The woodblock-inspired ink paintings of visual artist, musician, and all around colorful individual Zane Fix have completely stolen my heart. Informed by Fix's fascination with subjects as diverse as Japanese legends, street fashion, and theatre and suffused with a unique sense of humor, his fluid-lined images have been an eye-catching feature at the Union Square artists' market in New York City for several years.
My favorite pieces are his portraits of women--all of whom are glamorous, but whose attitudes range from flirtatious to kinky to outright aggressive. It doesn't hurt that the gun-slinging, culture-crossing vixen in the image below could be a sister to Meiko Kaji's Matsu from the "Female Prisoner Scorpion" Pink Films:
Rice-paper prints of Zane Fix's art are available directly from the artist at his website JapPopArt.com at very reasonable prices (hooray for accessible art!). I know my prints look hella-fierce here in the Apartment of Erotic Horror--don't your walls deserve some brightening up as well?
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Oooh! I like these! And I must send you a pic of the artwork I currently have hanging in my living room - "Geisha With A Gun." It's by a local artist named Donald Topp, and has a similar vibe to Fix's work. I remember being terribly proud that I had purchased my very own painting.
Hey Kate. I hope this finds you doing well. Even though I don't comment that much on your blog, I do read your posts. I love what you do here. I am giving your blog an award in my latest post on my Sugar & Spice blog (It's a post dealing with Ursula Andress). I'm a big fan of what you do here.
Costuminatrix, glad you like these! Next time you're in town, we'll take you for a spin through the artist's bazaar--hopefully Zane will be showing his work. And YES I do need a snap of this new art, dearie!
Thank you, Keith--that's so sweet of you :) I am honored to be in such wonderful company (Ms. Andress as well as the other awesome blogs you've highlighted). You rock, man!
Rock n Roll brotha all da way!
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