I got an invitation to attend the exhibtion of Sophie de Saint Phalle at the Galleries of New Babylon. New Babylon is the new location of the former Babylon Berlin Club.
Sophie de Saint Phalle at the galleries of New Babylon (1)
The galleries are in a skybox. It is a modern gallery with two floors, high ceilings and flooded with light inside so that the exhibits can develop their expression.
Sophie de Saint Phalle is formerly known as Sophie Marie Sinclair (perpetua1010) and I have seen quite of her art already. Sophie also owns her own gallery in Second Life, the SUBCUTAN Art Gallery and Multimedia Center.
Sophie de Saint Phalle at the galleries of New Babylon (2)
At the Galleries of New Babylon she showcases parts of her exhibtion “Terra Australis” (read here), some of her more erotic pictures anda few colourful more abstract pictures. So it is a nice selection of her art, there are just her caricatures missing. All of her art just looks great in this environment.
Sophie de Saint Phalle at the galleries of New Babylon (3) – lower left is named “Dicke Dame am Strand” and there’s a copy of it at our home in SL
Sophie de Saint Phalle (perpetua1010) is a Austrian RL painter and book author. She mainly paints nude from models and abstract art. She loves to experiment with different kind of paint and lithography. Her favourite materials are sand, plaster, glue, terracotta, stones, bones, ash, charcoal, natural pigments and more.
Sophie has made several book illustrations and was for many years political cartoonist for a well known satire magazine. She lived and worked in the Unites States, Australia, Rome and Monaco.
The exhibtion of Sophie de Saint Phalle at the Galleries at New Babylon should be open until Mid of December.
I got an invitation to see Sophie Marie Sinclair (perpetua1010)’s new exhibition “Terra Australis“. The exhibtion is inside of a cave rezzed in the skies above Sophie’s own gallery space, the SUBCUTAN Art Gallery and Multimedia Centre. The provided landmark leads you directly into the cave.
Terra Australis by Sophie Marie Sinclair – Exhibition poster and cave from in- and outside
“Sophie Marie Sinclair is a RL painter and book author. She mainly paints nude from models and abstract art. She loves to experiment with different kind of paint and lithography. She has made several book illustrations and was for many years political cartoonist for a well known satire magazine. She lived and worked in the Unites States, Australia, Rome and Monaco.”
(taken from the notecard I got at the Extempore Gallery and Lounge)
Impressions of Terra Australis by Sophie Marie Sinclair (1)
The showcased pictures of Terra Australis do fit perfectly into the cave. They are kept in earth and sand colours as is the cave. Actually the cave seeded the idea to make this exhibition, as it reminded Sophie of her time in Australia where she could watch the Aboriginals painting. The pictures were created at Sophie’s home though and not in Australia. As Sophie told me, they all are quite large in reality. Sophie has a strongconnection to Australia. In the accompanying notecard of the exhibtion she writes herself:
“Since I am a little girl I am fascinated by Australia. While my friends had posters of rock stars and actors above their beds, posters of the Ayers Rock and of Coala bears were found above my bed. Inspired by the wonderful colours of Australia and the magic of Dreamtime I created the paintings shown at my exhibition“
The technique is also inspired by how the Aboriginals paint using sand, plaster, natural glue, pigments, terracotta, bones, pulverized charcoal and other natural colours. The motifs sprang from Sophie’s imagination, many of them reminded me of fossils. Just one motif, the lizard that is also on the exhibition poster, is something the Aboriginal would have as a motif too – the tend to paint things seen from above.
Impressions of Terra Australis by Sophie Marie Sinclair (2) – Sophie herself is in the lower right picture
The pictures and the presentation are quite impressive and I enjoyed my short visit and the conversation about the pictures with Sophie herself. Thank you for your art, Sophie!
Friday, May 22nd, Mistress Jenny was not inworld during the day due to her RL. I went on a simploring tour around lunch time and I was inworld in the later afternoon. Just Zia (Ziahon82) was present and I took her to Heavy Bondage Club. We chatted while watching the crowd and I learned more about her. At some time the conversation was about bondage and her like which gave reason to take off her cuffs and to replace them with an armbinder. And to make it complete I gagged her with some worn panties (Remark: That is why you should always have some worn panties in your bag or pocket *winks*).
