portrait of a man
pt. 28

"don't fall on me"
aka
"fall on me"















there's a sadness in hearing the cheers
from the ring and it's ringleaders.


"There's the progress we have found (when the rain)
A way to talk around the problem (when the children reign)
Building towered foresight (keep your conscience in the dark)
isn't anything at all (the statues in the park)
Buy the sky and sell the sky and bleed the sky and tell the sky"
(taken from here)




images:
1. roy arden
2. altered flicker image, cropped, chopped, and color stolen.











(see all portraits of men here.)


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Portrait of a Man pt 27

"to be a man, is to be torn inside"
aka "man's ulterior motives"

(see all portraits of men here.)

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u l t e r i o r 1. adj. being beyond what is seen or avowed; intentionally kept concealed: ulterior motives.


Synonyms 1. hidden, covert, undisclosed, undivulged.

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Portrait of a Man pt 27

"to be a man, is to be torn inside"
aka
"man's ulterior motives"




1. unknown image
2. Gavin Turk, new work, via Almine Rech gallery, here..
3. Francesco Barocco, here, via Norma Mangione Gallery












(see all portraits of men here.)









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Portrait of a Man
pt. 26


"the back"
All the glitters is not gold.

more here...

the darkness of the woods
will take us home.

Portrait of a Man
pt. 26


"the back"
more here...


images:

1. stephan lupino
2. wolfgang tillmans
3. sally man
4. unknown
5. unknown
6. collier schorr
7. mikael kennedy
8. whitney hubbs












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Portrait of a Man
pt. 25

Manly Pursuits:
Thomas Eakins

more portraits here...

July 25, 1844 – June 25, 1916


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“I never knew of but one artist, and this is Tom Eakins,
who could resist the temptation to see what they think ought to be rather than what is.”

– Walt Whitman




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Manly Pursuits: The Sporting Images of Thomas Eakins ,
at LACMA
July 25, 2010–October 17, 2010

Manly Pursuits: The Sporting Images of Thomas Eakins celebrates LACMA's 2007 acquisition of Eakins's great sporting painting, Wrestlers, 1899. The exhibition will examine the work in a broad thematic context, providing a rare opportunity to consider the history of sporting images in the oeuvre of this icon of American nineteenth-century art. While his rowing paintings and swimming images were each the focus of special exhibitions, no show has ever been devoted to the varied array of sporting images Eakins depicted. Moreover, while Eakins exhibitions have been increasingly frequent on the East Coast, they have been rare at West Coast venues. Manly Pursuits will trace Los Angeles's long but little known association with Eakins's art.








































Since the 1990s, Eakins has emerged as a major figure in sexuality studies in art history, for both the homoeroticism of his male nudes and for the complexity of his attitudes toward women. Controversy shaped much of his career as a teacher and as an artist. He insisted on teaching men and women "the same", used nude male models in female classes and vice versa, and was accused of abusing female students.

Recent scholarship suggests that these controversies were grounded in more than the "puritanical prudery" of his colleagues (as had been assumed). All the known evidence in the scandals in his life involved heterosexual behavior, so the thesis that he was a latent homosexual or bisexual remains compelling, but unsupported. Today, scholars see these controversies as caused by a combination of factors such as the bohemianism of Eakins and his circle (in which students, for example, sometimes modeled in the nude for each other), the intensity of his friendships with men, including Samuel Murray, and Eakins's inclination toward provocative behavior.


















Robert Henri writes:

"Thomas Eakins was a man of great character. He was a man of iron will and his will to paint and to carry out his life as he thought it should go. This he did. It cost him heavily but in his works we have the precious result of his independence, his generous heart and his big mind. Eakins was a deep student of life, and with a great love he studied humanity frankly. He was not afraid of what his study revealed to him.

In the matter of ways and means of expression, the science of technique, he studied most profoundly, as only a great master would have the will to study. His vision was not touched by fashion. He struggled to apprehend the constructive force in nature and to employ in his works the principles found. His quality was honesty. "Integrity" is the word which seems best to fit him. Personally I consider him the greatest portrait painter America has produced."

Portrait of a Man
pt. 25

Manly Pursuits:
Thomas Eakins






See all the
Portraits of Man series
HERE.

Portrait of a Man
pt. 24

"the (unknowing) collaborative man"

see all portraits here...

"the (unknowing) collaborative man"

un-know-ing
1. adjective. Not knowing; unaware.

col·lab·o·rate
1. verb. To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort.





images:
1. Martin Boyce, Your Silent Mouth, 2010 via here..
2. Jack Pierson, TORSE D'ATHLETE EN MARBLE, 2010, via Cheim and Read










more portraits here....
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Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man
pt. 23

the decorated back.
more portraits here...
















































































Portrait of a Man
pt. 23

the decorated back.
more portraits here...



