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Sexhibition Manchester

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August 21st – 23rd heralds the arrival of Sexhibition, billed the erotic event of the year and to be held in Manchester’s prestigious Event City venue.

Sexhibition_010Two years in the planning, the event represents a new concept for the industry, with the focus very much upon a celebration of female sexuality in an atmosphere simultaneously glamorous, decadent and sexual.

With a myriad of performances, workshops and entertainment scheduled throughout packed programme, alongside retailers and traders to satisfy every palette, Sexhibition offers something for everyone and offers outstanding value to ticket buyers.

Names confirmed to appear already include Masuimi Max, Bianca Beauchamp, Sukki Singapora and Torture Garden along with a plethora of household names from the adult industry. Bianca and Masuimi will both be modelling latex during the day and meeting their fans and in the evening at Sexhibition After Dark, we’re in for a treat when Masuimi performs as part of the Sexhibition Supper Club!

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If you’d like to be seated at The Burlesque Supper Club in Sexhibition: After Dark to indulge in a delicious 5* gourmet meal whilst being entertained by our burlesque super stars and our spectacular Torture Garden finale, get your tickets now.

There will be workshops, classes, fashion shows and a sizzling Sexhibition XXX area with over 100 adult stars and a Pimp & Porn Star’s Party.

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Event supremo, Cheryl Smith told us “We’re very excited about Sexhibition 2015 and it’s clear that our audience is excited too and we’ve still so much more to reveal. It’s going to be nothing short of spectacular with so much going on that no one is going to want to leave. I created the concept to offer a unique angle that embraces every element of sexuality and I’m confident that this is an event that people will be talking about for a long time.”

Sexhibition takes place at Event City in Manchester on Saturday August 22nd with a number of pre and after parties planned. For full details, including exclusive VIP and dining packages, visit: www.sexhibitionexpo.co.uk

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The Bisexual Party

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How many women are bisexual? I mean, at least to some extent. It must be a majority these days, surely. I mean, at any party with a remote connection to sexuality, it’s a given that you will see quite a few women playing together. Browse the profiles on any kinky website and see how many women identify as bi. It’s more or less the norm. [Read more…]

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SpikeyO’s Fetish Evolution 2014

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210414_FE14_0239“(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” is the musical refrain coursing through my brain as Rubberdude lifts me aloft in a Patrick Swayzesque Dirty Dancing styley.  The time: early afternoon on Monday 21st April on Easter weekend 18th – 22nd April 2014.  The place: the swimming pool area of the Hotel Bredeney which once again is the host venue for the fantabulous Fetish Evolution weekend in Essen Germany. [Read more…]

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Anything But Grey: Friday 13th February, London

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Dress up in your finery and immerse yourself in a world of pin-ups, fashionistas, gender illusionists, flamboyant pioneers and proud fetishistas! A fabulous, glamorous evening at the beautiful Bloomsbury Ballroom in the heart of London. It’s the night the “Fifty Shades of Grey” film comes out, and at midnight it will be Valentines Day. Expect references to both!

* Performances from top burlesque artistes (line up already includes Millicent Binks, Chiqui Love, Jolie Pappillon and Sapphire De Vine – see photos)
* A hot contemporary electro-swing band and DJs playing vintage and classic remixes
* A chilled lounge bar for conversation and more
* A very alternative fashion show
* Magicians,
* Impromptu displays of prowess
* All through the night, our Real Room of Pain (and Pleasure!) for those seeking a more immersive experience – with a wide variety of decadent kit for your delectation and delight

A chilled glass of fizz on your arrival, our trademark chocolate strawberries and other nibbles throughout the evening, and a VIP dinner with the stars for starters.

No admission after 10:30pm unless you also present a used ticket from “that film” and murmur “inner goddess” to our doorkeepers!

There’s a strict dress code – details of this and more are on our website at http://serendipity-parties.com/ABG/ where we’ll also be announcing more additions to the night as we get closer to it.

Presented by Serendipity Parties, in association with Corset & Diamonds

For more information and to get tickets, go to – http://serendipity-parties.com/ABG/

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Allen Jones at The Royal Academy

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The ‘sixties pop artist Allen Jones was reviled by feminists for his sculptures of women as tables and chairs. When they were shown at the Institute Of Contemporary Arts, women threw stink bombs. Famously, Jones’s sculptures inspired furnishings in the film “A Clockwork Orange” [Read more…]

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Tempting Failure 2014: Bristol, 3rd-8th November

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Tempting Failure has grown to represent a showcase of the best live art, noise art & performance art from new to established artists with the support of key partners, including Bristol City Council, the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft, The Island & Arts Council England. [Read more…]

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Gérard Musy Exhibition in Paris – 4th-18th November

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Opening reception: Tuesday, November 4th, 2014, from 6 to 9 pm.
Gérard will be present.

Gérard Musy : Kaléidoscope Cornucopia
Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, 16 rue du Perche, 75003 Paris, France

The Galerie Esther Woerdehoff is proud to present a recent series of images by Swiss photographer Gérard Musy, which will be exhibited in a pop-up venue located in the Marais area.