May 22nd: Diomita and Zia (Ziahon82) at Heavy Bondage Club / Zia’s basket at home
I had allowed Zia to rezz her basket in our home and she gave me a picture of herself in the basket.
At night we had our regular party again. When Mistress Jenny came inworld I caught up with her quickly and we also talked about a theme for the night. Mistress agreed with my proposal “Pink like the sunset or blue like the ocean – it’s your choice”. This way Zia was already dressed for the party in her pink catsuit. We had fun like always and I chatted a lot while we danced.
May 22nd – Friday night party: Mistress Jenny, Diomita, slave Flo, Angelique, slave BB (Ebony Massey), Zia (Ziahon82), Claven Albatros, Baroness Capelo, Virgo Babii (upper row), Diable (Orson Neutron), Della Randt, Starbright Wingtips, Hotaru Takedo, Claire (maddh4tt3r), Jopy Weber, illa Quan (lower row)
Quite a few days had gone by since I reported about Puddle Whore (formerly known as Kitty Maurer) and her new life. Puddle Whore had sent us a report a few days ago:
Hello Mistress Jenny and Mistress Diomita,
just a quick note to you as somehow the restrictions just changed and Puddle Whore has unexpected access to inventory.
All is well with Puddle Whore. Mistress Amy is restricting Puddle Whore a lot these days. Mistress Alice has also started to get involved in Puddle Whore’s training. Puddle Whore is displayed in the doll case at Psi’s since two nights ago. Interestingly enough, only Karina, Grace and Jill Ormstein took notice but didn’t say much at all. A few days ago, Ramana recognized PuddleWhore by the hairstyle and made a few comments. She’s also sending you her regards. Aside from that, it seems that Puddle Whore must be invisible or forgotten. After all these years of kicking up dust and making this sim lively, there isn’t even so much as a shrug just because the name changed? Mistress Amy is getting a lot of leverage out of this and Puddle Whore is feeling increasingly helpless.
With love, xox PW
May 23rd: Diomita meeting with Amy (chastitycontroled) and Puddle Whore at Black Widow Academy (1)
Saturday morning, May 23rd, I met with Amy (chastitycontroled) and Puddle Whore at the Black Widow Academy. Amy was just training with Puddle Whore making her more open with a vibe and a butt plug. Puddle Whore tried to say hello to me through her gag and as she hadn’t asked for permission to talk that gave reason for Amy to make her play more nasty. While Amy was playing with the remote for the vib and the plub we sat down and I could inspect Puddle Whore. I admit she made quite some progresses and her body seems well shaped through all the training lessons (actually she got a Maitreya Mesh body).
I had fun watching Puddle Whore’s training. Amy is strict and I could see her fun forming ann educating the Puddle Whore into the kind of toy she desires to have. I stayed for an hour and it ran by quickly. In the end I spanked Puddle Whore myself before Amy brought her back into the vault, “her” vault.
May 23rd: Diomita meeting with Amy (chastitycontroled) and Puddle Whore at Black Widow Academy (2)
I went visiting a gallery in the early afternoon and I was inworld again in the late afternoon. I had a reply from Sophie Marie Sinclair (perpetua1010) to the blogpost about the SUBCUTAN Art Gallery and Multimedia Centre, that was published that Sunday (read here). Sophie liked the post and invited me over to her gallery and offered my one of her pictures – free choice for me. I picked one, that wasn’t there at the time of my first visit to the gallery: “Dicke Dame am Strand (Fat woman at the beach)”. I had a nice chat with Sophie, then returned home and selected a place for the art. Of course the fat woman had to placed at the beach and I put it up at the wall of Flo’s Heaven.
At night Luci and Zia were inworld and I sat down to talk with them. One after the other dropped in and finally we had a full house again with Mistress Jenny, Angelique, slave Flo, slave Luci, Zia, Seu, Scarlett (mswhiplash) and myself. After some chatting we went to Mesmerize Dungeon. While we were there I filled in Mistress about my day and about the news from Puddle Whore. I tied and locked Scarlett as her outfit almost screamed for being tied and locked (at least to me *winks). Mistress Jenny and I tried to talk with everybody in our group and our hour at Mesmerize Dungeon went over very quickly. We returned home at flotime and said good night to everybody.
