Category Archives: art
Don’s been & gone
Don Van Vliet, Captain Beefheart January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010 Don Van Vliet by Anton Corbijn, 1993 ‘Yeah, but you’ve gotta wait until I say, “—also, a tin tear-drop…”…’ Trout Mask Replica, 1969 (pic via antoncorbijn)
Kenneth Anger’s Missoni
YouTube – Missoni F/W 10-11 (HD) film by Kenneth Anger, 2010 Somehow I hadn’t heard that over the last ten years, Kenneth Anger has returned to film making. His Wikipedia page, however, lists no less than twelve new films since … more…
Chakaia Booker’s Twist of Fate
Chakaia Booker, Twist of Fate, 2003 (Rubber tire and wood, 25 x 31.5 x 20 inches) (via 3quarks)
New Kennard
Peter Kennard’s photomontage work was everywhere in the early to mid-80s, but I haven’t seen his name about for years. He hasn’t lost his touch. (via the publics – who describe Kennard, Steve Bell and Banksy as contemporaries, which is … more…
Cyril Power’s vortex
Cyril Power, Vortex, linocut, 1929 (via A Journey Round My Skull)
links for 2010-01-18: Eno and the end of records
Eno alludes in passing, to the end of recorded music as a way to make a living "I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a living from them for a while were lucky." … more…
serendipitous coverflow triptych
Serendipitous coverflow triptych Possibly there ought to be a ™ next to the “coverflow”. The night is not so young that I’m about to go and check…
brian dettmer’s studio
A lovely new piece from Brian Dettmer (blogged previously — although the link in that post no longer works. I could have sworn I’d done a full post about Dettmer’s work, but it would appear not). The link takes you … more…
Pattern in Islamic Art
I’ve been waiting for something like this to turn up: Pattern in Islamic Art is a browsable collection of 4000+ examples of art (chiefly decorative art, obviously) from across the Islamic world. Now I realise that there’s no shortage of … more…
Peripetics
Peripetics by ZEITGUISED, 2009 This doesn’t get less interesting with repeat viewings, nor any easier to write about. I keep crossing things out. (via, well, a long story. Earliest showing on FFFF in April, then BruceS then MacT, and most … more…