Celery and Fallen Panties: The Pin-up Art of Art Frahm
While writing my post about Brenda’s Babes, I was reminded of Art Frahm’s cartoonish fallen panty pin-ups.
While Frahm’s pin-ups get points for being campy and kitschy, they’re more the stuff of perverted fantasy than cause for fiendish delight. But somehow James Lileks
… the falling-panty theme is a staple of his work. These pictures aren’t taken from a calendar he did when hungry and desperate, chafing against the dictates of some gnomish pervert who wanted a year’s worth of falling-panty pictures. These date from throughout the 50s. It’s a theme to which he returned again and again – and you have to wonder why.
Lileks’ observations include the recurring celery motif in Frahm’s paintings, the frequent presence of a silently leering pervert, and of course, the improbability of losing one’s panties. His criticism of each painting makes for a good read. Check out more at Art Frahm: a study of the effects of celery on loose elastic.
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