revisiting art frahm's peculiar pin-ups

last sunday i remembered the quirky story of pin-up artist art frahm when i stumbled across one of his prints (now hanging on my wall, as pictured). a quick frahm refresher:

art frahm was an active artist in the 50s and 60s specializing in pin-up illustration. he periodically returned to one specific theme throughout the decade, creating his most famous series – women with falling panties (aka, best paintings ever). as the brilliantly hilarious site by james lileks describes, each piece shares specific elements: overflowing grocery bag/leering man in uniform/"whoops i lost my undies." neither common physics nor logical explanation mattered much to frahm as the pictures bend to his imaginative world rather than any strict realism.

explore the collection. truly a work of genius.

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check out this great remix of goldfrapp's utopia by new ears (mp3).