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Published: 2011-07-23 05:19:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 2769; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 43
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Description This is a collage/sculpture/assemblage called the OSTENSORIUM OF THE ORPHIC TYRANT. These occult themed works are always very difficult for me, they come from a corner of my psyche that I don't like to access very often. This one is an attempt to view, through a peephole, an interstitial reality. In this case the peephole suggests the Ostensorium (monstrance) of the catholic liturgy, the window through which the eucharist is viewed.

How it is made: The collage in the center is made up of various 19th century anatomy and taxonomy engravings, printed on cardstock and hand coloured.
The rays of the sunburst are bamboo skewers covered with gold leaf.
The 3 capitals at the top, bottom left and right are sculpted in polymer clay and inlaid with 9 blue and 9 red synthetic crystals.
9 + 9= 6, 6, and 6.

Special thanks to Chubbypigeon.com for the photos.
I wish I had a way to take a three dimensional photo of it, as it is not a flat collage, but more like an orifice or tunnel.
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Comments: 29

MikeMeeshoXportfolio [2017-01-10 23:37:01 +0000 UTC]

I've never seen this art until now or anything like it, the creepy part is two to four years back I had my first mushroom trip on 7G's and afterwards I came up with a drawing and was to eventually be re-imagined on the computer, last year I finally finished it and it is now my album cover for my music.  www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxr6zk…

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mavartworx [2011-10-03 19:56:22 +0000 UTC]

Oh,

And if you "get up the nerve" . . .
Lets walk over to the "Golden Bug" come on Ax . . . I'll lead you to them

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mavartworx [2011-10-03 19:54:53 +0000 UTC]

Beeeeee UUUUUUUU T fuuuuulllll

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BennyBedlam In reply to mavartworx [2011-10-09 06:01:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for saying so, Tony. Y'know, I suppose you are the only member of DA who's actually seen this in person, all that was missing was the gold leaf and the capitals. I don't like how a lot of my stuff looks in photographs... my work kind of loses it's point when depicted in two dimensions. Becca has been making insect dioramas, those don't properly photograph either. We've gotta get a macro lens for our beat up cameras.

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mavartworx In reply to BennyBedlam [2011-10-11 07:47:25 +0000 UTC]

The "Golden Bug" is in your future for that purpose and more
We should go and meet the Proprietors mister (no pressure?)

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bettykrueger [2011-08-15 20:57:23 +0000 UTC]

i love this more everytime i see it. so great!!!!

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BennyBedlam In reply to bettykrueger [2011-08-16 23:18:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for saying so! It was really meant to be seen in person, I don't like the photographs. I am trying to work up the nerve to display it in a gallery.

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bettykrueger In reply to BennyBedlam [2011-08-17 00:24:58 +0000 UTC]

i bet it looks awesome in person! so much detail and dimension! who needs nerve when you've got talent! and you, sir, have got it!

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JillyKaren [2011-08-03 06:20:16 +0000 UTC]

This is incredible work!

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BennyBedlam In reply to JillyKaren [2011-08-04 22:22:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for saying so.

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ghpainter [2011-07-26 12:54:22 +0000 UTC]

excellent. I like your written summary of this. deep,thoughtful. Thanks !

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BennyBedlam In reply to ghpainter [2011-07-31 07:56:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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jennystokes [2011-07-26 08:32:39 +0000 UTC]

Excellent.

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BennyBedlam In reply to jennystokes [2011-07-31 07:55:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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jennystokes In reply to BennyBedlam [2011-07-31 08:19:38 +0000 UTC]

MY pleasure.

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KanchanMahon [2011-07-25 22:08:32 +0000 UTC]

This is so awesome, really I love it!
And I love your description ...

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BennyBedlam In reply to KanchanMahon [2011-07-31 07:55:22 +0000 UTC]

Very kind of you to say so.

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trigun666 [2011-07-24 15:22:36 +0000 UTC]

definitely looks like a lovecraftian artifact...nobody wants to access that part of their minds, but...i guess it's gonna assert itself anyway! great stuff

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BennyBedlam In reply to trigun666 [2011-07-25 08:10:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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Other5317 [2011-07-24 06:40:54 +0000 UTC]

I can understand why you do not like to travel to mental realm from which this was born. There are exceptions to the adage "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer".

It is an excellent an compelling piece.
Just remember: " ... if you gaze into the Abyss, the Abyss gazes also into you." -- Nietzsche

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BennyBedlam In reply to Other5317 [2011-07-25 08:10:27 +0000 UTC]

Indeed.

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dark-precipice [2011-07-23 17:57:20 +0000 UTC]

So pretty!

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BennyBedlam In reply to dark-precipice [2011-07-25 08:10:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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RedThread11 [2011-07-23 13:03:33 +0000 UTC]

this is a remarkable piece. Crowley would be proud.

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BennyBedlam In reply to RedThread11 [2011-07-25 08:09:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I wasn't consciously thinking of Crowley when I did this... much more Austin Spare influence... but since you said that, I immediately see the pyramid in the O.T.O pic.

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RedThread11 In reply to BennyBedlam [2011-07-25 13:56:56 +0000 UTC]

Sure, we never really know how things will influence our creations, but for me, anything occult leads my brain to Mr. Crowley. I hope that didn't offend, many are really put off by him and his works, but I found them to be compelling. But your work is fantastic, just brilliant.

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BennyBedlam In reply to RedThread11 [2011-07-31 07:54:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for saying so. And I'm not offended at all, Crowley was a very interesting figure who pops up in so many strange tangents of history.

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Roberts-The-Vile [2011-07-23 09:50:15 +0000 UTC]

Looks fantastic. This is something I would hang in my den.

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BennyBedlam In reply to Roberts-The-Vile [2011-07-25 08:06:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for saying so. I'm either gonna sell it or put it in the center of my opium den, haven't decided yet.

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