Looking forward to hearing the new album of #FionaApple rollingstone:
Fiona Apple played her first big show in forever last night at SXSW and debuted a handful of new songs. Rolling Stone’s Steve Baltin was there, and says that the new tunes were “remarkably straightforward” despite the singer’s taste for intricate arrangements.
Arena Magazine shot this pic a few years ago. Would love to do another shoot like this some time. I’ve always loved Black and White pics with strong contrast.
This is a photo of me taken years ago while i was writing my first album. Im in that very same studio sitting in the exact same spot right now. Still feeling inspired :)
making something out of nothing.
Im addicted. It fascinates me.
music
art
of any form
gives the greatest high that I’ll pay any price for
Love this. Representing internal scars using chemical rust on the lead surface contrasting dramatically with the acrylic and oil paint making up the rest of the face. A very powerful visual.
Appeals to me because its similar to the theme in my songs.
’My skin is like a map of where my heart has been, and i can’t hide the marks but its not a negative thing… I bruise easily so be gentle when you handle me. theres a mark you leave like a love heart carved on a tree, i bruise easily, can’t scratch the surface with out moving me underneath, i bruise easily. ‘
or ‘Been torn apart, got so many scratches and scars, maybe they won’t all go away but they’ll fade, maybe time can mend us together again.’
Opens Thursday, Feb 23, 6-8p:
Piet van den Boog
”Bruised and Battered”
Mike Weiss Gallery, 520 W24th St., NYC
Dutch artist Piet van den Boog pushes the limits of portraiture by directly confronting emotion head-on by way of large-scale paintings of faces. Oil and acrylic paint make up the flesh tones and fine facial details while abstract strokes in rust tones, cerulean blues and greens are chemically etched into the cold lead surfaces becoming a powerful metaphor for the internal scars we all possess.
