Murman Kuchava

Art Appreciation

I follow several blogs that appreciate art. One blog in particular is Artodyssey. The blog focus entirely on artists and their work. So, many of my blog entries stem from Artodyssey.

One particular artist that caught my attention that Artodyssey blogged was Georgia-born artist, Murman Kuchava. Kuchava is known for his avant-garde painting techniques and use of color and texture.

You can see more of his art HERE.

via artodyssey1

Girl with Book via figurationfeminine

Bewildered via artodyssey1

Sources:

http://kutchava.fromru.com/
http://artodyssey1.blogspot.com/2013/10/murman-kutchava.html
http://figurationfeminine.blogspot.com/2012/08/murman-kutchava-1962.html
http://kingsgalleryhk.com/2011/09/23/murman-kutchava/
https://www.facebook.com/murman.kuchava/

Sergey Ostapovsky

Photography Appreciation

I don't recall how I came about Sergey Ostapovsky's photography, but when I did, I wanted to see more of his work.

The Ukrainian photographer is known for his nude photography of beautiful women.

You can see more of his wonderful pictures HERE.

via glamourmasters

via vk.com

via idliketoseehernaked

Sources:

http://500px.com/OSV
http://ndmagazine.net/photographer/osv/
http://photographers.com.ua/pictures/user/464/
http://le-voleur-de-beaute.tumblr.com/post/67459143172/photo-by-sergey-ostapovsky-lvdb
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/sergey-ostapovsky.html
http://zmyslowepiekno.blogspot.com/2012/11/ciaka-22-10-zdjec.html#more
http://sugerissweet.tumblr.com/
http://glamourmasters.blogspot.com/2012/11/sergey-ostapovsky.html?zx=c9209503e7ef5e96
http://idliketoseehernaked.tumblr.com/post/55899566827/ridiculouslybeautifulreborn-c-sergey-ostapovsky
http://vk.com/album-34045213_158646095

Butthole Surfers - Pepper

Music Appreciation

For me, 1996 was a great year for alternative rock music.

You had Smashing Pumpkins, Beck, Cake, Spacehog, Stone Temple Pilots, and many many others. But in the mix of all this was Butthole Surfers, an American rock band that originated in San Antonio, Texas.

Released on May 18, 1996, Pepper was Butthole Surfers' biggest hit that reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock tracks chart.

Their music video even featured actor Erik Estrada, best known as Ponch on TV series CHiPs.



Source: Wikipedia

Poison - Talk Dirty to Me

Music Appreciation

When I was about 11 years old, I spent a lot of my time at Wal-Mart playing video games or buying record singles. One of those record singles I bought was Poison's Talk Dirty to Me.

I remember playing this record on my Fisher-Price record player over and over and over again. But did I know what the lyrics were about? Absolutely not.

Watching guys look like girls rocking on MTV was cool; so, I really didn't care about what the lyrics were. It just sounded good.

Talk Dirty to Me was released on February 18, 1987. It's considered Poison's first biggest international hit. The glam metal rock band was formed in 1983 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Original members of the band included Bret Michaels (lead vocals), Matt Smith (who was replaced by C.C. DeVille as guitarist), Bobby Dall (bassist), and Rikki Rockett (drummer).





Source: Wikipedia

Genevieve Naylor

Photography Appreciation

Genevieve Naylor was best known as a fashion photographer. However, Naylor was also a photojournalist; she was one of the first women hired by the Associated Press.

Many of her work appeared in fashion magazines such as Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and Vogue. She was also Eleanor Roosevelt's personal photographer.

You can learn more about Genevieve Naylor HERE and see some of her many pictures HERE.

Tippi Hedren (1954) via flamingodancer

George Wettling and Hot Lips Page, Eddie Condon's Floor Show (1948) via jazzlives

via tsutpen

Jones Beach (1945) via brabournefarm

Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/25/obituaries/genevieve-naylor-74-photographer-dies.html
http://www.staleywise.com/collection/naylor/naylor.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53035820@N02/sets/72157625076543783/
http://brabournefarm.blogspot.com/2011/09/love-genevieve-naylor.html
http://tsutpen.blogspot.com/2012/05/shutterbug-friday-11-genevieve-naylor.html
http://jazzlives.wordpress.com/tag/genevieve-naylor/
http://flamingodancer.net/2011/05/page/3/

Carl Schweninger Jr.

Art Appreciation

Before photography, paintings gave us a visual recording of yesteryear. Paintings have aided Hollywood in replicating historical settings and recreating fashion from that time to make movies.

I recently came across paintings by Carl Schweninger, Jr. in a couple of blogs I follow. The Morning Star caught my attention that I needed to learn more about the artist. Unfortunately, not much has been written about Carl Schweninger, Jr. or at least not on the web.

The information that I did find was that he was the son of the famous German landscape painter, Carl Schweninger and he was born in 1854.

You can find some of his paintings on Pinterest HERE or at the links below.

The Letter via iamachild

The Artists Studio via conchigliadivenere

The Morning Star via conchigliadivenere

Sources: 
http://www.iment.com/maida/family/mother/vicars/carlschweningerjr.htm; 
http://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Carl-Schweninger--Jr-/D539CDE44B6FFE6A; 
http://conchigliadivenere.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/carl-schweninger-jr-1854-1903-austrian/; 
http://iamachild.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/carl-schweninger-jr-1854-1903-austrian/;
http://23silence.tumblr.com/post/34421754932/carl-schweninger-1854-1903-the-morning-star