Today’s Gerhard Richter Color Chart

Jellycat of the Day | 10th May 2026

Under Beasts   -   Mari Bueno, 2008.

Brazilian,b.1971-

Sea squirts (Rhopalaea sp.) off the coast of the Maldives

We developed technique. Small hands were prized. We became lubricant connoisseurs. Big hands became more prized— knuckles up, knuckles down, the ninety-degree twist. Fisting made a lie of the myth of the vaginal orgasm.

But okay (you were right), fisting is dangerous after all. Yes, we lied, but the danger is not in the potential for soft tissue damage. The danger lies in the transformation from a body with an intellect to a body with a need. We realize we really are corporeal as well as intellectual and sometimes need overrides. Fisting is out-of-control sex. To be fisted is to be taken back to the animal— to what we were told we didn't ever want to become."]

Iluminated Bark - Christopher Burk , 2024

American,b.1960s -