Dirty Vegas / Richard Phillips / Porn picture

Sat, Jan 3 2009 23:18
FlatFeet
Posts 196
Has anyone noticed that the cover of the Dirty Vegas album is a painting by Richard Phillips (the band edited the painting), but his painting is based on a porn photo shoot, does anyone know what it is? I've seen it before but don't remember, maybe saw it 8+ years ago... http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/wp-content/richardphillips_scout.jpg more : http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/category/richard-phillips/
Sun, Jan 4 2009 1:07
pequaboy
Posts 1,104

 Most of Phillips' work is based on pictures he'd seen in 60's/70's mens mags.  Here's part of a long answer that adresses your question...

"The painting titled ”Scout” was inspired by a hard-core pornographic photo where the model was cross-dressed in a Boy Scouts of America uniform to address young men’s sexual fantasies. The objective to show sexually deviant behaviour of what looks to be a minor (under eighteen and relating to Harrison’s sexual transgressions) proposes a different image of love apart from the Madonna/Mary coke-whore icon of ”Lvel…” and the two young men of ”The General”. ”Scout”’s projection of male fantasy by men for men removes the sense of participation in a relationship with both the physical image of the girl, isolated in a totally black space, and with the vague reflection of her own masturbation in the circa-1973 sunglasses.

In it's entirety...   Referrence - Dear Jörg    http://www.whitecube.com/artists/phillips/texts/126/


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