The only other image that even comes close in camp value is Roy Pfister's Brushing Up on Her Shakespeare , a voyeuristic view of a voluptuous blonde in a parlor. Lost in reverie, she pauses before a hefty tome on an end table as her open robe reveals her anatomical allure, an effect like classy Victorian bordello art. Peculiar too is Raphael DiLuzio's interior with an archetypal siren attired in iridescent Frederick's of Hollywood kink-wear as she embraces a dalmatian. Convincing but not so slick is Adrienne Pierluisi's Bathtub , a large oil painting of another sort. Here a woman in an old-time tub ponders some cats curled up on the floor as goldfish swim in a nearby bowl.
Life is like a goldfish bowl, a shimmering realm of images.
Like the fish rippling along the surface of the picture, the dreamer is a reflection of the dream. And this touches on the mystery of creation and the psyche, a realm that such diverse personas as Andre Breton, Carl Jung and the Dalai Lama all refer to as the female energy of the universe. The muse, our psychic link with nature, is female, but her magic vanishes when subjugated by ordinary logic. Gambit Weekly . Info Booth .