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KELLY WEARSTLER CELEBRATES STEVEN ARNOLD

Internationally celebrated, multifaceted designer Kelly Wearstler recently featured Steven Arnold on her inspirational design blog, My Vibe My Life.  The text and images are copied below.

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GENDER BENDER

Steven Arnold, a California based multi-media artist, created work that celebrated living itself as an eccentric art form. His movies, living tableaus, and photographs inspired many great artists with his originality and daring portrayal of gender as an artistic construction. Beautiful and intricate details made his work admired by artists like Dali, Warhol… and us. Xk

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STEVEN ARNOLD’S PANORAMIC SKETCHBOOKS

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In the late 1960s, Steven Arnold worked on a series of Japanese accordion sketchbooks, which fold out to reveal long, continuous images across the folded pages.  The two examples above represent only a small section of one of the books.

UNITITLED

A never before seen exotic tableaux by American artist Steven Arnold.

An untitled, never before seen exotic tableaux by American artist Steven Arnold.

UNTITLED

A portrait of Angela Bowie and Robert Musselman by Steven Arnold.

A portrait of Angela Bowie and Robert Musselman by Steven Arnold.

EMPEROR SHEMONGO THE IMPENETRABLE

Another of American artist Steven Arnold's engaging exotic tableau photographs.

Another of American artist Steven Arnold’s engaging exotic tableau photographs.

RUTH WEISS IN LUMINOUS PROCURESS

ruth weiss, American beat-poet who was the first to feature her strophes to the tune of live jazz music in 1950s San Francisco, in a still from Steven Arnold's Luminous Procuress.  Photo by Scott Runyon.

ruth weiss, American beat-poet, in a still from Steven Arnold’s film Luminous Procuress. Photo by Scott Runyon.

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