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		<title>Olivier de Sagazan</title>
		<link>http://synesthesiagarden.com/2012/03/11/olivier-de-sagazan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 05:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>L.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[>>Olivier de Sagazan]]></description>
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<p>>><a href="http://nefdesfous.free.fr/">Olivier de Sagazan</a><<</p>
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		<title>Dennis Cooper + Gisèle Vienne</title>
		<link>http://synesthesiagarden.com/2012/03/06/dennis-cooper-gisele-vienne/</link>
		<comments>http://synesthesiagarden.com/2012/03/06/dennis-cooper-gisele-vienne/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>L.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eager Little Hands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exquisite Corpse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[life-sized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lolita-esque]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[theater]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[These eerie, alluring, adolescent life-size dolls were created for the theater/performance pieces collaborated on by writer Dennis Cooper and Gisèle Vienne since 2004. As Cooper says, &#8220;We consider the dolls to be actors in our works almost on a par with the human performers, and, although the dolls aren&#8217;t credited individually in the works, they [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These eerie, alluring, adolescent life-size dolls were created for the theater/performance pieces collaborated on by writer <a href="http://denniscooper-theweaklings.blogspot.com">Dennis Cooper</a> and <a href="http://www.g-v.fr/">Gisèle Vienne</a> since 2004. As Cooper says, <i>&#8220;We consider the dolls to be actors in our works almost on a par with the human performers, and, although the dolls aren&#8217;t credited individually in the works, they each have names and fictional biographies constructed by Gisele. These biographies are used to determine which roles might be suited to their &#8216;personalities&#8217;. Some of the dolls have been featured in multiple works, and several have played both male and female roles.&#8221;</i></p>
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		<title>&#8220;Femme Fatale&#8221; at Cella Gallery</title>
		<link>http://synesthesiagarden.com/2012/02/28/femme-fatale-at-cella-gallery/</link>
		<comments>http://synesthesiagarden.com/2012/02/28/femme-fatale-at-cella-gallery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>L.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eyegasm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1950s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alien beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art shows]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Femme Fatale, a show exhibiting the work of over 35 contemporary artists, curated by Nicole Bruckman and Stephanie Chefas, is open at Cella Gallery in Los Angeles from February 25th to March 17th. A sample of the works featured is below. L&#8217;ingenue by Stella Im Hultberg A Letter to Three Wives by David Bray Bedroom [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Femme Fatale</i>, a show exhibiting the work of over 35 contemporary artists, curated by Nicole Bruckman and Stephanie Chefas, is open at <a href="http://www.cellagallery.com/">Cella Gallery</a> in Los Angeles from February 25th to March 17th. A sample of the works featured is below.</p>
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<i>L&#8217;ingenue</i> by Stella Im Hultberg</p>
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<i>A Letter to Three Wives</i> by David Bray</p>
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<i>Bedroom Eyes</i> by Casey Weldon</p>
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<i>Drift</i> by Aaron Nagel</p>
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<i>Sanctification</i> by Chrystal Chan</p>
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<i>Where the Thistle Grows</i> by Nom Kinnear King</p>
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<i>Pink Vexation</i> by Cristina Natsukos Paulos</p>
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<p>See more <a href="http://femmefataleartshow.tumblr.com/">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Chrystal Chan</title>
		<link>http://synesthesiagarden.com/2012/02/26/chrystal-chan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>L.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eyegasm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dark fairy tales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illustrations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[>>Chrystal Chan]]></description>
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<p>>><a href="http://www.chrystalchan.com/">Chrystal Chan</a><<</p>
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		<title>Eugenio Recuenco</title>
		<link>http://synesthesiagarden.com/2012/02/20/eugenio-recuenco-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>L.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eyegasm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Skin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[>>Eugenio Recuenco]]></description>
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<p>>><a href="http://www.eugeniorecuenco.com/">Eugenio Recuenco</a><<</p>
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		<title>Sarah Louise Davey&#8217;s Grotesque Menagerie</title>
		<link>http://synesthesiagarden.com/2012/02/18/sarah-louise-daveys-grotesque-menagerie/</link>
		<comments>http://synesthesiagarden.com/2012/02/18/sarah-louise-daveys-grotesque-menagerie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>L.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eager Little Hands]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[These disturbing and grotesquely beautiful sculptures by Sarah Louise Davey are made of vividly, violently, luridly, fantastically painted ceramic, embodying creatures with bold, tortured, glazed stares, and strange growths either covering their eyes or framing them like sick, rotten petals of flesh carved out around an astonishingly open iris. It is unnerving and startling, garish [...]]]></description>
