A photo of me and Kenny Scharf !!! I’ve been crushing on his work for a decade !!
The man,the myth, the Legend of creating bright vibrant artistic style is Kenny Scharf. October 2018 Kenny came to Detroit for an exhibit at the David Klein Gallery in downtown Detroit on Washington Boulevard. I ventured down to the gallery after working nonstop, and dragged a coworker along who was interested in learning more about the art world.
Featured here is a Space Dog – a hot dog in space lol
Allison Eden is an artist assistant who got the pleasure of wearing a Kenny Scharf creation ! He also painted about 4 cars during his time in Detroit, I almost went but ultimately had to be at work. One of my few regrets in life.
Post originally saved as a draft from November 2018. Side Note – it came to my attention that I have written and drafted tons of content. So do not be surprised if content being published is a bit back dated ❤ I am not totally sure why I have been hesitant to publish the content, considering this blog is use for my own personal lifestyle and timeline of memories. Originally created as a spin off from my blog during study abroad, and to share all the exciting things happening in Detroit!
Detroit Dirty – the big and titty gritty event of the season.
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If you have continued to scroll you clearly are a tad curious and also subjecting yourself to what I had to see in person and physically walk away from, not just X out the web browser.
2019 marks the 20th annual Detroit Dirty Show at the Russell Industrial Center. I feel compelled to share there is on site parking at a small fee of 10 bucks. Below is a photo stream of pics taken from my android.
Ding Dong – the ultimate bedside bellLocal Artist – Gingerly Made from Ferndale, MI “Thick as an eggplant”
Can’t help but to crack up about the emoji art above. Today in modern culture the eggplant emoji has been sexualized and officially unofficial code for penis.
“Out to Eat”WOW, you don’t see Needlepoint work like this everyday the infamous “Octopussy” “Sit on my Space” cleaver
I did not know that “copperotica” was a thing, apparently people focus on making copper infused art erotic.
Anyone who attending the show was taken back by an erotic take on the Golden Girls. Most people are not thinking forward to sexy grandmas. However the most iconic of iconic “old ladies” were transformed and kink-i-fied here. One of my long term goals is to be a “G-I-L-F” !
The warehouse converted into a night of eroticism around art, community and the typically shadowed culture of sex were on full display. People dress up with not too much clothing on, perhaps a leash around the neck, or just nipple tassels. Of course, my crew and I did not dress like that. Maybe next year would wear a silly wig. Loads of neon large scale art this year and action experiences such as walking through a vulva – a moving tunnel bridge thing. There was live action on how-to partake in Shibari aka Japanese Bondage ( obvs did not take pictures of this).
This event is always super strange but very intriguing. There was a drop claw game machine called Mr. Grab Ass – where you could enter in a dollar bill and have a chance at retrieving a prize. All of prizes were like out of a white elephant game hosted at Lover’s Lane. The control stick was a penis, duh, and the claw had little penis toppers on them. I coincidentally had $4 single dollar bills, one of each of us to participate. Of course, J won !! LOL we couldn’t stop laughing. After we watched a girl on the silk’s hanging from the ceiling doing acrobatics. It’s hard work !! I’ve tried to do the silk’s in the Ann Arbor diag before, you need serious upper body strength.
We giggled our way out of the venue and ventured up to Hamtramck to Whiskey in a Jar, a dive bar where J’s friends were bar tending. It was the perfect – only- in-Detroit kind of night.
LiViN LiKE LiNdSEY 