Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Unusual Mourning Family Portrait Post Mortem Iowa


Can't figure this one out. A pretty standard family portrait, but the man third from the left wasn't present when the photo was taken. His portrait is superimposed by the photographer. Given the fact that the rest of the family is wearing black, I would speculate that this is a post-mortem mourning portrait. Photographed by Let Grand Studio in Onawa, Iowa.

Pre-John Currin Charcoal Portrait Drawing



This vintage charcoal drawing of a woman has a real John Currin feel to it. Except, unlike the worst of Currin's work (and I like a lot of his works!), this doesn't feel like it's trying to out-Weird anybody. It just IS plain weird!