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Smooth white 3d sculpture render on black: two abstracted nude figures curled into a ring, one body flowing into the other Ingres's Odalisque in Grisaille: the Grande Odalisque reclining nude among grey silks, painted entirely in tones of grey, looking back over her shoulder Abstract digital painting in reds and flesh pinks: smeared strokes, tangled dark lines and glossy tubular forms over an orange ground Phone raised in the Gesù in Rome, dwarfed by Baciccio's Triumph of the Name of Jesus boiling out of its gilded frame overhead An NEC monitor displaying a grey 3D sphere studded all over with fragments of buildings and figures, like a small ruined planet Untextured grey model of grandmother's crooked house with black door and window frames, one window glowing red Sketchbook 42b: second charcoal study of the Belvedere Torso, seen from the front with the chest collapsing toward the cut thighs, a small profile sketched above Twitter exchange from February 2012: Auriea tells Hasan Niyazi she wants to make games with metaphysical catharsis; he wagers such a game is two console generations away; she replies 'we will be working to bring the future to you TODAY!' Upside-down black-and-white portrait: a smiling face hanging inverted out of a hood of dreadlocks against white Sketchbook 46 frontispiece on orange paper: A. E. Stallings's poem 'The Island of Skyros' copied out under a painted title, with a ballpoint still life in the corner — Ghent, NYC, Indianapolis, Belgrade, March–August 2013 Sketchbook 49 spread: faint layered crowd studies in graphite and ochre — faces, lips, and a staring woman — with the note 'if you think this is over then you're wrong' Sketchbook spread in blue ballpoint: a large portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at right, smaller faces, a crown and 'KING' sketches at left News photo of pilgrims wrapped in blankets watching sunrise above the clouds on Mount Sinai, paired with a Google Earth view of the same brown peaks Blank transparent spacer gif from the old web Two hand-painted matryoshka-style dolls with sad pink faces — one hooded in cream, one with a golden bob — above a black pointed hood and a tiny red gem Animal Crossing screenshot: the player, eyes closed mid-song, exclaims Wahooo! in a wood-panelled interior with a pelican looking on Sketchbook 32 dark side spread: Acropolis columns dripping in dark red ink, a Greek alphabet chart taped above a pencil island — 'first meeting with the Mediterranean sea, 2006' Snapshot dated April 1993: a young woman in a patterned vest smiles under a desk lamp in a cluttered dorm room, necklaces hanging on the wall behind Netscape-era screenshot of a web ELIZA chatbot — 'a friend you could never have' — replying 'Why do you say your whole life?' above the submit box Sketchbook 42, page 14: ballpoint portrait on tan paper of a woman with a ponytail seen in profile, eyes lowered, her seated body trailing off into light contour lines Sketchbook 46: soft pencil drawing of a crowned Madonna statue with hands pressed in prayer, ringed by a halo of roses Cover of sketchbook 15: the darkened, cracked contents page of an antique reader collaged under murky brown paint, entries like 'Trust in God' underlined in red The morning after, in overlapping photo windows: a wine bottle and glasses on the floor, two desks buried in prints, gear and a laptop Sketchbook 40, Köln museums spread: Roman mosaics and hairpins from the Germanicus museum, notes on Käthe Kollwitz's 'Frau mit totem Kind', and inked towers over park trees Valentine's mail from Marian Bantjes: hand-calligraphed envelope from Bowen Island, a violet sheet dense with swirling script, Canada stamp Dancing drawing in black ink: splattered vertical strokes and a long arc of dots crossing over a broad smeared wash near the bottom of the sheet Sketchbook 57 page at the Musei Capitolini: charcoal study after Caravaggio's St John the Baptist embracing the ram, with notes on getting authorized to draw after 6:30 Two stems of moth orchids, white petals speckled with magenta and deep pink lips, in front of an old wooden door Webcam shot of a studio wall: swirling green painting, postcards, small mirrors, a Motions box and a Michelangelo's David sculpture book Ghost-white ambient-occlusion bake of a girl's bust, blank eyes, floating over black shoulders Sketchbook 43 spread: two soft graphite studies of the same seated bald model over faint journal writing — from behind at left, from the side with folded hands at right Sketchbook 31 spread in pencil: a jet seen from above the clouds and a sleeping fellow passenger — 'Slept. Flying out of Charleroi...' Sliver of a 3d viewport, three heads at the bottom edge, filename shouting: thatswhatyougetwhenyoumisusewhatiinventyourempirefallsandyouloseeverycent.png Back cover of Huysmans' Against Nature (Oxford, tr. Mauldon): 'It will be the biggest fiasco of the year — but I don't care a damn!' Journal spread: two torn notebook scraps with inked faces collaged over pencil writing, the profile at right labeled 'THE ACCUSER' Blurred black-and-white mirror self-portrait: standing in a bare room with a camera at the chest, a lit sconce and door behind Black-and-white photograph of the Auschwitz gate, the wrought-iron ARBEIT MACHT FREI arch over the empty road between barracks Official letter from Stad Gent, Dienst Bevolking Vreemdelingen, dated 2 August 2001 — the residence-permit request declared void, signed and stamped Skeptical Cat meme: an orange cat glowering over the caption Skeptical Cat is fraught with skepticism Digital self-portrait painting in ochre and umber tones: a woman with long dark hair gazing left, two small moons floating beside her head Ancient Egyptian bronze mirror: a slender standing woman forms the handle, her upraised arms curving into a papyrus support for the broad golden disc Printed card on the 19th-century 'Language of the Fan', pairing gestures with meanings — 'With handle to lips: Kiss me', 'Fanning fast: I am engaged', 'Open wide: Wait for me' Photo of an open sketchbook held on a floral bedspread: 'NEVER DOUBT' painted huge in black over pages of smudged pencil writing, 'OK? O.K!' in the corner Year Zero at bitforms: the ziggurat of sculptures in the dark blue room, the projected mandala now burning orange and gold around a small blue rosette Sketchbook 41, page 92: layered ballpoint study of a seated figure with rolled sleeves, hands clasping reins or cords, with small thumbnails noting 'full scene VR view' and jump points Dell paperback cover of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time: a winged centaur rearing over dark mountains, a green face glowering in a crystal sphere Full master copy after Benoist's Portrait of a Negress: seated black woman in white headwrap and drape, one breast bare, ochre ground Black-and-white hunting-lodge room crowded with taxidermy — moose and deer heads, geese, a pheasant — with a small color photo of an embracing couple collaged on the wall Back cover of sketchbook 15: torn brown pages of a 19th-century elocution book pasted over grey board, a hymn on angels still legible at left Sketchbook 38 spread in pencil: a glass of tea, its bag slumped beside it on a crumpled napkin — 'tea, Ronse(?)'

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