1. Christopher Orr, painting
2. Todd Alexander Romano Interiors here..
3. Robert Mapplethorpe, photograhp
4. Unknown, decorated back

Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man
pt. 22

we must march to our drum, gentleman

more portraits
here...

we must march to
our drum, gentleman

Scott Treleaven
Cimitero Drawings
June 5 - July 10, 2010
Marc Selwyn

An 18 K yellow gold framed ivory miniature, period Louis Philippe,
with a portrait of a gentleman “de l’époque”.

Portrait of a Man
pt. 22

we must march to our drum, gentleman

1. dandies lamp. oh yeah!
2. david hockney, painting.
3. scott treleaven, marc selwyn gallery, los angeles, opening this weekend.
4. Miniature Portrait of a Gentleman France Circa 1830
5. nude roman soldier with shield and horse, watercolor, 1957
6. man carrying bear, via acid sweat lodge blog.



"The Acid Sweat Lodge is chartered in Vancouver British Columbia in accordance with the laws of the Universe as an artistic and educational organization. Since 2007 the Acid Sweat Lodge has supported 1,817 explorations and research projects, adding immeasurably to freedom of thought, patterns of fraternal interaction, and aspects of the future."










Portrait of a Man
pt. 22

we must march to our drum, gentleman

more portraits
here...

Portrait of a Man

Portrait
of a Man
pt. 21

Max Cooper,
scientist turned musician.

warm
melodic
reverbed
bliss.
(more please....)

Max Cooper: I’m a scientist turned producer based in London,
and I make melodic electronic music. And my favorite possession is a barnacle factory.

Music is our appreciation of form, and maths is the study of form, on which science is built. So there is a strong link between science and music. These ideas are central to my personal interests, which drive my research and music, with the serie releases for example, where I have associated these sorts of ideas with the tracks and music videos. I am also working on a more explicit association, whereby scientific ideas will drive my music in a direct and audible sense





read more here..











Portrait
of a Man
pt. 21
Max Cooper


go to all
the portraits
of a man here..


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signed, by the prince!

Portrait
of a Man
Pt. 20


The Decorator:
Egon von Fürstenberg
(more portraits here.)

Today, "The Power Look of Home"
arrived. Little did I know that
it would be signed by the Prince Himself!
A total score for 2 dollars!

What a perfect man, for
Number 20, The Decorator....
Although, I'm left wondering who this Judy is?

Egon von Fürstenberg
(first read about this book on 2thewalls blog!)

"Egon von Fürstenberg was born at Lausanne in Switzerland. Brought up in great privilege in Venice, Italy, he was baptized by the future Pope John XXIII. Fürstenberg began his career as a buyer for Macy's, and took night classes at the Fashion Institute of Technology. He began designing clothes for plus-size women, and later expanded to full fashion and ready-to-wear lines, including fragrances, product licensing and a haute couture line based out of Rome.

On 16 July 1969 at Montfort l'Amaury, Yvelines, France, he married the Belgium-born Diane Simone Michelle Halfin, daughter of a Holocaust survivor. She was Jewish, and the senior Fürstenbergs objected to the couple's union on that basis. They had two children, Prince Alexander von Furstenberg (b. 25 January 1970) and Princess Tatiana Desirée (b. 16 February 1971), and were soon divorced. His wife launched her own fashion house at Egon's urging, where she created the iconic wrap dress..."

"I always assumed there was a division of labor in decorating.
Women would do it and I would critique it.
All of that changed the weekend I separated from my wife."



The Prince's Introduction..

Portrait
of a Man
Pt. 20


The Decorator:
Egon von Fürstenberg

(more portraits here.)


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P o r t r a i t o f a M a n

Portrait of a Man
Pt 19
The Artist: the painter,
the sculptor, the writer,
the poet, the architect,
the dreamers....

go here to see
the whole series...
























































































































































Portrait of a Man
Pt 19
The Artist: the painter,
the sculptor, the writer,
the poet, the architect,
the dreamers....


1. Robert Rauschenberg
2. Richard Tuttle
3. John Lasker
4. Robert Mangold
5. Truman Capote
6. Allen Ginsberg
7. Buckminster Fuller
8. David Smith

Portrait of a Man

Portrait of a Man
pt. 18
the black and
white portraits
(go to all portraits here)


















































































































Portrait of a Man
pt. 18
the black and white portraits of men
(go to all portraits here)



1. Glenn Denny Photgraphy, 1968
2. Unknown, Old Chum perhaps?
3. Ivan Terestchenko, go to his blog here.
4. Marni Horwitz, see more here.
5. Jeff Whetsone, portfolio here.
6. Glenn Denny Photgraphy, 1968, go here for more..










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Portrait of a Man.

Portrait of a Man
Pt 17

"the classic, the torn, and the tattered"
inspired by greek classics, thomas houseago and David Altmejd's work.
go here to see more.








































































































































Portrait of a Man
Pt 17
"the classic, the torn, and the tattered"
inspired by greek classics, thomas houseago and David Altmejd's work.
go here to see more.