ABOUT,   Catalog,   ARCHIVE,MUSIC,   Mosaic,   TRNTBL. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-7604143-3"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} Tumblr (3.0; @tobia)http://tobia.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m06lqlyhXD1qhe655o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m06lqlyhXD1qhe655o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m06lqlyhXD1qhe655o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><h3><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://brunamassadas.tumblr.com/post/18524407152" target="_blank">Bruna Massadas</a>.</h3> <p><em>» <a href="http://www.brunamassadas.com" target="_blank">Bruna’s portfolio website</a>.</em></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/GJf3pARuP0M" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/GJf3pARuP0M/23899869935http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23899869935Sun, 27 May 2012 20:13:00 -0500BRUNA MASSADASICONSFRIENDSPAINTINGCOLORMFAhttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23899869935<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4phr91qOd1qzwh9fo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4phr91qOd1qzwh9fo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4phr91qOd1qzwh9fo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><h3><span>“<strong><a href="http://www.shantellmartin.com/" target="_blank">Shantell Martin</a></strong>, a London-born artist whose line drawings adorn the walls of private homes and companies, has made her room in Brooklyn her canvas.”</span></h3> <p>» <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/garden/a-brooklyn-artist-free-associates-on-her-walls.html" target="_blank">NYTimes</a></em>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/-8KosDiOlls" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/-8KosDiOlls/23897038625http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23897038625Sun, 27 May 2012 19:26:58 -0500Shantell Martinhome and gardenNYTimesartmaking is homemakinghttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23897038625<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4nrbczLcx1qzwh9fo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4nrbczLcx1qzwh9fo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4nrbczLcx1qzwh9fo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4nrbczLcx1qzwh9fo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4nrbczLcx1qzwh9fo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4nrbczLcx1qzwh9fo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4nrbczLcx1qzwh9fo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4nrbczLcx1qzwh9fo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4nrbczLcx1qzwh9fo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><h3><strong>ML/TF:</strong> <em>Stinson Beach, Mount Tamalpais and Mill Valley (Marin County, CA). </em></h3> <p><span>Today, I needed a break, and feel <em>very blessed</em> that I got one. </span></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/wO3vFu_-cRU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/wO3vFu_-cRU/23833987848http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23833987848Sat, 26 May 2012 20:48:00 -0500californiahikingmarin countynaturepersonaltoyin odutolatravelinghttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23833987848<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4mcanvlQJ1qzwh9fo1_r1_400.png"/><br/><br/><h3><a href="http://www.christophelemaire.com/" target="_blank">CHRISTOPHE LEMAIRE</a>.<br/><em>AW 2011/12</em></h3> <p>Is it me or did the editors do some serous work on this poor model’s neck? How elongated can you get? It could just be my eyes. In any case, this outfit is all me, only the “model” is bald. </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/yRy8s3j25U0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/yRy8s3j25U0/23831408286http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23831408286Sat, 26 May 2012 20:03:50 -0500fashionpersonal stylefavoritesCHRISTOPHE LEMAIREhttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23831408286<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lywxaxbTfj1qztvl0o1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lywxaxbTfj1qztvl0o2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lywxaxbTfj1qztvl0o3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lywxaxbTfj1qztvl0o4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lywxaxbTfj1qztvl0o5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lywxaxbTfj1qztvl0o6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><h3><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbFTnRGX7NQ" target="_blank"><strong>Season 1, ep. 4:</strong> </a><span><em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbFTnRGX7NQ" target="_blank">Lies, Lies, Lies</a>.</em><br/></span>Bette Porter (played by Jennifer Beals) comes face to face with her all-time favorite artist’s last portrait and is so overcome by the significance of the event and the beauty of this particular work that she bursts into tears and faints. </h3> <p>My favorite scene from the entire seasonal collection of the L word. <em>Trust.</em> People talk about Stendhal syndrom in a sort of half mocking manner, but watching this clip, I believed every minute of it. There is no one way to experience being overwhelmed with something that you love so keenly, so visually. the experiences vary, but that feeling, you now it when you first sense it. You acknowledge it, you respect it. You certainly can’t control it, because the moment, the fact that you got to look at something so precious to you, or to humanity, feels so <em>undeserved.</em></p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Dialogue of the scene/text:</strong></p> <p><strong><small>Peggy Peabody:</small></strong><em><small> You know Stendhal?</small></em></p> <p><strong><small>Bette Porter:</small></strong><em><small> The French art critic. </small></em><em><small>He went to Florence. He saw the Caravaggio. </small></em><em><small>And he burst into tears and then he fainted. The work of art was so beautiful and moving he couldn’t withstand the impact. The Stendhal syndrome.