Intriguing, seductive and highly enjoyable collage-based oil on canvas paintings by contemporary artist Private Dog. All artworks are part of the 'Babes in Toyland!' show. An almost impossibly collection of artworks that swarms with questions of consumerism, value, innocence, corruption and desire. Like for instance Jeff Koons , Private Dog found a way of making high art out of low art. "Using the trashy vocabulary of female 'internet' nudity, tempting (sexual) body parts, children's toys and banal everyday objects like television screens and commercial advertisements, artist Private Dog creates a riot of superficial information; artificial environments which suggest us good times and happy futures. Indirect the artist confronts us with modern life's lust for sex, money and meaningless entertainment; implying a society that lacks soul, commitment and passion...."
"Art suffers the responsibility of having to have idealistic things to say about the world. I'm growing more and more pessimistic about the job of being an artist and about what art does socially..."
Private Dog's artworks are at display and for sale during exhibitions and gallery shows. On-line gallery KNIPOOG charges no commission; the best place to buy!
KNIPOOG GALLERIES
Hello Mr Private Dog..! I like the way you bark, Fun! (Ali Rahamad, artist)
Hey, Heb je werk bekeken, evenals je site knipoog.org. Je toont een duidelijke beheersing van het metier kunstenaar. Er staan wat pareltjes op je naam! mvg (Maarten Dedroog, artist)
Nice piece. I love your work. your site also shows great stuff. (artist artist48073)
... I love the way this piece, and this whole exhibit, shows the flattening of an artistic genre. Even your composition puts everything on the same level. In this one, I see simultaneous sly allusions to Michaelangelo and Bosch. (Linda Armstrong, artist)
Hey Dog, really great stuff. I like it. Can you post some more please? Best regards. Ron. (Ron Rodec, artist)
Hey Dog, you must be a kind of a Real Relativist (Michael Thomas, artist)
I love this painting! You're a genuine Dutch Master! Your work fits in our old cultural tradition and is of very high standards, I love the erotic aspects of your paintings! This is a guy to watch! (Marcus van Soest, artist)
Hey man, great piece of Art, can you send us more? I frontpaged this one, luv it.. (POWERPAINTER, artist)
Wow! These pieces are fabulous! you paint beautiful women. I like your style. (Sissy Harper, artist)
Mr. Private Dog, I've been watching you and your art for some time now. Already liked your early works (Honeysuckle Rose is still my favourite) but grow more and more exited about your new creations. Less nudity but more content and authentic statement. I wonder what the future holds : ) (Carole Dewitt, art lover)
I really like your art i find it amusing also... (Mirco Piccioli, artist)
Nice works !! Yours painting's technic is Wouah !!!!! (Zimny Nicolas. artist)
‘De Kut van Zuid’ in Passionate Deze maand is er in het literaire tijdschrift Passionate een nieuw verhaal verschenen van tekenaar Arno van de Pol en schrijver Mark Ritsema, getiteld De Kut van Zuid. De in het Nederlands geschreven opvolger van In A Valley Of Wolves speelt zich af in de nabije toekomst met hoofdrollen voor (opnieuw) Nachtportier en de prehistorische Venus fetisj De Kut van Zuid. Passionate is te vinden in de betere boekhandel.
