8/27/2023 0 Comments Venus de milo tattooThe statue was uncovered on April 8, 1820, on Melos, an Aegean island halfway between Crete and the Greek mainland. The primary truth the French suppressed about the Venus de Milo was its sculptor’s name. The campaign wasn’t completely mendacious-the French had a good product and they knew how to sell it-but it wasn’t completely truthful, either. But the statue also owes its popularity to a propaganda campaign perpetrated by the French beginning in 1821. Then, of course, the missing arms make the statue instantly recognizable and give it what a mass marketer would call brand recognition. The Venus de Milo is in fact a glorious work of art. Some of the reasons for this popularity are obvious. In 1964, when France sent the statue on loan to Japan, more than 100,000 people came to greet the ship carrying her, and one and a half million people, on a moving sidewalk, were carried past her display. But she has also inspired artists such as Cézanne, Dali, Magritte, Clive Barker and Jim Dine, whose two large Venuses stand on Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Her image is reproduced in advertisements, on covers of CDs, as saltshakers, even as little rubber toys that squeak. The hordes of visitors who jam into her alcove in the Louvre museum in Paris every day are one proof of her popularity, but more telling is the way the statue has permeated our culture in art both high and low. But can she handle the demands of both acting and directing? "I'm the kind of person who isn't happy doing one thing," laughs Venus.The Venus de Milo is the most famous sculpture and, after the Mona Lisa, the most famous work of art in the world. It hooked me." Now with both her acting and directing/producing careers in full swing, and with the experience of working at The Thomas Talent Agency, Venus prepares to combine these talents with the direction of her next film. As a trailer producer "Working with directors like Michael Bay, JJ Abrams, and Gore Verbinski' was wonderful," she says, "because I experienced for the first time the full power of storytelling, of crafting words and images into something meaningful. Her short "Did I Wake You?" (Sundance 2001) is an ambitious unflinching look at the lives of African-American teenagers, the success of this film convinced Venus she was moving in the right direction. I started breaking down the scripts I was given, analyzing the directors' stylistic choices on the set." The result of her studies is her acclaimed short film "Did I Wake You?", and acting as Digital Intermediate Producer for "Machine Gun Preacher". "Being in this business and assisting my mother at the The Thomas Talent Agency, "she explains, "I began to understand every aspect of filmmaking. A film production major with a minor in Africana studies, Venus felt that becoming a Trailer Producer and writing were natural extensions of her interest in acting. It was while attending Loyola Marymount University and concurrently working at the family owned Thomas Talent Agency that Venus began to contemplate stepping behind the camera. She was featured in the hit film "Life", starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence. "After starring in the Nickelodeon series, "Salute Your Shorts," Venus moved onto recurring roles on shows including "The Bold & the Beautiful", "Family Matters", "My So-Called Life", and "Sister, Sister". "I've been in front of the camera since I was four," laughs Venus, "so even before I became a filmmaker, I was able to study the craft very closely. The question is why, director/producer/writer Venus DeMilo Thomas isn't the slightest bit intimidated at the idea of tackling her next short film.
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