</small></em></p> <p><strong><small>Peggy Peabody:</small></strong><em><small> ‘My head thrown back, I let my gaze dwell on the ceiling. I underwent the profoundest experience of ecstasy I had ever encountered. I had attained that supreme degree of sensibility where the divine intimations of art merge with the impassioned sensuality of emotion.’</small></em></p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/Tphvs09sIr0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/Tphvs09sIr0/23785203598http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23785203598Sat, 26 May 2012 02:22:00 -0500THE L WORDBETTE PORTERJENNIFER BEALSALL-TIME FAVORITESTLWhttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23785203598<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/23730947484/tumblr_m4kx3cXMaf1qzl0f0&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><h3><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_for_Threes" target="_blank">Plaid</a><br/></strong><em>Rakimou</em><br/>1997 </h3> <p>» <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theantidote.tumblr.com/post/23730728699/plaid-rakimou" target="_blank">theantidote</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/-VR5oTZpIv4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/-VR5oTZpIv4/23730947484http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23730947484Fri, 25 May 2012 08:00:00 -0500morning vibesmusicsoothingplaidhttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23730947484<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ku1oSYKs1qd29m4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><h3><a href="http://www.studiocleo.com/gallerie/cunningham/imogen.html" target="_blank">Imogen Cunningham<br/></a><em>Water Hyacinth</em><br/>c.1920’s</h3></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/IYu7_eScQCU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/IYu7_eScQCU/23730865224http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23730865224Fri, 25 May 2012 07:57:28 -0500plant lifesheenshinei want to draw thisportrait of a planthttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23730865224<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3q6gwJuBm1qzt15co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><h3>Robert Mapplethorpe.</h3></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/KoSH-0VX5tY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/KoSH-0VX5tY/23730772591http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23730772591Fri, 25 May 2012 07:54:06 -0500portraituremapplethorpemale nudehttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23730772591<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m20pclbluC1qh028xo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m20pclbluC1qh028xo2_100.jpg"/><br/> <br/><h3>From <em>La Noire </em>(1966), a film by <strong>Ousmane Sembene</strong>.</h3> <p>» <em><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://manufactoriel.tumblr.com/post/23597538649/la-noire-un-film-dousmane-sembene-1966" target="_blank">manufactoriel</a>.</em></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/RhLCIwzyqCc" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/RhLCIwzyqCc/23692199564http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23692199564Thu, 24 May 2012 16:43:51 -0500filmla noireOusmane Sembenehttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23692199564<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jpoxqvMs1qzwh9fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h3><strong>Ei Kaneko</strong><br/><span><em><a href="http://eikaneko.biz/ek45.html" target="_blank">Sun Drum Session</a></em><br/>2012</span></h3> <p><span>24x22cm, Graphite on paper</span> .</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/sMbIeoSftX8" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/sMbIeoSftX8/23690332846http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23690332846Thu, 24 May 2012 16:14:57 -0500drawingfriendsEi Kanekohttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23690332846<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4j0ughwks1qzwh9fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h3><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Douglas" target="_blank">Stan Dougals</a>.</h3> <p>» <em><a href="http://www.themarknews.com/articles?tag=Contemporary+Art" target="_blank">The Mark</a></em>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/gHOGc35qGZ8" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/gHOGc35qGZ8/23668146490http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23668146490Thu, 24 May 2012 07:18:16 -0500portraiturefavoritesbalck surfacesblack groundshttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23668146490<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ivxu8iuZ1qzwh9fo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ivxu8iuZ1qzwh9fo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ivxu8iuZ1qzwh9fo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><h3><strong>Toyin Odutola</strong><br/><em>Untitled (Brothers of some kind.)</em><br/>Diptych<br/>2011-2012</h3> <p>Pen ink on paper. 14 x 17 inches (each). <em>Finally finished!</em> Now, off to shipping.    </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/u-UbOmiDHnY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/u-UbOmiDHnY/23665716417http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23665716417Thu, 24 May 2012 05:34:00 -0500toyin odutoladiptychsequenceportraiture20122011old works revisitedhttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23665716417<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ivapDkAm1qzwh9fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h3><strong>Toyin Odutola</strong><br/><em>Self Portrait, after Najva Sol (Brooklyn, NY.)</em><br/>2012</h3> <p>Pen ink and acrylic ink on black board. 20 x 15 inches. This is based on a portrait taken by my girl, <strong><a href="http://najvasol.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Najva</a></strong>, while I was in visiting NYC in March. I loved the portrait so much I decided to render it.  </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/XJiWWYHzogA" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/XJiWWYHzogA/23665439904http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23665439904Thu, 24 May 2012 05:21:22 -0500toyin odutola2012portraitureself portraithttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23665439904<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4iuy2cxKh1qzwh9fo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4iuy2cxKh1qzwh9fo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4iuy2cxKh1qzwh9fo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4iuy2cxKh1qzwh9fo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4iuy2cxKh1qzwh9fo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4iuy2cxKh1qzwh9fo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><h3><em>BLACK VENUS</em>, Vol. 1 by <strong>Maxim Vakhovskiy</strong>. </h3> <p>My good friend, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/maximvakhovskiy" target="_blank">Maxim</a>, has finally released the <a href="http://blackvenusproject.com/book/" target="_blank">first volume of his<em> Black Venus</em>portrait photography series</a>. He’s been working on this project for many years now and it swells my heart with pride that he’s gotten to publish some of these amazing captures and share his beautiful works with all of us. Cannot wait to get my copy in the mail. <em>Congrats, Maxim!</em></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/JlDn3yASrro" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/JlDn3yASrro/23665281990http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23665281990Thu, 24 May 2012 05:13:32 -0500Maxim Vakhovskiyportraitureall-time favoritesfriendsblack womanhoodhttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23665281990““The way people behave, the paradoxes, the contradictions, all these things we have to live with and still pretend that everything is only black or white. That, I think, is the most interesting thing in human nature. The fact that we have to do one thing and pretend something else. That’s when it becomes very interesting. If you can literally speak the way you feel, then it’s not interesting anymore. It’s when you have to lie that it becomes interesting.””<br/><br/> - <em><strong><a href="http://the-talks.com/interviews/vincent-cassel/" target="_blank">Vincent Cassel</a></strong></em><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/H2-80NAsLbc" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/H2-80NAsLbc/23664464105http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23664464105Thu, 24 May 2012 04:30:30 -0500VINCENT CASSELTRUTH BE TOLDINTERVIEWShttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23664464105<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/p9Cca7Nq2Zs?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><h1>Sherlock</h1> <h3>BBC <em>One</em> / PBS <em>Masterpiece Mystery </em></h3> <p><em>Am Sher-locked.</em> Yeah, it got me too. Just can’t get enough. It’s all that <em>SHADE. </em></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/LigWnBztBAU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/LigWnBztBAU/23612958469http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23612958469Wed, 23 May 2012 11:24:00 -0500bbcpbsmasterpiece mysterysherlockhttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23612958469<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hhb7IBXJ1qzwh9fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><h3>Have no idea why this diptych is taking so long to complete…. <br/><em>(Make it work!) </em></h3></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/0qUTTpBiNjk" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/0qUTTpBiNjk/23612736212http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23612736212Wed, 23 May 2012 11:18:00 -0500toyin odutolaprocessportraiturehttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23612736212<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/23603392726/tumblr_m4h2f0qIZV1qzwh9f&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><h3><strong>Aimee Mann</strong><br/><em>Wise Up</em><br/>1999 </h3> <p>Always and<em> always….</em></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/8wLXGA1PdkM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/8wLXGA1PdkM/23603392726http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23603392726Wed, 23 May 2012 05:57:00 -0500musicaimee mannall-time favoriteshttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23603392726“Solitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportianate, the absurd and the forbidden.”<br/><br/> - <em><strong>THOMAS MANN</strong></em><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/kkSeg2Lw-So" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/kkSeg2Lw-So/23600229890http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23600229890Wed, 23 May 2012 03:20:02 -0500TRUTH BE TOLDSOLITUDECOMMENTARYhttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23600229890<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0gg9u90RH1qe417yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h3><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jenniferhom.tumblr.com/post/18841028698/ninety-one-good-chinese-girls-ink-on-paper-riff" target="_blank">Jennifer Hom<br/></a><em>Ninety</em><em> One Good Chinese Girls<br/></em>2012</h3> <p>“ink on paper. riff off an interesting (and strangely unsettling) photo i saw of a swarm of singing, uniform, asian girls.”</p> <p>» <em><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.youmightfindyourself.com/post/23565696544/jenniferhom-ninety-one-good-chinese-girls-ink" target="_blank">youmightfindyourself</a>.</em></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~4/EUaXjOKj644" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ObiaTheThird/~3/EUaXjOKj644/23593362055http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23593362055Tue, 22 May 2012 23:30:24 -0500narrativemultiplicityhttp://tobia.tumblr.com/post/23593362055