A California Kink

Pardon the Interruption

Recently, I've been going through a box that's travelled with me since college. The box is full of old PLAYBOY, PENTHOUSE, and other magazines. 

After scratching my head of what to do with these magazines, I decided to go through them once more and blog what I find interesting.

One thing that caught my attention again is a cartoon drawn by cartoonist Marty Murphy.  

When I was young, I had a fascination of living in California. It was probably fueled with the many hours of MTV and Hollywood movie stars that filled my developing brain. 

Probably this cartoon added to my California craving. The image of a woman greeting a her man home after work naked seemed like paradise. 

Although my California dreaming has subsided to nothing, I still have that naughty kink to coming home and finding my significant other naked.

Marty Murphy / PLAYBOY (March 1995)

Antti Hulkko

Music Appreciation

Born on October 11, 1962, Antti Hulkko (aka. Andy McCoy), is a Finnish musician best known for being the lead guitarist and songwriter for the glam rock band, Hanoi Rocks as well as playing with music legends like Iggy Pop. 

McCoy grew up in Stockholm, Sweden. In around 1977, he joined the punk rock band Pelle Miljoona Oy. Then a couple of years later joined Hanoi Rocks. 

In 1981, Hanoi Rocks released their first album titled Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks. The album continues to have a following, especially appearing in HBO Max original series Peacemaker.  After recording five albums and changing band members, the group disbanded in 1985.

Andy McCoy would then join other bands like The Cherry Bombz, The Suicide Twins, Shooting Gallery, and Grease Helmet. Between bands he released several solo albums. 

Besides music, McCoy is a painter, jewelry and accessories designer. He held his first art exhibit titled McCoy Hits Canvas at The Cable Factory in Helsinki in 2010.

Stung Out (1995) via CoolCityCactus

The Glimmer Twins

Angels in Bliss

Source: 

Wikipedia

https://artivosi.com/andy-mccoy/

Body Paint: Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant - Bella Hadid

Artists: Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant for Coperni

Model: Bella Hadid

via FF Channel

Dance: Belly Dancing by Kasia Wronka

Belly Dancer: Kasia Wronka

Musicians: Ramzi Attia and Wit Goodowsky

via Ramzi Attia

Cosplay is an Art: C2E2 Chicago Comic Con 2022

via mineralblu

Fashion is DEFINITELY Art: Fendi Resort 2023

Designer: Silvia Venturini Fendi

Artistic Director: Kim Jones

Collaborator: Marc Jacobs

via Runway Collections

Source: 

https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/resort-2023/fendi

Méret Oppenheim

Art Appreciation 

Surrealist artist and photographer, Méret Elisabeth Oppenheim was born on October 6, 1913 in Berlin. 

Although born in German, she grew up in Delémont, Switzerland, which borders France. At a young age, she was exposed to different artworks that included French Impressionism, German Expressionism, Modernism, Fauvism, and Cubism. 

Her father introduced Oppenheim to the writings of founder of analytical psychology Carl Jung, at the age of 15. She was more so influenced by Jung's animus-anima theory--the contra-sexual aspect of a person's psyche--which is becomes apparent in many of her work throughout the years. At one point, she renounced the term "feminine art" and adopted Jung's ideal androgynous creativity.  

At the age of 18, Oppenheim moved to Paris and attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière to study painting. While in Paris, she was invited by Hans Arp and Alberto Giacometti to participate in the Surrealist exhibition in the “Salon des Surindépendants." Soon after, she surrounded herself with other Surrealist artists like Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, and Andre Breton. 

She experimented with "veristic surrealism," which portrays the dreamworld in rich detail. Partly influenced by Jung, Oppenheim used painting and her dreams as an "analogy to the subconsciousness' forms."  

Self-portrait, skull and ornament, 1964

Glove, 1985

Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon, 1936

Source: 

Wikipedia

https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/meret-oppenheim-object-paris-1936/

https://nmwa.org/exhibitions/meret-oppenheim/