Paul Cadmus - Fantasia on a Theme by Dr. S, 1946
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It's the Autumn Equinox this weekend - it's all downhill from there...
CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
I'm pining for summer and it's not even over yet! And that artwork above is very interesting and a bit creepy.
ReplyDeleteIt's been well-and-truly over this week in the UK!
DeleteCadmus can often be very creepy indeed... Jx
I didn't even think about it being the equinox. I'm too busy to think.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Time flies when you're having fun... Jx
DeleteIt’s a nightmare picture for me
ReplyDeleteHe created the antithesis of the "holiday picture postcard", really. Jx
DeleteCan we just skip Autumn and Winter.
ReplyDeleteRoll on Spring.
I wish. The grimmest time of year is fast approaching... At least we have Spain to look forward to in the New Year. Jx
DeleteThe name in the weather vane sums it up nicely 'Justamere Camp'.
DeleteOh and the 'floozie' on the left. You could polish diamonds on its' face.
The best of social realism. I'm sure I've run across this crowd somewhere.
Rgds. An admirer from afar.
Cadmus was always an "amused observer" of society at its most extreme. And most camp! Jx
DeleteScène comme à la Fire Island in Amérique et Brighton in Angleterre.
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I've never been to Fire Island, but I think you'd be sadly disappointed trying to find a scene like that in Brighton. Jx
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