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Color Dust II
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Published: 2013-08-24 16:32:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 27527; Favourites: 2115; Downloads: 0
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from my Color Dust seriesif you like my work you can follow me on facebook: www.facebook.com/lidiavivespho…
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Inevitably, with such a prolific and fertile image-maker, some works may transcend even her own ambitious goals. As commentators here have noted, this image is simply and stupefyingly beautiful to the eye, with its luscious range of blues, sonorous accents of deep amber, the pale flesh beauty of the model's face, and the simple naked gesture of the body. This artist likes to work with themes in series and themes within themes. This, the second piece in her 'Color Dust' sequence continues her broader strategy of using self-portrait to appropriate references from the inherited culture of art making to define her own involvement with it. We know that this trail has been blazed by others and I will not explore those comparisons. Instead we can enjoy the particular inventiveness of this woman, and the ways in which she includes us, in her own particular quest to define the role of the individual in a vast, unfolding cultural history.
Color Dust, which seems to be about paint dust or paint pigment, obviously puns with the Star Dust of Tinker Bell and Peter Pan fame, (leading even to faint echoes of Joni Mitchell.) One can immerse them self in the magic of art materials and the magic of art fantasy. Cave painters blew raw pigment onto walls of stone, and "Color Dust I" suggests this primitive reference with a body- and face-painted warrior exploding into our time. In "Color Dust II" those savage finger daubs of "dust" have coagulated and trickled away from the face to form a body coating suggestive of the mysterious 'ritual materials' dried on the African fetishes of museum-case fame. And this explicit duality between face and body is what gives this picture its unique power. The blue patina of color dust, which coats the skin directly, only serves to emphasize its nakedness, while the flesh tones of the face, skillfully accented with conventional makeup, emerge from the encasing blue as a mask.
The artist seems to confirm this awareness in the equally stunning "Color Dust III" when she appropriates more modern ornamentation for a bizarre and masking eye patch. And where her ritualized body has become fetishized in lingerie.
The 'troughs' in this artist's oeuvre already reach a high bar, the 'peaks' are engaging in the extreme.
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reminds me of a much more beautiful mystique from the x men.
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I still love so much this incredible photo !
Cette expression dramatique et l'usage du bleu et des dorés est vraiment admirable !
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Hey, i loved this pic so i tried to paint it. The proportions aren't that good but i like it. Thx ! 9gag.com/gag/a8y0MM3?ref=w.upv… Hope you like it too.
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pretty cool! thank you so much 
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Your artwork has been graciously featured in
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Its been a long time i wrote a feature , i must be getting rusty with time but here i am again in the middle of November striving to bring to you the best of the best ARTS of summer, winter ,Autumn ,a bit of spring a lot of emotions entangled together this time as the MAN WITH A MISSION expresses:
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You really are a unique, talented artist and model with an exceptional gift.
Images that make one want to create films and use your scenes.
I have been and am a fan. Want to know how your career is unfolding?
Jonathan Kennedy
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The colors in this picture are lovely. I like the combination of the blue painted skin and the warm brown eyes and hair.
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wow. the streaks of blue , in the hair , the blue nails, the amber eyes and the glistening color is a site to look at , great job dude
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Amazing. This has got to be Mystique inspired and it's so beautiful. Love how vibrant the blue is.
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Sick piece!! Could be a glam shot of Mystique from X-Men. Awesome job.
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Congratulations on your well-deserved DD!!!
I’m very happy for you!!!
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reminds me so much of Mystique from X-Men. I love this so much! Beautiful work! Congratulations on your much deserved DD!
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Right?! This is so perfect. Great nerds think alike hahaha
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I was thinking the same thing >////<
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Congrats on the DD! The contrast between the blue dust and the gold in her ring and eyes and hair is just stunning
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Sweet colors and makeup. really like the photographery too.
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is that a paint or a real pic ?? how wonderful ~
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Congratulations on the well-deserved DD! This is brilliant.
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Felicidades por la DD, sin duda tu trabajo lo merece.
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reminds me of Mystique from X-men when she's shape-shifting into her true form or into another. BeautifuL!
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Your photography is just...wow, surprisingly breathtaking and personal feeling
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