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| Thu 31 Jul 08, 4:40 PM Scribbles UK(RH), 4 yrs  |
One of my earliest memories which I now associate with kink was my fascination with Hieronymus Bosch, and of course his darker works rather than the pictures of paradise! I'd be interested to know which artists not openly connected to BDSM have provided inspiration for pervery to other people. |
| 31 Jul 08, 4:43 PM Marmite UK(CB), 5 yrs |
Bosch was one I studied In History of Art. But I've always been one of the more surreal and unexpected artists I guess, my GSCE exam piece was BIRTH and DEATH, the grim reaper holding a new born, created by hand and took me a long time to create. Art has so many meanings but for some like myself, they hold lasting memories. And perhaps yes, add to why I am like I am today. A rose by any other name has thorns that will still make you bleed. |
| 31 Jul 08, 4:45 PM ropeburn 10 yrs  |
Pollock...naked women writhing around in paint works for me! |
| 31 Jul 08, 4:48 PM missuslovett UK(TN), 5 yrs |
Hans Bellmer |
| 31 Jul 08, 4:51 PM Lady_Lucan UK(L), 4 yrs |
Ooo, love Bellmer. Jeff Koons for me. |
| 31 Jul 08, 4:52 PM Topman1 UK(SW), 8 yrs |
Beardsley was a huge turn on. Bosch too but in a quite different way. |
| 31 Jul 08, 4:57 PM DDDDom 6 yrs |
So many Egon Schiele or Max Beckmann or something more contemporary Sarah Lucas' Chicken Knickers for instance... and how could I ever leave out Helen Chadwick's Piss Flowers... Edited 31 Jul 08, 5:02 PM by DDDDom |
| 31 Jul 08, 8:58 PM Scribbles UK(RH), 4 yrs |
What an interesting crop of replies. I love Beardsley too - and the whole era. I remember being also very taken with Degas's nudes. There seems to be an air of, I don't know, some hint of D/s about them. And I was amazed that in an era when people wore so many clothes, it was fine to stare at a nude if she was only a painting. Seeing them in trivial daily, personal moments, like bathing or brushing their hair, seemed voyeuristic too. Edited 31 Jul 08, 8:59 PM by Scribbles |
| 31 Jul 08, 9:01 PM TailsLondon UK(SW), 7 yrs |
Schiele and the photo-artist Siege are my personal perve favourites |
| 31 Jul 08, 9:10 PM LadyDrusilla UK(ST), 3 yrs |
I am with Top Man. Beardsley's Dancer's Reward did it for me, I can remember being haunted by th image as a kid. I liked it so much I based my PhD thesis on his work. Harry Clark also has a certain something... |
| 31 Jul 08, 9:18 PM Lady_Lucan UK(L), 4 yrs |
Sardax's work that I love most has strong echoes of Beardsley - mmm! |
