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12/18/07
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Hieronymus Bosch Action Figures
Must have.. now… must have… now… I had to create a whole new “awesomeness” tag just to classify this find. If you’ve been wondering what to get me for my birthday/christmas now you know. Actually last time I tried the …continue reading »
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12/15/07
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Stunning Temples Secretly Carved Out Below Ground
Next time you think your hobby is occupying too much of your free time, consider this guy’s project, which is most likely a bit larger in scope and goals: Nestling in the foothills of the Alps in northern Italy, 30 …continue reading »
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09/08/07
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Letterpress Documentary (YouTube)
Despite what might quite possibly be the worst most annoying voiceover ever, this is still an amazing little documentary on letterpress printing. If I could have just one extravagant thing, totally unnecessary, gross conspicuous consumption type of thing, it would …continue reading »
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08/03/07
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Religion and the Arts in America
Facinating essay by Camille Paglia about the role of religion in culture and art. Rather long and quite of bit of historical background, but well worth the read and generally agree with these last few paragraphs: “For the fine arts …continue reading »
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08/03/07
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On the Deaths of Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni
Both Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni, to giants of film in my opinion (Bergman is hands down my favorite director) died this week. Rather than write up obituaries for them I thought I would defer to Mental Floss who do …continue reading »
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06/25/07
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MetaFilter: Frida Kahlo’s 100th
Nice roundup of Frida Kahlo links on Metafilter. Worth a look if you’re a fan. It’s kind of cool that lots of people know who Kahlo is these days even if it is only because of the rather awful movie …continue reading »
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06/18/07
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Iron Age ‘Mickey Mouse’ Found
Proving once again that everything Disney is a second rate knockoff (from Discovery): “One thousand years before the cartoon character Mickey Mouse was even a glint in Walt Disney’s eye, a French artist created a bronze brooch that looks remarkably …continue reading »
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06/05/07
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A hermit’s 15,000 Page Work of Beauty
A nice look at Henry Darger, from Mental Floss: “Perhaps the most prolific artist of our time, Henry Darger’s strange genius wasn’t discovered until after his death. He was a lonely and highly reclusive man who worked for years as …continue reading »
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02/09/07
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The Ecstasy of Influence
Jonathan Lethem’s amazing essay on copyright, plagiarism and what’s wrong with the American copyright system. Quite possibly the best essay you’ll read this year. Long yes, but well worth it especilly when you get to the end and realize how …continue reading »
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01/21/07
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LACMA’s Magritte exhibit: This is not fair use
I just went to this show yesterday and actually got yelled at for trying to take pictures. from BoingBoing: “The ‘Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images’ exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art manages to both …continue reading »
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01/16/07
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The Surreal Art of Jacek Yerka
Not all of this is amazing, some of it isn’t even good, but there are several pieces in this collection that remind me of Bruegel or Hieronymus Bosch, but with an anthropomorphic sci-fi bent. Hard to explain, just have a …continue reading »
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06/19/06
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Looted Klimt sold for record £73m
A stunning portrait of a Viennese aristocrat which was looted by the Nazis and only returned to its rightful owner this year has been bought for what is thought to be the highest ever sum paid for a painting.continue reading »
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06/16/06
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The man who heard his paintbox hiss
Fascinating article on Kandinsky’s synaesthesia - “The involuntary ability to hear colour, see music or even taste words results from an accidental cross-wiring in the brain that is found in one in 2,000 people, and in many more women than …continue reading »
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05/17/06
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Fine Art Prints CafePress.com
Everything from scandlous nudes to Eistein’s frizzy hair.continue reading »
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05/17/06
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‘Imagined Cities’: The Urban Mirror
To consider the relationship between the artist and the city, whether the artist is a painter, a poet, a novelist or a composer, is to approach a subject so vast that it can often seem in danger of eluding our …continue reading »