Wednesday, August 27, 2008

The Art of Anthony Ventura


Artist Anthony Ventura is a friend of mine, and he dropped me a note recently to let me know that some of his amazing prints are now available for purchase online for the first time. I first met Anth several years ago, online, and for a time we worked on a project together. It was called The Fetish Alphabet. I'd create flash fictions about strange fetishes--for example, the jaw-droppingly awesome panel you see here was for a short entitled "A Is for Anthropophagy"--and he'd create the art. It was a wonderful thing. Now, he's made available a limited edition series of a select number of his works, including some from the fetish series, through Sexy Art Gallery in London. "The majority of images for sale have never been available for purchase, and I am only doing a very limited run of each image," Anth writes. "When they're gone, they're gone." Kentucky Fried Woman is one of my favorites. Other standouts include the wonderfully freaky B Is for Bukkake, the King Kong-esque O Is for Octopus, and the super-cool Major H. You can also visit Anth's website or check out his blog. And support an artist today, because underneath the clothes, we're all mutants.