Hannah Ryan

“Felix Gonzalez-Torres ‘Untitled’ (Portrait of Ross)is an allegorical representation of the artist’s partner, Ross Laycock, who died of an AIDS-related illness in 1991. The installation is comprised of 175 pounds of candy, corresponding to Ross’s ideal body weight. Viewers are encouraged to take a piece of candy, and the diminishing amount parallels Ross’s weight loss and suffering prior to his death. Gonzalez-Torres stipulated that the pile should be continuously replenished, thus metaphorically granting perpetual life.”

Oh this is so good!

finally some good news from this tic tac infested hellscape

Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Rosa Triplex: A triple portrait of May Morris, 1874

Black Swan (2010) 

via  chimneyfish

Madonna with child & Saint John detail, 1540-50 Agnolo Bronzino

“I hope to be as selfless as my mother. My father died when I was seven months old. She had to raise five kids on her own while working as a nurse, but she made time for all of us. We used to have these days called ‘Mommy Holidays.’ She’d choose a normal school day, wake us up, have us get ready for school, cook breakfast in a hurry, and right before we walked out the door, she’d scream: ‘Mommy Holiday!’ And we’d all skip school and go somewhere fun.”

Paul Cézanne, c. 1877

bernat klein design studio, galashiels, scotland peter womersley, 1972

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