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The Mechanical Bride... by ~TeaPartyGirl:iconTeaPartyGirl:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Surreal

©2007-2009 ~TeaPartyGirl
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"The Mechanical Bride (...and the Rising Tide)"

Title taken from a book that I have not read, but would like to, by Marshall McLuhan called "The Mechanical Bride" - which is a theoretical analysis of mass communication and how the use of sex sells industrial hardware, to how we are spoon fed ideologies along with products. I added "and the rising tide" because it is another metaphorical saying attributed to McLuhan about the rising city-scape and commercial world (plus it rhymes ^__^).

...Outside of that speal, I'm planning on adding more symbols to indicate her 'mechanical' traits. I wanted a sympathy to arise for the MB-- almost as if this is an arranged marriage between the capitalist society and the drowning individual; something inescapable...

Acrylic on canvas, 18x24"

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~starvingapartmnt Jan 21, 2007, 9:08:23 AM
WOW that's cool. nice complements, the contrast in the eyes and the rest of the piece.

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steady, steady, steady going nowhere.
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Mood: Love ~xdisparatex Jan 21, 2007, 9:08:41 AM
Oh, wow. This is stunning. The shadows and detail are right on, and i like the symbols of society in her dress. wow. just wow. I hate not being able to say more!
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~lost-cousin Jan 21, 2007, 9:12:24 AM
This picture is beautiful, and fits really well with your explanation/source material. By the way, there are a band called Mechanical Bride too, they're really good!
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~kaydi Jan 21, 2007, 9:34:58 AM
This is beautiful. Nicely done.
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~JadePixi Jan 21, 2007, 10:53:44 AM
Very luvly indeed - really stays with you;)

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Money ressembles fat... there is plenty of it, but always in the wrong places.
:devart: :hesitation: :devart:
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Mood: Dumbfounded ~caesaraugustus Jan 21, 2007, 11:34:11 AM
Holy Karl Marx, Batman! :batman:

According to Freud, everything is about sex. Since one of the defining principles of Life is reproduction, and everyone wants to reproduce to some degree.

THUS sex sells.

Everybody wants some, how 'bout you? ~ Van Halen

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"I have a very strict policy on gun control: if there's a gun around, I want to be the one controlling it!"
~~ Clint Eastwood

Today your love, tomorrow the world :flagus:
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~greenrapsody Jan 21, 2007, 12:17:54 PM
I am eternally fond of all-one-colour schemes + a hint of a second colour. this is so well done :) I love that tear <3

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as if inside our skulls, instead of the brain, we felt a fish, floating, attracted by the moon.
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~TeaPartyGirl Jan 21, 2007, 1:29:36 PM
Why thank you ~ I've always enjoyed doing monochromatic colour schemes with a dash of complimentary. Or at least a grouping of analagous with a compliment.
Everything just pops then : D
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~TeaPartyGirl Jan 21, 2007, 1:29:51 PM
I think everything is close to being about sex for guys, lol. I don't mean that in a bad way, however. For women, I think it is about being sexy, which can make the ads suitable to them as well... and in effect, make the female body the one used most often. What I find the most interesting is how the rise in sexy-male imaged ads has been in correspondence with the rise of homosexuality; or at least the acceptance of it.
That's really only a theory of mine though... I think it's a worthy theory ; p
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~TeaPartyGirl Jan 21, 2007, 1:30:48 PM
Really! I have no heard of them - I shall have to find some of their stuff... More than likely they named themselves after McLuhan then. They don't happen to be Canadian are they?
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