Any Body

Jeff Koons Jeff and Ilona (Made in Heaven), 1990

Taking the ready-made, adding the Pop concept of mass production and creating the pornification of kitsch. At the same time, exposing himself in the most extreme depiction of a self-portrait. What could easily be judged as simplistic, remains a complex intellectual and artistic achievement.
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Image source The Jeff Koons Show

Cross Dressing

1. Raquel Welch
2. Matthew Kristall
3. Sebastian Faena
4. Steven Meisel

I do appreciate the theoretical concept of a naughty nun or masturbating monk. This visual and linguistic pairing was, of course, just chosen in favour of creating an alliteration.
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Consequences

1. Paul McCarthy Dick and Vagina, 1998
2. Akira Akira Spillberg, 2006

The act of relief. Time for relief. In preliminary review Fashion Week gave us vegetable prints and a lot of plastic, no orgasms. Once again, our hopes lie upon Parisian shoulders.
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Chemical Romance III

Beyoncé - Green Light 2006



From Eva Hesse to Beyoncé Knowles. Again, latex appears as a catalyst for anti-establishment revolt. Whereas the mutual motif is breaking artistical and social taboos, the ultimate driving force of pop will always remain 'sex sells'.

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Solely Orientated

1. Wolfgang Tillmans Genom (2002)

2. Elmer Batters



If one thing matters, everything matters. And this one thing might be the most mundane. A fascination for the intimate and somehow absurd. Foot fetish, or, sneaks 'n' sox. As it may be called.

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Glow Job

1. Bruce Nauman, Sex And Death Double 69 (1985)
2. MintDesigns Fall/Winter 2011

Before there was a phenomenon called Graphics Interchange Format, there was Bruce Nauman. Switching neon tubes on and off to fill his figures with action. And as you all know, I am all about enlightment.
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Inner Friction

1. Jeremy Scott Spring/Summer 2011
2. Christina Aguilera Dirrty, 2002

What about chaps? The former horseback riding equipment and subsequently sexualized artefact is living its shadow existence in dark room bars. Unfortunately, it's dark in there.
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Image credits Sonny Vandevelde

Vulgar Thoughts

Photos Nobuyoshi Araki

When I attend a guided tour in a museum, I feel quite embarrassed, almost amused. And entertained by the whispered theories of its visitors. Ashamed faces when confronted with erotic art are probably the most enjoyable.
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A Short History Of Twins In Popular Culture III

1. Hellen van Meene
2. Unknown
3. Unknown
4. Teenage Wasteland by Ben Weller for Dansk
5. DSquared Spring/Summer 2011 by Mert & Marcus

Scary schoolgirls, sexy schoolboys, plastic raincoats and an apple. When twins are metaphorically attached to sin. When brothers become lovers. The sweet becomes viscous. And our voyeurism is satisfied.
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See also Part I & Part II.

The Return

1. Sean & Seng, Damir Doma
2. Robert Mapplethorpe, Petar Petrov
3. Robert Mapplethorpe, Ann Demeulemeester

As previously indicated Paris promoted a beautiful dark twisted fantasy of male sexuality. Paris gave men leather pants. It's a question of belief. And baby, I believe that you were ment for me. And if there's somebody, then baby I believe.
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Emphasised Matter

Artworks Marc Quinn

Gold coated sculptures that articulate another reality. A misshapen view on unexpressed verities. Contorted movements of the human body, molded and casted in white wax.
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Rough

This could be a fantasy.
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#090713

This statue has been waiting for Horst to come. Flux impressions of my everyday life. Images that haunt me, unintentionally.
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Powdered Noses

Photos Guy Bourdin

Extreme angles and surreal close-ups. Sharp light and high-heels. Naked bodies and absurd scenarios. Pubic hair and sausages. Ladies and gentlemen: Guy Bourdin.
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Erotica

Photos Steven Meisel

OMG. I always loved the 'Sex Madonna'. This wonderful photo story by Steven Meisel contains explicit nudity, leather, bondage, nipples. The perfect dose of naughtiness for the little Horst in each of us.
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Cutouts

Collages Matt Lipps

This is just a little teaser. If you want to see more exquisitely explicit artworks dive into the wet depths of the Matt Lipps universe.
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