Marina Abramovic, Water Study (D) – With Eyes Closed I See Happiness, Photograph 2012 courtesy Marina Abramovic Archive and Sean Kelly Gallery

What:
Contemporary ideals of beauty have changed greatly in the last century. Are realistically painted voluptuous figures, such as Rubens painted in the seventeenth century, still thought to be as beautiful today as they once were? Gilded Birds is a refreshing site where well-known creatives share one object of beauty that can contribute to a bigger picture of today’s ideal.

Thom Yorke, musician, on his picture of a rock formation in Cornwall – ‘An old giant’s backbone buried in the rocks’.

Why we like it:
You can find out why Marina Abramovic values water so highly in her art practice or why Thom Yorke chose the picture above of Cornwall as his ideal of beauty. The items chosen vary drastically from blood to sea urchins and all have interesting stories and/or reasons behind choosing them. Go take a look at the site.

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