{"id":1867,"date":"2009-07-02T21:19:33","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T05:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2009-09-14T15:49:54","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T23:49:54","slug":"erotic-masterpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/?p=1867","title":{"rendered":"Erotic Masterpiece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got a print the other day of what I think will someday be regarded as a significant masterpiece of Twenty-First Century Erotica: <div style=\"padding-top: 1em ; padding-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto ; margin-right: auto ; text-align: center ;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artforengineers.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/hes_all_mine_450x223.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"223\" alt=\"[mixed media work by Carolyn Weltman]\"\/><\/a><br \/><span style=\" font-size: xx-small ;\">image used with kind permission of artist<\/span><br \/><cite>He's All Mine<\/cite> by Carolyn Weltman<\/div><\/p> <p>The print that I got is <span style=\"font-style: italic ;\">gicl&eacute;e<\/span>;<span style=\"vertical-align: top ; font-size: smaller ;\">[1]<\/span> the original is in graphite, gesso, watercolour crayon, and <em>nail enamel<\/em>.  Intermediate between simple reproductions and the original, Weltman has also embellished some <span style=\"font-style: italic ;\">gicl&eacute;e<\/span> reproductions; these can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artatlarge.com\/pages\/WELTMANpgs\/CW_prints.htm\">at Art @ Large<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artbreak.com\/sophi\/works\">at Artbreak<\/a>.<\/p> <p>Ms Weltman mailed the print, well packaged, to me on the same morning that I'd ordered it.<\/p> <p>Weltman's work has been featured or otherwise exhibited in various museums and art shows, and anthologized in collections such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.addall.com\/New\/submitNew.cgi?query=0979596459&type=ISBN&dispCurr=USD\"><cite>World's Greatest Erotic Art of Today<\/cite> v 2<\/a>.  She's provided illustrations for magazines articles and books, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.addall.com\/New\/submitNew.cgi?query=1845298225&type=ISBN&dispCurr=USD\"><cite>The Mammoth Book of Kama Sutra<\/cite> by Maxim Jakubowski<\/a>.<span style=\"vertical-align: top ; font-size: smaller ;\">[2]<\/span><\/p> <p>Weltman's own site is <span style=\"display: block ; padding: 1em ; margin-left: auto ; margin-right: auto ; text-align: center ;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artforengineers.com\/\">sophi's grand empire<\/a><\/span> She also has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myartspace.com\/artistInfo.do?populatinglist=home&subscriberid=huvmw62679zf66h1\">a presence on MyArtSpace.com<\/a>.<\/p> <hr width=\"50%\" align=\"left\"\/> <p><span style=\"vertical-align: top ; font-size: smaller ;\">[1]<\/span> <span style=\"font-style: italic ;\">Gicl&eacute;e<\/span> \/&#658;i&#720;&#712;kle&#618;\/ reproduces an image, from digitized form, using a high-quality ink-jet printer and archival inks.<\/p> <p><span style=\"vertical-align: top ; font-size: smaller ;\">[2]<\/span> I just have to hope that this book does not concern the sexual congress of furry elephants.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I got a print the other day of what I think will someday be regarded as a significant masterpiece of Twenty-First Century Erotica: image used with kind permission of artistHe's All Mine by Carolyn Weltman The print that I got is gicl&eacute;e;[1] the original is in graphite, gesso, watercolour crayon, and nail enamel. 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