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  Interview: Werner Horvath on his artwork, his collection of totalitarian paintings, his two ateliers and life as an artist-physician

  03.06.07 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  Background: A few months ago I wrote about artistic depictions of Usama bin Laden. I posted a painting of my own and the works of three well-known artists, Werner Horvath (Austria), Sokari Camp-Douglas (Nigeria/UK) and Hassan Musa (Sudan/UK), as well as one (or more?) Bengali folk artists. Recently Werner Horvath came across that [...]

• homistan, portraits, purple people

  Zulfi Bhutto was a pretty interesting guy…

  02.26.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  …so I went ahead and made a picture of him. Well, three, actually. Here they all are together, as per sepoy’s request (below), in a PPP flag triptych. To see them individually, up close and personal, here’s red, black and green.

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  The One-Eyed Warrior

  02.23.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  I painted this portrait of Mullah Omar a few months ago, probably around the 9/11 anniversary hooplah. One doesn’t hear much about this guy anymore, even though it’s possible that he’s leading quite an active life. Since he has barely ever been photographed, he’s not the sort of person that absolutely everyone would recognize, like [...]

• portraits, purple people

  Fauji Fashion Forward

  12.01.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  “It takes a confident man to wear a military jacket complete with rows of brass buttons. It’s incredibly chic if it can be pulled off but it’s difficult.”
  –Domenico Dolce of Dolce & Gabbana
  It seems that military chic is in nowadays, but not that frightfully down-market camouflage type we’re used to seeing on TV. This [...]

• imperial watch, portraits

  Perma Smirk

  11.06.06 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  It’s election week and thinking about all our favorite politicians across the land keeps us up at night. After so many years of Republican rule it’s hard to imagine anything like a victory tomorrow, especially when a perpetual slide-show of Dick Cheney’s perma-smirk dances in our heads. Chapati Mystery’s medical expert, Dr. Haroun, reports that [...]

• persophilia, portraits, stardust

  g∞g∞sh

  10.03.06 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  Was I the last person to find out that the Iranian pop diva Googoosh is making a comeback and living in the United States and Canada now? I have painted her portrait in honor of this exciting news. There are all sorts of delectable websites devoted to Googoosh, including her own, official site, [...]

• imperial watch, portraits

  Pretty in Pontiff

  09.20.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  What the Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City needs are some bright colors to lift his mood. I have depicted him here surrounded by a warm bath of candy pink to brighten up his outlook. Pink is a great color for Pope Benedict XVI, who is undoubtedly a summer. Usually in [...]

• portraits, purple people, wizbango! tech

  UbL Art Round-up

  09.15.06 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  On the occasion of this past Monday, I decided since everyone else was doing it, I might as well hold my own little 911 observation. It occurred to me to paint a portrait of UbL, since I’ve been working on portraiture lately (by which I mean ‘making portraits’ rather than in the academic sense of [...]

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  Benjamin Aislabie

  01.13.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Benjamin Aislabie (1774-1842) was a wine merchant with holdings in the West Indies. He was a devout cricketer. In 1802, he joined the Marylebone Cricket Club and became one of the game’s premier administrators. He was made President of the MCC in 1823 and did even more to bring regulation and organization to the game. [...]