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An Illustrated History of the Jelly Bean: December 2009
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An Illustrated History of the Jelly Bean. An Illustrated History of the Jelly Bean" is a book idea of mine. Can you imagine it? Page after page of jelly bean illustrations. "jelly belly, circa 1936", all the illustrations would pretty much be the same with only minute alterations in the form and scale of the beans. Images I find interesting. Who Knew There Were So Many Degrading Ways to Taxidermy a Squirrel? Tuesday, December 29, 2009. My response to a humbling question sent from an old student of mine.
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artbouillon: May 2013
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Reviews recommendations rants reflections rediscoveries readymades revelations. Thursday, May 30, 2013. In Riga, Poland Meets Flanders. Riga also a number of museums. The main one. Which was well worth a visit. Situated in a gorgeously restored building in the heart of old Riga, the collection includes some impressive minor works from past centuries of Latvian art, as well small collections from East Asia and Egypt. It also has a grand hall, rich with classical detailing, for temporary exhibition...Majew...
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artbouillon: April 2013
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Reviews recommendations rants reflections rediscoveries readymades revelations. Monday, April 22, 2013. Wangechi at the Nasher. I used to live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It’s where I found my bearings on the arduous path of the artist. Some might think it an unlikely place to find art of the highest caliber. Think again. In the neighboring city of Durham, art has found a formidable home at the Nasher Museum. Its curator of contemporary art, Trevor Schoonmaker. Our “stories” are different...Imaginati...
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artbouillon: July 2014
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Reviews recommendations rants reflections rediscoveries readymades revelations. Saturday, July 12, 2014. On and On Kawara. Painting is an atemporal art, and, as such, ill suited to documenting the passage of time. Early Renaissance painters used a technique called multiple narrative, wherein one canvas contained depictions of a sequence of events. A stunning example is Filippo Lippi's Feast of Herod. Futurists played with dynamism and simultaneity. The first Today painting is reproduced above, along with...
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artbouillon: January 2015
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Reviews recommendations rants reflections rediscoveries readymades revelations. Saturday, January 3, 2015. Dürer's Rhinoceros: Art, Exotica, and Empire. Dürer's rhinoceros print was a colossal success. It sold up to 5,000 copies during his lifetime, and it was widely copied. As early as 1516, a small cartoonish copy appeared in to a map of the world (below). Dürer's rhino soon found its way into paintings, encyclopedias, and even a Medici seal (below). Dürer's influence on European conceptions of the rhi...
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An Illustrated History of the Jelly Bean: October 2009
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An Illustrated History of the Jelly Bean. An Illustrated History of the Jelly Bean" is a book idea of mine. Can you imagine it? Page after page of jelly bean illustrations. "jelly belly, circa 1936", all the illustrations would pretty much be the same with only minute alterations in the form and scale of the beans. Images I find interesting. Who Knew There Were So Many Degrading Ways to Taxidermy a Squirrel? Saturday, October 24, 2009. My Old Blog Was Better Than My Latest. Thursday, May 26, 2005. The wo...
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artbouillon: August 2013
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Reviews recommendations rants reflections rediscoveries readymades revelations. Monday, August 26, 2013. The murals were commissioned by Bonampak's leader, Chan Muwan, who was appointed by the authorities in Yaxchitlin around in 790 CE. That's probably him in the left, with jaguar boots and a menacing spear. Chan Muwan commissioned painters to create scenes honoring his heir and celebrating his military prowess. Taking an enemy by the hair, while tormenting him with a spear. Hair pulling is a common ...
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artbouillon: December 2014
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Reviews recommendations rants reflections rediscoveries readymades revelations. Friday, December 26, 2014. El Greco's Revelation: An Anniversary Appreciation of the Painting that Inspired Modernism. The Metropolitan Museum is currently hosting an exhibition. To celebrate the 400th anniversary of El Greco's death. Largely drawn from the Museum's collection, the most impressive work on display is known as, The Opening of the Fifth Seal. The Opening of the Fifth Seal. El Greco's work is among the most disti...
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artbouillon: June 2013
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Reviews recommendations rants reflections rediscoveries readymades revelations. Saturday, June 22, 2013. In two marvelous 1909 paintings (above), we can see Kandinsky moving towards abstraction more completely. Though he is not yet there- note the dog in the lower right, for example. It would take another two years before Kandinsky allowed himself to completely abandon representational content. The show's strongest visual arguments for its core thesis that Kandisnky was heavily influenced by traditional ...