February 2010
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Michael Zwack
Untitled (Soldiers) / 1976
Cowboy and Indian / 1976
reblogged from crooked corners
and one i found on my own
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A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and...
Drawings by Jorinde Voigt Title: Alan Turing
this piece reminds me of some of the work of Roni Horn
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Gianfranco Pardi
a beautiful series of mixed media works by artist Gianfranco Pardi created between the years 1973 to 1975
Architettura T195, 1973 Acrylic on canvas, cables 50 x 75 cmArchitettura, 1973 Acrylic on canvas, cables 75 x 75 cm
Architettura T199, 1973 Acrylic on canvas, cables 100 x 50 cm
Architettura, 1974 Acrylic on canvas, cables 50 x 50 cm
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Twitter users tell CNN anchors to STFU during... →
soupsoup:
New media now acting as director of old media
The Twitterati expresses displeasure with CNN talking heads during network’s televised health care coverage
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Murals; lost and found
In 1936, Burgoyne Diller, then the head of the Mural Division of the WPA commissioned a number of young and relatively unknown artist to bring art to the wall of the newly constructed Williamsburg Housing Project, designed by William Lescaze.
Balcomb Greene
Balcomb Greene , who would one day become the first chairman of American Abstract Artists and is the only one of the muralists still...
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flex family furniture by itamar burstein
in his ‘flex’ series, israeli designer itamar burstein creates furniture designs using a new technique to achieve curvature in wood. in contrast to traditional methods whereby wood is steamed, shaped in a mould and dried, burnstein uses a more simplified process. he removes a core piece from the larger piece of wood. the two pieces are then glued together using pressure. in doing...
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"If there will be bread, there will be a song!"
a nice print i saw last winter @ the 2009 affordable art fair here in nyc.
“If there will be bread, there will be a song!” silkscreen, edition of 6 48”x63.8”...
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"I want to assassinate painting." - Joan Miro 1927
I first came across this piece back in January of 2009 @ MOMA’s Miro retrospective entitled “Painting and Anti-Paintings 1927-1937”
Painting 1236 Montroig and Barcelona, July–October 1936 Oil, casein, pebbles, tar and sand on Masonite, 30 3/4 x 42 1/2”
The exhibit showed cased twelve separate series of works that Miro focused on during an intense ten...
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"Too many men work on parts of things. Doing a job...
My friend Allen recently lent me a DVD entitled “Alone in the Wilderness”, he couldn’t say enough about it but Allen sometimes “over-hypes” things so I took his word and his movie with a grain of salt, agreeing only to give it a chance. I got home that night and popped it in and I have to say, he was right. It was amazing
“Alone in the Wilderness” is a...
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watch the numbers go up and up
