Five Images Relating to Theme

KIM JOON

Two Pieces Side by Side:

“Stay Snow White”, “Stay- Gone With Wind”

2007

http://www.kimjoon.co.kr/

Joon uses images of nude bodies in visually enticing ways with pieces and parts of the body that look bizarre and gross. The interaction between multiple bodies and their parts, especially because they are always naked, elicits a sense of sexuality.

SRI WHIPPLE

“Self Portrait as the thinker”

2009

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment/50982338-81/whipple-images-art-sri.html.csp

Whipple uses abstract forms that are gross in appearance and still heavy in their correlation to sexual reproductive organs to create intriguing pop art-esque paintings.

MONICA COOK

“Succi”

2009

http://www.marciawoodgallery.com/artist/cook/intro.html

Monica Cook brings together the world of food and the world of female contact and sexuality. Her paintings are both macabre and erotic.  

CRYSTAL BARBRE

“Hippopotamus Amphibius”

(Do not know exact year, but created after 2008)

http://crystalbarbre.wordpress.com/

Babre creates very explicit sexual imagery in her paintings and juxtaposes animal heads on the human’s body to unite wild animals with human sexuality. The audience is often taken back by her vulgar imagery. The animal’s heads come across as bizarre and perverted. I am interested in the links she makes in her work. 

MARCOS CHIN

"Machoman"

2011

http://www.marcoschin.com/fineart_01.html

Marcos Chin explores gender roles and the sexual roles of males. In this sculpture he beautifies male orgasm. This action would otherwise be seen as absurd or disgusting, but in this sculpture he makes it playful and childish almost, so the true action that is taking place is almost hidden.