Jessica Dougherty

Some big impact pin-up work from American Artist and model Jessica Dougherty.

Yuki Nagayshi

A huge body of work from Japanese Artist Yuki Nagayshi. A lot of it tells stories of past Japanese culture, myths, customs and the sexual harassment Japanese women endured.

Michael Parkes

I remember seeing the work of Michael Parkes when I was a lot younger. They were amazing and absolutely beautiful to me then, and even more so now.

Karel Rovny

Czech Artist Karel Rovny has some interesting (sometimes funny) surreal collages.

LuvGalz

LuvGalz is loosely set up to be a “tribute to femininity”. What’s cool about it is that it’s open to all Artists who want to participate. There are a few catergories open to contributions: Illustration, Photo, Video and Animation. The flash interface makes it a little annoying to browse through the submitted works but there’s definitely some cool pieces in there (submitted by a few Artists we’ve featured already) which makes it all worthwhile.

Ron Mueck

Until his mid-30s, Australian-born sculptor Ron Mueck was a big-screen special effects wizard working on films like Labyrinth (1986). It was his grotesquely beautiful sculpture Dead Dad, a perfect little replica of his father’s corpse lying on the floor at the Royal Academy’s 1997 Britart extravaganza Sensation, which first convinced the world of his crossover into art.

Having been to one of his exhibitions, at first, it’s the sheer technical brilliance of the figures that astounds. From the stubble on the chin of the small Man In A Boat to the mole on the neck of the 8ft-tall Pregnant Woman, the attention to detail is awe inspiring. But the real power is in the way Mueck plays with scale. His work is lifelike but not lifesize, brilliantly undermining your perception of the everyday.

Mario Ambrosius

Based in Tokyo and Berlin, Mario A. (Mario Ambrosius) is an Artist most known for his very disturbing Japanese Doll images. His official site is so hard to navigate through, you might be better off clicking here for a simple gallery of his work.

Yvonne Gilbert

Northumberland born Anne Yvonne Gilbert works with a delicate pastel palette, and has that rare ability to capture the poignancy of childhood with a detail and charm unrivalled since the days of the early 20th century child artists. Her website showcases a small sample of her beautiful work.

Caryn Gillespie

Great line of womens underwear by Australian designer Caryn Gillespie. We especially love her cheeky Kangaroo underwear design aptly titled “Love Your Lawn”. To the bad boyfriends reading this, this is the PERFECT gift for your girls!!! Do it!!!

Vespa Pin-Up Girls

Great Flickr gallery of oldskool Vespa Pin-Up girls. (via).

Akino Kondoh

Beautifully detailed work by Japanese artist Akino Kondoh.

Miru Kim

Naked City Spleen is a project where Photographer Miru Kim photographs herself nude in amongst urban ruins. Abandoned subway stations, tunnels, catacombs, factories, hospitals and shipyards. What’s scarier is that she works mostly alone!!! Brave girl, beautiful work.

Modelux

Sydney based Mike Walsh is a leading authority on digital media and works in Group Strategy at News Limited. He’s got many fingers in many pies and has an amazing CV. But of interest to Sex in Art is Modelux, Mike’s lifestyle brand for people who want to escape from their everyday lives.

They have organised some of Sydney’s coolest parties (be sure to watch the you tube videos in the “eye candy” section, damn why wasn’t I invited to that pool party!). From the Modelux manifesto:

“Sure - its all a bit hedonistic. But don’t forget. Our parents got to be kids in the sixties, drop out of university and addle their brains with chemicals and cosmic cults. We got the eighties, AIDS, Reagan and the cold war. So if you didn’t get it the first time round - now is the time for your second childhood.”

He also runs a Flickr feed where he features his photography of Sydney’s beautiful people.

500 person sex

Spencer Tunick inspired?! Just when you think you’ve seen it all from those crazy Japanese! 500 person sex is just that, 250 Japanese women and 250 Japanese men, all in the one studio having synchronised sex. (via).

Lee Jeans pays Terry to play

Yes, our fave bad boy photographer Terry Richardson is still causing mischief. Lee Jeans just threw him $150,000US to do their next campaign. More on the deal here.