Come out of the closet with GAY BOB

Circa 1977.

Bob stands 13 inches tall and came wearing a flannel shirt, tight jeans and cowboy boots. He had one ear pierced. Bob’s box was shaped like a closet and included a catalog from which consumers could order additional outfits. Creator Rosenberg described the doll as resembling a cross between Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Bob is anatomically correct.
- “It’s the Gay Bob doll, out of his own closet”, Associated Press, Aug. 1, 1978

The Berlin Wall, 20 years gone

People peer through an 11.5 foot (3.5 meter) high wall made out of ice, part of an art installation entitled ‘Work In Progress’ representing the Berlin Wall, near the German Embassy in central London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Via The Big Picture.

Golden Orb Spider Silk Tapestry

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Artist Kittiwat Unarrom, Demon Baker

Artist Kittiwat Unarrom sculpts bloodstained human body parts — heads, limbs and organs — in his bakery in Thailand:

As an undergraduate art student, Unarrom painted portraits. He then moved on to mixed media and finally, dough — a natural medium for him given the fact that his family runs a bakery.

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