What does my mama think about me producing photographs like this? In reality, I think I might just like to take all of her friends & put them in a field (let’s say 10 of them?), & throw in like 5 supermodels interspersed, to take a similar photo. Something about this seems really beautiful to…
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Can’t Wait to See What Paige Green Does With Bed-Jumpers!
Letter to a Jumper:
Dearest Frank Gehry, Dairy Farmer, High School Cheerleader, Cowboy, Dalai Lama & crew – I recently completed a section of a project in Cape Town, South Africa that I think you might be fond of, & I would in fact Love to ask you to be a part of now. In a nutshell, I got the…
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Conceptualist: Kelly Vaagsland Wainwright, Photographer: Inge Prins So – here is my big, long list of celebrities that I want to ask to join the likes of the Archbishop Tutu & jump on the bed!… You know any of ’em? PLEASE send ’em my way!!: messymonkeyarts@gmail.com Thanks in advance!! pass it on! Obama (I’ll take…
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Still, you Might be wondering why?…. a bed?… Here’s some attempt to break it down: From an artistic standpoint, I am merging “flash mob” with live installation with photography. I am always throwing in a rather unexpected angle through a juxtaposed context (aka: one doesn’t normally see a bed on a pier). This only amplifies…
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If you are Amish, Jack Nicholson, a cowboy, a cheerleader, or the Dalai Lama – Why Should YOU Jump on The Bed?!
Conceptualist: Kelly Vaagsland Wainwright, Photographer: Inge Prins Hi there! Let me introduce myself. My name is Kelly Vaagsland Wainwright. I got this vision a couple years ago that was the merge of a “flash mob” meeting a quick live installation meeting photography. I’d been “playing with play”, & I wanted to & NEEDED to take…
Read MoreA few things I’ve learned:
You don’t have to “push” to have a baby. Bras go way past “DD”. The xhosa word for “fleshly” is: Mafuta (sp?) & yay for compostable diapers!
Read MorePreach it, Fairy Godmother!:
Hi Kelly Last week I sprinkled Fairy Dust at the Opening of the South African Parliament. Why? To bring some magic to SA for 2011; to inspire the leadership of this country to have clear long-term VISION and goals for this country and most importantly, for FUN! Are you having fun yet? If not, then…
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Ode to the Tomato The street filled with tomatoes, midday, summer, the light splits in two halves of tomato, the juice runs through the streets. In June the tomato cuts loose, invades the kitchen, takes over lunches, sits down comfortably on sideboards, among the glasses, the butter dishes, the blue saltshakers. It has its own…
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Jump, Jump, Picture, Picture of the Day!
Thanks, Ladies! 🙂 Taken at Exposure Gallery in Cape Town, for the opening of our show there in April 2010. The bed was open to any passersby at the Saturday Neighborgoods Marketto take a Jump! at their will! For More on the Project, check out: VIDEO INFO THE IMAGES FACEBOOK FANPAGE
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Contemporary Artist: Kelly Wainwright 