We’ve got a thing / that’s called bacon love!

Bacon Love!

Any Golden Earring fans out there? No? OK, pay no attention to the title of this post.

Valentine’s Day is coming up, and what’s that, you say? It’s a stupid holiday that cheapens and commodifies love and if you hear Jerry Robbins say “Yeah!” one more goddamn time you’re going to send first the radio and then yourself to a watery, dye-infused grave at the bottom of the LOVE Park fountain?

Well, I’m kind of with you on that one, but I have located something that might be appreciated even by a staunch anti-Valentine’s activist. It is a heart… a heart of bacon.

Mike Geno, a Philly artist who teaches at Moore (and who we’ve mentioned before), makes these gorgeous still lifes and prints of cuts of raw meat. I’ve been wanting to get three and put them in my kitchen forever (unfortunately my kitchen lacks appropriate wall space right now). This is the first time I’ve seen this particular entry in the series; the heart shape is a step away from the straightforward still life treatment applied to the lamb chops, beef cubes and ribs in his previous work.

So take it from Robbins: When the question is “Do you love bacon more than you loathe Valentine’s Day?” there’s only one answer: Buy her a diamond! I mean, no, the answer is “I love bacon more.” Love ftw!

Bacon Love is 8×10 and $20; it and other prints by Geno can be found at (off the top of my head) Art Star, Geno’s etsy store and Mew Gallery.

She Gets Around

PW Style founder Tara Murtha wrote a Philly holiday gift guide for online mag Venuszine.  It features cuteness from Art Star and necklaces from Grasshopper, but most importantly, it’s got Mike Geno’s meat paintings. We’re big Geno supporters over here at PW. Check out his etsy shop here.