May 23rd: Diomita with “Dicke Dame am Strand (Fat woman at the beach)” by Sophie Marie Sinclair (perpetua1010) / Mistress Jenny, Diomita, Angelique, slave Flo, slave Luci, Zia, Seu, Scarlett (mswhiplash) at home and at Mesmerize Dungeon
Mistress Jenny and I did not go to bed immediately. We had a short continuation of our (still secret) roleplay and kept the ball rolling so that it doesn’t cool down. And that’s it about Friday and Saturday.
SUBCUTAN Art Gallery and Multimedia Centre consists of several buildings that are arranged around a broad and wide court in the center: The Main Gallery and Multimedia Centre, 3 gallery buildings and a party and event building (cube). In the center is a meeting point and across that is an inforamtion centre under a tent where you can also get a freebie (for joining the group)
The whole setting is ultra modern and the buildings have a modern architecture with a lot of glass for natural light. You find enough areas to party, to meet or for celebrations. I started my visit at the information centre which offers the above mentioned freebie (a handbag with a Lagerfeld likeness) and information about what is shown in the different buildings.
SUBCUTAN Art Gallery and Multimedia Centre – Information Centre
“Sophie Marie Sinclair is a RL painter and book author. She mainly paints nude from models and abstract art. She loves to experiment with different kind of paint and lithography. She has made several book illustrations and was for many years political cartoonist for a well known satire magazine. She lived and worked in the Unites States, Australia, Rome and Monaco.” (taken from the notcard I got at the Extempore Gallery and Lounge)
Gallery 1 showns Sophie Marie Sinclair’s art with the title “Emotions in Black and White”. Sophie’s art is not explicit, you always need to look longer and more detailed at them to get the gist, to see the emotion and thus her art has a particular effect on the viewer.
SUBCUTAN Art Gallery and Multimedia Centre – Gallery 1: “Emotions in Black and White”
Gallery 2 shows Sophie Marie Sinclair’s art with the title “Red Expressions”, which I saw at Eta’s Extempore Gallery and Lounge under the title “Inspiration in Red”, powerful paintings in red with a fantastic 3D-effect.
SUBCUTAN Art Gallery and Multimedia Centre – Gallery 2: “Red Expressions”
Gallery 3 is was not occupied with an exhibtion on the time of my visit (May 2nd).
The cube is a great place to party and celebrate. Again the space has an ultramodern setting. I had fun looking at the details and in these times the flamingo sign “corona” conjured a smile in my face.
SUBCUTAN Art Gallery and Multimedia Centre – Cube
I ended my visit at the Main Gallery and Multimedia Centre. In front of it are two sculptures: “Sisters” by Cherry Manga and “Apple Fall ‘Strength’ Fragment” by Apple Pancake. Both sculptures can develop their expressional strength standing alone with the modern environment as backround.
SUBCUTAN Art Gallery and Multimedia Centre – Main Building with sculptures in front of it, lower right shows “granite art” exhibited around the staircase
Inside of the building is a presentation hall where you can watch movies or other performance art. At the time of my visit, I could watch a video about the “SUBCUTAN Art Gallery and Multimedia Centre“.
In the Main Gallery and Mulitmedia Centre you find more of Sophie’s art. On the ground floor the exhibtion titled “Yellow Nude Expressions”, which picks up the theme of “Emotions in Black and White”, just in yellow. Again you have to look twice to see persons and emotions, the pictures are a bit more explicit though.
SUBCUTAN Art Gallery and Multimedia Centre – Main Gallery: “Yellow Nude Expressions”
Around the staircase to the 2nd floor of the Main Gallery and Mulitmedia Centre you find some picture that look like granite, like patterns engraved in granite. On the 2nd floor is again a large corner for events or celebrations in front of a picture titled “Akt Blau liegend” and another exhibition of Spohie’s art with quite erotic, colourful and expressive bodies and faces. I found no title for this part.
SUBCUTAN Art Gallery and Multimedia Centre – Main Gallery: art on the 2nd floor
SUBCUTAN Art Gallery and Multimedia Centre is worth a visit and if it is just for the architecture. Sophie Marie Sinclair (perpetua1010)’s art covers several styles yet most of her pictures do express strong emotions and they develop their effect on the viewer who takes a second and third look at them. This effect is also expressed in the name of the gallery centre: subcutan – because the art gets under your skin.
It might have not been my last vist. Thank you Sophie for your art and for creating the SUBCUTAN Art Gallery and Multimedia Centre. I look forward to seeing more exhibtions.
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