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  • Paiting of Jolie draws notice

    01/07/2007 4:44:09 AM PST · by grjr21 · 73 replies · 3,292+ views
    Yahoo news ^ | 1/5/2007 | MARTHA WAGGONER
    A North Carolina artist intrigued by the public obsession with celebrity has found herself feeding that obsession with a painting of actress Angelina Jolie as the Virgin Mary hovering over a Wal-Mart check-out line. Kate Kretz has painted for 20 years but none of her previous work has garnered the attention given "Blessed Art Thou," showing this weekend at Art Miami, an annual exposition of modern and contemporary art. The painting has gotten much attention from celebrity web sites and blogs. Since the buzz started, the number of daily unique visitors to Kretz's own blog has jumped from an average...
  • Artists concerned tattoos losing nonconformist lure

    05/16/2005 12:03:45 PM PDT · by martin_fierro · 28 replies · 1,762+ views
    Reuters/Yahoo ^ | Mon May 16,10:37 AM ET | Walker Simon
    Artists concerned tattoos losing nonconformist lure By Walker Simon Mon May 16,10:37 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - As models flaunted head-to-toe body art and hard rock pulsated in a cavernous ballroom, veteran tattoo artists at a New York convention on Saturday wondered if their once taboo artistry was losing its nonconformist lure. Practitioners from 12 countries posted thousands of designs as crowds packed makeshift corridors and organizers created a carnival-like air with giant freak show canvases draping the walls. Americans, especially women, are embracing a practice once considered seedy. A growing number of people are subjecting themselves to the...