This is not Gérard’s fetish work, which we have often published in Skin Two, but it is so stunning, you will love it.

Gérard Musy’s Kaleidoscope series display a multiple and dynamic concept, celebrated by day and night. In the temporary Mois de la Photo Off space, Kaleidoscope will be presented in different ways: A slideshow will be projected on the gallery window, framed prints exhibited on the walls and finally, all the photographs of the series gathered in a central portfolio. Music by Satie, Cage and Ligeti, tunes from musical boxes and scores from musicals will accompany the visitor into that immersive and vibrant vision.

The joyful subjects of Kaleidoscope, including Andalusian Feria costumes, Siena Palio riders, fair roundabouts, Christmas windows, circus arenas, summer beaches, etc. are turned into a bright and colourful explosion in these photographs. The close-up compositions become nearly abstract. Kaleidoscope (in Greek etymology “lovely appearance”) displays a firework and festival of colours: a beautiful visual serendipity.

Gérard Musy, famous for his sleek and sophisticated black and white photographs, has initiated a reflection on colour. At first, there is an natural attraction to bright colours that has always been important through out art history – often we forget the vibrant colours existing on antique or medieval sculptures. Then, it reminds us the eternal opposition between colour and black and white: for example, the opposition between Malevich’s and Rodchenko’s monochrome paintings in the beginning of abstract art. To be more down to earth, that alternation can be also observed by the return of black beginning of the ‘80s after an extreme multicoloured psychedelic era throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s.

Within his horn of plenty – Cornucopia – Gérard Musy offers the viewers a motley mixture, spectacular patchwork and eruption of blazing colours. That chaotic effect is even enhanced by assembling four mirroring photographs within the same frame.

Photography is thus reflection of life and energy.

GalerieEstherWoerdehoff
36 rue Falguière, 75015 Paris, France
Tel : +33 09 51 51 24 50
www.ewgalerie.com/exhibitions/future.html
galerie@ewgalerie.com

For any inquiries, please kindly contact Sabine Guédamour by email at sabine@ewgalerie.com or by phone at +33 9 51 51 24 50

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SEX SELLS

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Major new art show from three exciting artists, exploring the sexual, the sensual, the macabre and the sinister.

October 13th – October 19th, 10am – 6pm every day at the Embassy Tea Gallery, 195-205 Union Street, London SE1 0LN

The Private View is Thursday 16th Oct, 6-9 pm

Jess Eaton

Jess Eaton photo by Kenny McCrakenCelebrated designer Jess Eaton has saturated the national press with her subversive and potent erotic work, which empowers women and transcends both art and fashion. After wowing the world as the woman behind ‘Roadkill Couture’ – which has garnered a huge following from fashion titans including Lady Gaga and Kate Moss – Eaton’s focusing her attention on the passion at the heart of her work and life -sex.

The Brighton based artist’s work echoes her own inimitable thirst for life, love and lust. Her new pieces are the first in a larger body of work named COITUS that includes sculpture, jewellery and culminates in a fashion show in 2015. COITUS celebrates her wild and imaginative approach to sex, all given her trademark ‘dark edge’.

www.jesseaton.com and www.facebook.com/JessCEaton

Andrew Shoben

Andrew ShobenAndrew Shoben is the founder of greyworld, a world renowned artists’ collective which creates public art. Whilst greyworld’s work has
increased in size and scope over the last 20 years, Andrew’s personal work has begun to focus on the private, the personal, and the hidden.

Whilst both bodies of work are playful, Andrew’s personal work explores more sensual themes, and seeks to allow interaction on a smaller, more intimate scale. Working in a variety of media, including neon, large format prints, and new mechanical works, the results are unusual, sensual art that hold the gaze.

After lecturing at the Royal College of Art for four years, Andrew became Professor of Public Art at Goldsmiths University. He is a regular contributor to television, radio and print, and lectures extensively around the world. Most recently he presented a show on BBC Radio 4 entitled “Change of Art,” and was nominated President of the Royal British Society of Sculptors.

www.andrewshoben.com

Michelle Mildenhall

Michelle MildenhallMichelle Mildenhall is a UK artist with a distinctive style. She creates provocative art that combines stylised imagery with her passion for
latex in a new and innovative way. Michelle’s work is highly recognisable, as each artwork is meticulously constructed using sheet latex.

Michelle seduces the viewer into a world of disconcerting beauty and mystique. By using popular but somewhat taboo themes of
sexuality, fetishism and subversion, she creates work in which a fascination with the subject evolves and an underlying element of sexual association develops purely because of the medium in which she creates her art.

Michelle’s work has been exhibited throughout the UK and in America and has appeared in international publications. Her artwork is being featured in a BBC interior design program this Autumn and has also been published in Skin Two magazine.

www.michellemildenhall.co.uk

Jess Eaton photos by Kenny McCraken
Andrew Shoben photos by the artist
Michelle Mildenhall images by the artist.

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