Author: ultrawolvesunderthefullmoon

https://www.instagram.com/wolvesofgray This blog is a refugee and a survivor of the Great Tumblr Inquisition of December 17th, 2018. I am gay artist, who received training at the Rhode Island School of Design, and now, a retired high-end fine art framer living in Maryland, USA. My interests and studies in life run a wide gamut from art to history and from the scientific to the esoteric. I have been building this blog of images and texts for the last eight years. My wish is that my posts pique the interest of viewers and encourage them to experience more.

Brian Kenny

Brian Kenny, “Crocodile Tears”, 2011, Entropy Parade- Collaborative Portfolio with Slava Mogutin C-Print, 40.6 x 50.8 cm Image on 50.8 x 60.1 cm  Sheet. Edition of 10

Brian Kenny is an American multidisciplinary artist. He graduated from Oberlin College. Kenny is a long time collaborator of Russian born artist Slava Mogutin, with whom they run SUPERM project from 2004. Kenny exhibited in galleries, museums and alternative venues around the globe.

He created commissioned works for Yacine Aouadi, Walter Van Beirendonck, PetrouMan, Max Kibardin, Bruno Magli, Matthias Vriens-McGrath and Please Do Not Enter. One of the major themes in Kenny’s work is exploration of his own sexuality, checking the boundaries between genders. In 2014, Kenny collaborated with Visual AIDS foundation to raise awareness of the disease.

Jean Leon Gerome

Jean Leon Gerome, “Duel After a Masquerade Ball”, Oil on Canvas, 1857-59, Walters Art Museum

In 1859, William Thompson Walters, purchased” The Duel After the Masquerade” at the National Academy of Design in New York for $2,500. The painting is a replica of the “Suite d’un Bal Masque” painted by Gérôme for the duc d’Aumale and exhibited at Gambart’s London Gallery in 1858. The original is part of the collection of the Musée Condé in Chantilly, France.

The scene is set on a gray winter morning in the Bois de Boulogne, trees bare and snow covering the ground. A man dressed as a Pierrot has been mortally wounded in a épée du combat duel and has collapsed into the arms of a Duc de Guise. A surgeon, dressed as a doge of Venice, tries to stop the flow of blood, while a Domino holds his head.

The survivor of the duel, dressed as an American Indian, walks away with his second, Harlequin, leaving behind his weapon and some feathers of his headdress, towards his carriage, shown waiting in the background.

The bizarreness of the scene in regards to the brightly colored costumes turns to pathos at the sight of blood on the Pierrot.

Steve Minty

Steve Minty, Muertos Night Deck Playing Cards

Muertos is an original set of American playing cards designed by Steve Minty and produced by the United States Playing Card Company (USPCC). It is independently crafted and honors the holiday that celebrates life and death; Dia De Los Muertos. The Muertos deck takes the classic aesthetics of Dia De Los Muertos and is updated with the tradition of playing and my experiences growing up. It depicts the social classes and history of the culture while simultaneously giving off a contemporary elegant luxurious feel.

Reblogged with thanks to Steve Minty’s site: https://www.steveminty.com

Great site. Decks of cards, medals, pins. Just bought the Night Deck.