entries Tagged as [art]
Lion in a Coma
Unofficial video by Ori Toor for Animal Collective’s Lion in a Coma.
Found via Zachariah Moreno
Cohen, Masareel
‘Tho all the maps of blood and flesh are posted on the door, theres no one who has told us yet what Boogie Street is for.’
Animation by cronogeo, featuring late 1920s woodcuts by ‘image novelist’ Franz Masareel (1889-1972).
Was recently reading about Masareel in David Berona’s beautiful edition, Wordless Books: The Original Graphic Novels.
Found via Oded Ezer, Belkind Scheps Osnat
Big Bag Big Boom
‘an unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life . . . and how it could probably end.’
Direction and animation by BLU, production and distribution by ARTSH. Soundtrack by Andrea Martignoni.
Found via Jessica Hische
Tobias Wong, designer
‘Indeed, Mr. Wong created a stir in 2001 when he acquired Mr. Starck’s plastic Bubble Chair before it was unveiled in the United States, installed a light bulb inside, and transformed it into a piece he called ‘This Is A Lamp.”
That was one of my favorite stunts. Read that Philippe Starck was furious. And I really loved Tobias Wong’s work.
I was saddened to see this article appear on Twitter (via Retinart).
I loved his take on screwing with the norm. Fucking the establishment while being one step ahead of it. [Read more →]
Maira
Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World) opened today at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco.
Show details (and video) here.
Found via Blair Barton
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garcia's 'pure design'
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Color: A Natural History of the Palette
Collage: Assembling Contemporary Art
Modern Dog: 20 Years of Poster Art
Gaberbocchus Press: An Experiment in Publishing, 1948-1979
Advertising Art in the Art Deco Style
Googie Redux: Ultramodern Roadside Architecture
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