The book encapsulates the winter of 2019 in Beachwood Canyon. I decided that I wanted to create my own source material inspired by these images, so I worked with long time collaborator Kingsley Ifill on a book called Eye For A Sty, Tooth For The Roof. 38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall. I’m spending a little over a week here checking up on some projects under the banner of the Ministries of Heaven’s Family. What’s changed about that under the new covenant Hi, welcome to today’s Little Lesson and this is a special Cuba edition.
The erotic photographers of their day referenced classical paintings for the model poses, then the painters working at this time would buy these images in the form of early pornographic postcards and use them as painting and drawing reference, completing a feed back loop of visual reference. A n eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. In recent years the iPhone has been a well used tool, but I’ve always liked to look back to early Parisian studio photography, predominantly from the late 1800s. In Fox’s own words: “I have always used photographs as source material for figurative painting.
#An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. series
The works in Eye For A Sty, Tooth For The Roof served as the source material from which Danny Fox based his series of paintings included in his current solo show at Alexander Berggruen Danny Fox: The Sweet and Burning Hills (January 12-February 26, 2021). Initially intended simply to extend the conversation that has been taking place between the mediums of drawing and photography since the late 19th century, this publication ultimately explores the love, trust, and honesty that can still be shared amongst artist and subject, despite the negativity and confusion that permeates the surrounding world. Eye For A Sty, Tooth For The Roof is composed of a collaborative series of figurative studies by Fox and Ifill, produced in Los Angeles during a four month period, beginning in October 2019.
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