Category Archives: Current Events

ANNIE CLARK (ST. VINCENT) AND THE SLIPPERY ROAD TO THE NEXT THING

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Jim Clark

Sometimes we learn more from what disappoints us than from what excites us. For instance, there is a pop music phenomenon, recently lauded by the Smithsonian Magazine (and awarded, by them, an America Ingenuity recognition, in Performance Arts), who calls … Continue reading →

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IT’S HERE—A SEASON OF JOIE DE VIVRE!

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Jim Clark

Joy to the world! Let’s explore the joys of Christmas as mustered by some of our most vivid graphics. The great pochoir shown here is about a city girl in love—not the least of which, with the holiday season. From … Continue reading →

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GEORGE BARBIER AND THE NECESSITY OF EXTRAVAGANCE

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Jim Clark

Paris’ reputation as the center of brilliant elegance was the upshot of a long history of ruthless efforts to, if not obviate a critical mass of rustic obtuseness, at least circumvent it. Versailles and the chateaux of the Loire valley … Continue reading →

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NORMAN ROCKWELL AND THE PULSE OF AMERICA

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Jim Clark

For a number of decades, graphic artist. Norman Rockwell, sent forth a large quantity of illustrations which seemed— to most Americans and most non-Americans— to capture the essence of the Republic. This was a portrayal (to a great extent emanating … Continue reading →

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NERI AND HU, JOINING WHO’S WHO!

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Jim Clark

Architects and industrial designers, Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, have managed, ever so quietly (in a field not known for its diffidence), to provide us with a fascinating new slant on design’s speaking to questions of innovative cogency. Having been … Continue reading →

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BELIEVE IT OR NOT:TORONTO’S RIPLEY AQUARIUM PROVIDES DEEP POETRY!

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Jim Clark

16,000 water-traversing creatures can affect you in surprising ways. There is their out-of-this-world cadence, configuration and color. And there are juxtapositions galore! 

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“GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM” THE DAVID BOWIE SHOW

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Jim Clark

The Art Gallery of Ontario, deftly following up on its Surreal Things show, has tapped into London’s Victoria and Albert Museum’s rampage of a show, a wild and wonderful bundle of entities, pertaining to singer/songwriter PLUS, David Bowie (b. 1947). … Continue reading →

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A BUTTERFLY STORY!

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Jim Clark

We found, in a Noel 1933  issue of L’Illustration, a lithographically illustrated article concerning a fabulous German collection of butterflies from around the world. The writer was an expert at Paris’ Museum of Natural History, ensconced in the unforgettable Jardin … Continue reading →

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HERMES, BEING TOUCHED BY HEAVEN!

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Jim Clark

For a full week, the Design Exchange was graced by artisans in action and in interaction, from that Centre of the Sublime, Hermes.

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SHEILA AND NICHOLAS PYE: SLEEPLESS NIGHTS AND THEN SOME

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Jim Clark

Sheila and Nicholas Pye are an art partnership like none other. Married to each other, until a few years ago, they continue to produce videos and photographs that depict difficulties of love. But here we should drop all vestiges of … Continue reading →

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