Lola Falana was a dancer for Sammy Davis Jr, and then after he broke up with his wife following an affair with her she went to Italy, learnt Italian and starred in the movin picture fillems. Extraordinary woman. Apparently the first black woman to model toiletries that were aimed for whiteys too.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Lola Falana
Lola Falana was a dancer for Sammy Davis Jr, and then after he broke up with his wife following an affair with her she went to Italy, learnt Italian and starred in the movin picture fillems. Extraordinary woman. Apparently the first black woman to model toiletries that were aimed for whiteys too.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Flora, China, Cookery, Femininity, Coming of Age.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Lo
I had the Jeremy Irons/Dominique Swain version on DVD once, now I only have the box, with no disc, but I love the artefact so much I cant throw the box away.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Swingin
NB in Singapore equals a night awake trawling like a rusty sea vessel through the internets for no reason. I wish I was like Data from Star Trek so it could happen quicker, I could fill my brain with inspiring pictures of Bianca Jagger and Gail Zappa in their 20s wearing unconventional clothing in public.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Kent Monkman
Another artist exhibiting at the Sydney Biennale. Kent Monkman.
Kent Monkman (born 1965) is a Canadian First Nations artist of Cree and Irish ancestry. His works examine the way indigenous American and Canadian history has been presented in art by 19th and 20th Century artists such as George Catlin and Paul Kane, and "constructs new stories through images that take into account the missing narratives and perspectives of Aboriginal peoples."[1]
Most of his works have strong queer or gay male imagery and deal with sexuality and Christianity as they have been affected by colonialism in Canada and theUnited States. A recurring character in his paintings and videos is "Miss Chief Eagle Testickle", a drag queen alter-ego of Kent Monkman himself, who interacts with the other characters or draws attention to symbolism.[2] He became interested with these issues of gender and queer or two-spirit indigenous sexualities after discovering that George Catlin encountered berdaches in his travels and refused to include them in his paintings of "traditional" aboriginal life.[3]
He currently lives and works in Toronto.
'Berdache' is a new word for me. Thanks Kent.