobilized for hours, in a spread eagle position, while being covered with bucketfuls of gelatinous mold-making material. With the impressions, I made a life-sized, flesh-colored silicone rubber cast of myself as a human skin rug. The upturned head has long, perfectly coiffed, wavy hair, that echoes the ripples in the flayed skin’s edge. The glossy-lipped mouth is open in a sexually suggestive way, and the glass eyes, complete with fantasy-length lashes, stare up submissively from the rustic wood floor section, upon which the rug is magnetically attached.

I think this is a very powerful piece, as it communicates many different ideas about sexism and gender, and also makes a statement about this fascination with dead animals as trophies. Definitely what I call a conversation piece!

[via saatchi-gallery]

When You’ve Been Filthy…

Good lord, this makes filthy look like fun. kinda. sticky maybe. Anyway, the photos are rad, they were taken by fashion and advertising photographer Marc Philbert, for more of his stellar work, check out his website! His beauty section is, well, beautiful! Stunning photographs all of em.

[via designyoutrust]

So refreshing…

Yikes!  Brock Davis created this lovely piece of art for NY magazine, Tokion, working with the idea of sexuality and consumerism.  Very eye catching, though to be honest, makes me a little uncomfortable!