Friday, April 3, 2009

Eva Rubestein's sunny days











EvaRubenstein is like my old high school teacher; mind-numbingly boring to some, calm and peaceful to me. I don't care what you say, but her photographs of unmade beds in sunny rooms and empty chairs almost engulfed in darkness just make me want to curl up in bed, and bask in my own delicious loneliness for a summer afternoon to a calm music background(Beach House maybe?).
I couldn't find any other pictures of her unmade beds, but most of them are found in her collection Eligie. She's also done some activist pictures abroad, mostly in troubled areas, and some tasteful nudes. Her lonely pictures are still my favorites ones though. Everyone who knows me will see this as no surprise since I'm just as mind-numbingly boring as my 10th grade english teacher :).

Hitler's happy paintings







Adolf Hitler, the troubled and angry dictator who was the cause of one of the most horrific genocides in history, produced not-so-horrific paintings.
Yes, the subject matter is nothing more than mediocre, but you have to admit, a bouquet of flowers or a peaceful landscape wouldn't make a psychologist alarmed at your chances of becoming a racist mass murderer.
I guess being shat on by the pretentious artists you wanted to be like(it happened to Hitler in Vienna before becoming the friendly german dictator) rejected by an art academy twice, and living with a guy who sold fake paintings with your name once you did become famous would make anyone a little bit angry. Of course, it's no excuse to commit the holocaust and let's face it, he was a lazy bum and they're kinda boring.
Sorry Hitler, maybe you should try a new trade! Oh wait...