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BASQUIAT: MORE THAN MEETS THE LAZY EYE
At the Art Gallery of Ontario these days, we come face-to-face with the puzzling phenomenon of Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988). Starting out in the 1970s as a teen-aged New York City graffiti presence in the anything-goes Lower East Side, he graduated … Continue reading
TORONTO’S NUIT BLANCHE and ART AS A PARTY!!
This past Saturday night in Toronto was the occasion for the annual display of installations (hopefully wild), called Nuit Blanche (White Night,12 hours non stop til 7 a.m.). We start with a dolled-up sales center to suggest how far … Continue reading
ALEX COLVILLE AND THE QUESTION OF EVERYDAY LIFE
In face of the vast and fascinating output of paintings emanating from painter, Alex Colville (1920-2013), no one could miss its premium upon embracing a “mysterious,” unfamiliar side of familiar life. His strategy, in raising this matter, would seem to … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Fine Art
Tagged Alex Colville, Canadian Art, Contemporary Art, Surrealism, urbanity
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YUMMY! VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART IN RESTAURANT DECOR!
One of the most exciting kinds of projects at the outset of our vintage poster business was providing apt settings for restaurants. The phenomenon of enjoying a night of delicious food and wine in an inspired setting—inspired in the senses … Continue reading
TIFF SELLS THE MOVIES—MARKETING DESIGN STRATEGIES
Film festivals are remarkable in many ways. The approach I want to explore a bit is the marketing apparatus one can dip into in order to post some semblance of “success” with a varied population. The chess game shown above … Continue reading
ARCADE FIRE—DON’T DREAM OF MISSING THEM!
Many rock and roll bands pride themselves on a punchy rhythm section. Those Montreal-based, world-renowned rockers, Arcade Fire, true to their Surrealist captivation, take percussive fire to startling dimensions! Their numerous pistons, deftly digitalized, do not simply get your toes … Continue reading
SURREALIST GRAPHIC ART—BIGGER THAN YOU THINK!
We’ve gotten together before, on this blog site, to mutually marvel at the impact of original vintage poster art with a Surrealist twist, as an ardent exponent of some of the most incisive reflections upon the subject and lifeline of … Continue reading
Posted in Avant-Garde Posters&Graphics, Current Events, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists, Surrealist Posters&Graphics
Tagged Arpad Elfer, Art Gallery of Ontario, contemporary film, contemporary issues, Jean Cocteau, Jonathan Glazer, Kazumasa Nagai, La Belle et la Bete, Rene Magritte, urbanity
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WHAT HAPPENED? BALLET’S BIG SURPRISE!
We tend to think of ballet as a field of design effort—not unlike original vintage posters—as a bastion of antiquated ways. We know how inaccurate that supposition is, when it comes to vintage graphic art as whipping up a tornado … Continue reading
DOORS OPEN TORONTO—OPENING OUR EYES!
Toronto’s recent building boom has galvanized, as never before those living here to try to understand the riches of design skills and efforts going into all this change. Consequently, the May weekend festival of visits to architectural highlights, called DOORS … Continue reading
VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART AND GREAT EXPOS–MAKING SOMETHING BIG EVEN BIGGER
Atherton; 30″ x 20″ Modern technology has enabled a proliferation of international events focussing upon excellence and the changes going on in current history. This poster graphic from one of the most memorably iconic attention getters deftly thrills to a … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Art Nouveau/Belle Époque Posters&Graphics, Current Events, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists
Tagged art deco, contemporary issues, French sensibility, French vintage posters, Luminato Festival, Milan, New York Expos, Paris, Toronto, urbanity, Vintage Travel Posters
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