Xah Lee, 2003, 2006-08
Trevor Brown↗ is a English artist. His works are controversial. The subject matter are often young girls and morbidness. Not for the faint of heart.
The following are some of my favorites.
above: Trevor Brown's cover illustration for a book of Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass. (amazon.com↗) † (Note: the only Trevor Brown artwork in that book is the cover.)
If you are interested in reading Alice in Wonderland, be sure to get a version with original illustration by John Tenniel. (John Tenniel's Alice artwork) Martin Gardner's Annotated Alice (amazon.com↗) is a good choice. A complete Alice in Wonderland and Thru the Looking Glass with image galleries by various artitsts is at: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
above: from his Sinister Innocence postcard set, 1996. Such a sweet pretty young girl, made herself into such a gruesome appearance. Death impinging the moralists.
My Alphabet (amazon.com↗) is a collection of images by Trevor. Each page is a letter with a illustration. A theme of children but not for children. This is also my favorite. This book is constantly sold out. You might check on ebay.com, or Trevor's site (link at bottom). Trevor's work has become collectibles.
above: Horsey. From his Black Box postcard set. Late 1990 i think.
above: cover artwork for Panik magazine.
above: A human furniture. From the BDSM magazine «O», around early 1990s. (larger sized image) (See also: Human Furniture in A Clockwork Orange. )
above: From his Temple Of Blasphemy backcover. This is probably the best one from that collection. The other artworks in there are rather different.
Around 2001, i bought 3 of his works: The Black Box (a postcard set of 13), and Temple of Blasphemy (book), and “Rope, Rapture, and Bloodshed” (book). I like the Black Box very much, however, i do not like the other two.
Temple of Blasphemy is a black & white collection of his early artworks.
Rope, Rapture & Bloodshed is a combo of art collection of Trevor Brown and Antoine Bernhart. Trevor's section are colored illustration of Japanese woman roped in Japanese bondage art. Among Trevor's arts, this is less creative. Japanese bondage art videos or photo abound. The art by Antoine Bernhart takes the stage here. Eerie paintings of Rapture & Bloodshed. For Antoine's cover, there's this hara-kiri by a woman. That one is representative in style, but not content. His other ones are surreal and blood sex frenzy.
In the social network orkut.com, Trevor Brown has a fan club: http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=40419 since about 2005. As of 2007-09, there are 1400 members. Some 80% or 90% are nubile female.
You can buy Trevor's artwork directly from his site at a usually lower price. Official Trevor Brown website is at: http://www.pileup.com/babyart/
† Used with permission.
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