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<p>These disturbing and grotesquely beautiful sculptures by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahlouisedavey/">Sarah Louise Davey</a> are made of vividly, violently, luridly, fantastically painted ceramic, embodying creatures with bold, tortured, glazed stares, and strange growths either covering their eyes or framing them like sick, rotten petals of flesh carved out around an astonishingly open iris. It is unnerving and startling, garish and obscene, and yet has a delicate and whimsical touch, and is quite beautiful. They appear simultaneously textured and not, curiously both 3D and 2D &#8211; they look like paintings on porcelain, and the bold, dark lines sketching their features out against the chalky whiteness of the ceramic hold a horrific and fascinating quality.</p>
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<p>Also check out:<br />
<a href="http://synesthesiagarden.com/2011/03/14/gorgeous-and-grotesque-the-art-dolls-of-nita-collins/">Gorgeous and Grotesque: The Art Dolls of Nita Collins</a></p>
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		<title>Tim Lewis&#8217; &#8220;Pony&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://synesthesiagarden.com/2012/02/18/tim-lewis-pony/</link>
		<comments>http://synesthesiagarden.com/2012/02/18/tim-lewis-pony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>L.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[My Electric Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[articulate hands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biological/organic/alien]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Lewis&#8216; Pony is a bizarre and uncanny kinetic sculpture that was exhibited at 2009&#8242;s Kinetica Art Fair. Unsettling and uber-realistic, Pony looks somewhat like a surreal ostrich-esque creature composed of human arms, pulling a small one-seater carriage behind itself; motion-sensitive, and appearing to &#8220;walk&#8221; in a very eerie and delicately articulated fashion, it is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/9510/1/tim-lewis-at-kinetica-art-fair">Tim Lewis</a>&#8216; <i>Pony</i> is a bizarre and uncanny kinetic sculpture that was exhibited at 2009&#8242;s <a href="http://www.kinetica-artfair.com/">Kinetica Art Fair</a>. Unsettling and uber-realistic, <i>Pony</i> looks somewhat like a surreal ostrich-esque creature composed of human arms, pulling a small one-seater carriage behind itself; motion-sensitive, and appearing to &#8220;walk&#8221; in a very eerie and delicately articulated fashion, it is another creepy and brilliant intersection of art and science, and a provoking piece of interactive sculpture. Its title also suggests a veiled commentary on the relationship between humans and animals.</p>
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<p><i>Kinetica Art Fair is produced by Kinetica Museum and is the first of its kind in the UK. It brings together galleries, art organisations and curatorial groups from around the world who focus on kinetic, electronic, robotic, sound, light, time-based and multi-disciplinary new media art, science and technology.</i></p>
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		<title>Nimit Malavia</title>
		<link>http://synesthesiagarden.com/2012/01/28/nimit-malavia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[>>Nimit Malavia]]></description>
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<p>>><a href="http://nimitmalavia.com/">Nimit Malavia</a><<</p>
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		<title>Hell House: The Art of Esao Andrews</title>
		<link>http://synesthesiagarden.com/2012/01/23/hell-house-the-art-of-esao-andrews/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>L.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anachronistic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[(twists on) traditional art]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Esao Andrews combines a colorful palette with a Gothic sensibility. Some of his paintings are twists on traditional portraits from earlier epochs akin to the work of Nicola Samorì. Wildly dilapidated and foreboding houses are a recurring motif, and, reminiscent of Shirley Jackson&#8216;s psychological horror stories, depict the inner, psychical falling apart, decay, distortion, and [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://esao.net/index.php">Esao Andrews</a> combines a colorful palette with a Gothic sensibility. Some of his paintings are twists on traditional portraits from earlier epochs akin to the work of <a href="http://synesthesiagarden.com/2011/03/05/nicola-samori/">Nicola Samorì</a>. Wildly dilapidated and foreboding houses are a recurring motif, and, reminiscent of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Always-Castle-Penguin-Classics-Deluxe/dp/0143039970/">Shirley Jackson</a>&#8216;s psychological horror stories, depict the inner, psychical falling apart, decay, distortion, and warping. Fairy tales and folklore, including <a href="http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l629/synesthesiagarden/Jan12/nina-madera.jpg?t=1327127311">Pinocchio</a> and <a href="http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l629/synesthesiagarden/Jan12/untitled-thumbelina.jpg?t=1327127317">Thumbelina</a>, loom in the forefront with menacing or perverted appeal. In some works, his vibrant style illustrates the bizarre, the obscene, and aberrations, contrasting atrocious or monstrous things such as a giant, bloated black spider with a symbol of sweetness, purity, and elevation such as a child or an angel. Some of his illustrations are cartoonish, charmingly retro, with a dark, whimsical sense of humor, while others are realistically rendered and Dali-esque, while yet others are macabre and lovelorn, bloody tale-telling depictions.</p>
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		<title>Kashima Echo</title>
		<link>http://synesthesiagarden.com/2012/01/21/kashima-echo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>L.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eyegasm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distorted bodies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doll-like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dollflesh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exposed anatomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[femininity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illustrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pastel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[>>Kashima Echo]]></description>
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<p>>><a href="http://www.ne.jp/asahi/kashima/echo/">Kashima Echo</a><<</p>
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