- The other night I was sat in the pub after a little bit of an argument with the Mr (resolved now. kissed. made up!) with some of my best friends, because of the significant morphine consumption at the moment (still, I know, it's been a long time now!) I can't actually drink, I was having a strop as it was and one of my friends threw a magazine at me, which I then decided to read. . (antisoc, you don't need to tell me!)
- I'll get on to what I found in that magazine, which grossed me out, a little later, but first, just look at these beautiful portraits.
- After I had finished being considerably grossed out by said other art project, I stumbled across these portraits, and I love them so much. . . the simplicity of them, yet the complexity of the subject choices.
- Now, here, is what I found originally. . .
- why yes! yes these are dead flies arranged onto drawings!
- My initial reaction is 'eugh!' - but then I started to think that actually, is rather clever, then my thoughts went to 'how many flies does this guy have in his house?!' I mean, there are plenty there, but those are just the dead ones. . . does he collect dead flies? does he re-use his dead flies? Why dead flies?!
- So many questions I want to ask the guy. . . but he redeemed himself with the portraiture!
(I'm also not going to lie, the image of the fly shaving it's legs on the toilet seat made me giggle!)
- All Images can be found here.
Haha this made me laugh. Especially the one on the toilet.
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Mabel Time
omg, the fly pics are so funny!!
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Haha - that's what you get for reading 'quality' free publications in the pub!
ReplyDeleteVery surreal!! The toilet one makes me chuckle silly xxx
ReplyDeleteI totally get your 'eugh!', but then you can't help smiling, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteThank you for making us smile :)
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haha thats funny! I like the one shaving it's legs too :)
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www.humblepievintage.com
wow, amazing photos. totally cool. :)
ReplyDeletecool blog - enjoyed your photos. following via bloglovin'
have a great day!
jasmine
@ Jasmine, thankyou so much you're sweet.
ReplyDeleteHi Hanna,
ReplyDeleteI´m Magnus Muhr, the creator of the flypictures,(and the portraits):)
I´m glad you liked them, thanks!
And yes, I re-use the flies ;)
And if you look carefully you can find dead flies everywere, right? ;)
Did you know I´ve released a giftbook with the flies? You can find it here:
http://www.summersdale.com/book/1/404/the-life-of-fly/
And if you want too know the story behind the flyidea heres an interview with me.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/theguide/stage/8466036.The_Life_Of_Fly__Lord_Nelson__Brighton/
Have a good day!
Magnus
muhr.area81.se
haha, I'm glad you found this and answered my questions! - but no, nope I definitely don't see dead flies everywhere! maybe it's the climate!!!! Thankyou for the background info!
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