Artomatic 2012 - The View

Here is a link to a couple photographs from the eleventh floor of the building currently housing Artomatic. The building, on Crystal Drive in Arlington, VA, will be imploded sometime after Artomatic closes.



Artomatic 2012 - The View

Artomatic 2012 - 3D

Another set of photographs from Artomatic 2012.  These are mostly 3 dimensional objects.

Artomatic 2012 - 3D

Artomatic 2012 - 2D

Below is a link to a set of photos from Artomatic. These are all relatively two dimensional works of art. This is not really a representative sample of the art in the show. These are just things I thought were interesting, and would photograph well.


Artomatic 2012 - 2D

The Peep Show

Here is my first set of photos from the 2012 Artomatic. My favorites of the Peep dioramas.


Artomatic 2012 - The Peep Show

Top Ten Flower Paintings

From The Guardian, Laura Cumming selects the ten best Flower Paintings. Click Albrecht Dürer's painting, Tuft of Cowslips (1526), below to see all ten.



The 10 best flower paintings – in pictures

Andrew Wyeth Paintings

Nice images of some Andrew Wyeth paintings, set to the music of Duke Ellington's song "In a Sentimental Mood". I have a copy of the painting that appears at 2:45 hanging in my bedroom.

The Origins of Pleasure

A TED video of Paul Bloom discussing The Origins of Pleasure.

Royal Faberge Collection

The Royal Faberge collection is exhibited at Buckingham Palace. Curator Caroline De Guitaut talks about the items in the collection and how it was put together.

Alex Steinweiss

Alex Steinweiss, the originator of record cover art, has died at 94 years old. (New York Times Obituary) In addition to having created the first art work done for a record cover, he also designed, and held the patent on, the standard record cover used for LPs, as the covers used for 78 r.p.m. records did not work for newfangled 33 1/3 r.p.m. LPs when they came along.

You can see a selection of his cover art on his website, linked to below.

Alex Steinweiss: Covers

The Problem We All Live With

Norman Rockwell's painting, "The Problem We All Live With", is currently hanging in the White House. Here is a video of the President talking with Ruby Bridges, the young girl, depicted in the painting, being escorted into a newly desegregated school.

Pre-Digital Technology

This is a campanion post to go with my Just Music post of songs off Gillian Welch's new album, The Harrow & The Harvest. It is nice to see that pre-digital technology still gets used once in a while. This video is about the printing of the jacket for the new CD. I normally buy all my music on line these days, but I may have to go out and buy this one just so I have the jacket.



How to coffee stain your CD cover.

The Olson House

A story from boston.com. The Interior Department announced that the Olson House has been named a National Historic Landmark. The house is known from one of the most recognizable paintings of the 20th Century, Andrew Wyeth's work Christina's World.

Wyeth touch puts site in pantheon

Ai Weiwei released from prison

After several months in a Chinese prison, the artist Ai Weiwei has been released.

Dripped

I have not posted any animation for a while. Here is Léo Verrier's homage to Jackson Pollack, Dripped.

Dripped from ChezEddy on Vimeo

The Woodlawn Vase

In time for the Preakness tomorrow, a video about the Woodlawn Vase. The Vase resides at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Vivienne Westwood Speaks

A clip of a Vivienne Westwood interview from the guardian.uk.co.

Chinese Scroll Painting

A video from the New York Times on ancient Chinese Scroll Painting.

A Brief History of Title Design

Great video of film titles.

A Brief History of Title Design from Ian Albinson on Vimeo.

Eat Drink Art Design

Photographs of objects from the exhibition Eat Drink Art Design at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. These are some of the pieces that struck me the most, including this one by Keith Haring.

Note: Once the slide show opens, if you click at the top where it says "Show Info" the descriptions should appear with the photographs.

Eat Drink Art Design

Picture ot the Day - 11/27/2010

From the Museum of Art and Designs' exhibition The Global Africa Project, Absolut Power (2003), by Hank Willis Thomas, a mashup of the Plan of the British Slave Ship "Brookes" (1789) and the current Absolut Vodka ad campaign. This was my favorite piece in the exhibition.

Pictures of the Day - 2010