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THE RISE OF PAIN IN DREAMS—PHARRELL WILLIAMS GETS SERIOUS
Billy Wilder made movies (like Some Like It Hot) and collected modern classical paintings. Pharrell Williams makes songs like “Happy” and collects figurines that could not be called happy. In fact they could be called Surrealist, with all the toil … Continue reading
MEDAL-WINNING OLYMPICS POSTERS !!
Olympics posters come to us as a very mixed bag. Last week we were pleased to see First Canadian Place, putting up some medal-worthy graphics for the non-stop sport center popping up in the foyer.
PATRIZIA MOROSO—BRINGING MYSTERY INTO FURNITURE
At first glance you might find this an unremarkable glimpse of modern chairs at a design show. But look again, at the details of these two chairs. In the foreground, the chair’s coloration traces (from left to right) an ebbing … Continue reading
MODERN ART AND THE HUMAN COMPONENT OF DYNAMICS
I think it’s worth revisiting the Guggenheim/Art Gallery of Ontario “Great Upheaval” show, to more closely consider the trajectory of its presentation of a world becoming unglued. There is, in a painting like the one shown here, by Kazimir Malevich, … Continue reading
FERNET-BRANCA AND THE GLORIOUS RANGE OF GRAPHIC DESIGN
Fernet-Branca (c.1895) ?Leopoldo Metlicovitz ; 73″ x 48″ This stunning and very unusual litho promoting (at the end of the nineteenth century) the Italian bitters which compose the product, Fernet-Branca, can carry us into an array of exciting considerations.
Dylan Thomas, James Herriot, and the Spirit of Christmas
You might think that having the likes of Dylan Thomas (he of, “Do not go gentle into that good night”) drop by at Christmas would be tantamount to exclusively broaching Scrooge’s Christmas Eves prior to that special one. Just in … Continue reading
THE GREAT UPHEAVAL: ART PICTURING EARTHQUAKES
Over the past few years, there have been several exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Ontario which excitingly provided close-ups of a plunge into a massive, disturbing and thrilling change in orientation from that of a longstanding mainstream rationality. Efforts … Continue reading
ANNIE CLARK (ST. VINCENT) AND THE SLIPPERY ROAD TO THE NEXT THING
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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Tagged Annie Clark, David Bowie, David Byrne, Dylan Thomas, rock and Roll music, St. Vincent, urbanity
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IT’S HERE—A SEASON OF JOIE DE VIVRE!
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
GEORGE BARBIER AND THE NECESSITY OF EXTRAVAGANCE
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