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I'm Julia.

I am working toward my BFA in Painting at Syracuse University.

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thisisthehorrorshow: JFK.
- From “The Sensualist,” or, “Ihara Saikaku Koushoku Ichidai Otoko (Ihara Saikaku’s Life of An Amorous Man),” directed by Yukio Abe (1991)
thefineartnude: Dominic Avant
firsttimeuser: The Gold Rush, 1925
cavetocanvas: Joseph Beuys, Buttock Lifting, 1974
cavetocanvas: Joseph Beuys, Terremoto, 1981 From the Guggenheim: Terremoto means earthquake in Italian; more specifically, on November 23, 1980, it meant the destruction of a small city on the volcanic heights above Naples. At the invitation of a Neapolitan cultural center, Beuys and several other artists made works to commemorate the lost lives and other effects of the disaster. The Guggenheim Museum’s Terremoto (1981), constructed in Rome at roughly the same time, is a pendant to the Neapolitan work. Although its title and date tie it specifically to the Neapolitan earthquake, it also refers to a contemporary political situation. This installation reiterates Beuys’s public support of independence for this region of Italy. An Italian flag, wrapped in felt, is draped against an ancient typesetting machine that was once used in the production of the newsletter of a leftist political party, Lotta Continua (The fight continues). Grease has been smeared on the keys of the machine, rendering them dysfunctional. A blackboard on the floor leans against a small oil drum, as if elemental lessons would suffice to educate people to the inequities of capitalism. More blackboards form an altar around the printing machine. They bear alchemical symbols and chalk drawings of skulls, which might represent the victims of the quake.
surrealism: Surrealism and Painting by Max Ernst, 1942. Oil on canvas, 195 x 233 cm. Private collection.
thefineartnude: Michael Carson
thefineartnude: Lucian Freud
darksilenceinsuburbia: *kikyz1313. Ethereal Graze, 2012. Ink and watercolor on paper, 45x45 cm.
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