by Dr. Susan Block<\/p>\n
Art can instigate or pacify, \u201ccomfort the afflicted,\u201d in the immortal words of Finley Peter Dunne, \u201cor afflict the comfortable.\u201d Two of the most compelling and controversial subjects that art can address are sex and death. Tackling these touchy topics in their respective artworks are my first two guests, mixed media artist Sara Lurie and tattoo and poster artist Howard Teman. Both depict very sexy\u2014as well as a few rather unsexy\u2014naked bodies and body parts, political and religious symbols, themes of erotic bondage, blow jobs, guns, blood, spiders, scorpions, a braid of hair that turns into a hang man\u2019s noose, and a few notable celebrities in compromising positions, including JFK between Marilyn\u2019s legs. My third guest, sexpot socialite Amor Hilton, is grappling with the loss of her friend, Christina Dolce, aka \u201cForbidden,\u201d dubbed the \u201cQueen of Myspace\u201d by Vanity Fair in 2006; now dead of liver failure at 35.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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