The devil, nudity, and drugs - oh my
August 18, 2015 8:49 AM Subscribe
One of my friends was recently describing a salacious black velvet painting and I've been trying to find an image of it or something like it with no luck.
Apparently it was purchased in Mexico, probably in the 1970s, and hung on the wall of their family's living room (!). It was an image of the devil, or the devil's face, but the face was composed of naked women. I believe they said the devil's lips were a woman's legs. There was also talk of the women being depicted as some smoking cigarettes, and some shooting up. I'm guessing there was booze involved.
A Google image search for any of those words above tends to ... well, you can imagine. I just can't shake the feeling that such a weird painting couldn't possibly be a one-off and that there have to be more of them out there, and photographic proof as well. If you got your degree in Late 1900s Black Velvet Imagery please help me out here.
Apparently it was purchased in Mexico, probably in the 1970s, and hung on the wall of their family's living room (!). It was an image of the devil, or the devil's face, but the face was composed of naked women. I believe they said the devil's lips were a woman's legs. There was also talk of the women being depicted as some smoking cigarettes, and some shooting up. I'm guessing there was booze involved.
A Google image search for any of those words above tends to ... well, you can imagine. I just can't shake the feeling that such a weird painting couldn't possibly be a one-off and that there have to be more of them out there, and photographic proof as well. If you got your degree in Late 1900s Black Velvet Imagery please help me out here.
Black velvet paintings of the devil surrounded by images of drugs and vice were definitely produced for the Mexican tourist market in the 1970s. I've seen several, all slightly different, with pills, needles, dope leaves, dice, and naked ladies surrounding the dark lord. I have never seen one where the devil's face was made of nudes. That suggests greater artistic skill than is usually seen in the black velvet medium. Where is your friend's painting today?
posted by Scram at 5:06 PM on August 18, 2015
posted by Scram at 5:06 PM on August 18, 2015
Response by poster: Scram: Katrinafied, aka 'in a landfill somewhere'.
posted by komara at 7:45 PM on August 18, 2015
posted by komara at 7:45 PM on August 18, 2015
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posted by MsMolly at 9:05 AM on August 18, 2015