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HIDEAWAYS AS SEEN BY VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/artistic-magazines-vogue-april-15-1936.html In the world of vintage posters and graphics there comes to pass an enticement seldom addressed directly. When seduction accruing to products and services is closely scanned, we are struck by the frequency of large-scale abandonment of the busy … Continue reading →

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FRIENDLY  SKIES WITH A DIFFERENCE IN VINTAGE POCHOIR ART

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/pochoir-un-peu-d-air-1921-gbt.html One of the most striking confirmations of the wide-spread spirit of radical innovation in early-twentieth-century Europe is an endeavor seldom, if ever, noticed. While the Communist Manifesto cascaded from strengths to strength in those days, a far more trenchant … Continue reading →

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GARAGE MURALS IN TORONTO–A SURPRISING BIG DEAL

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Jim Clark

Toronto does not have canals. But fairly recently it has shaked its butts to pile up some impressive load of canal boat decor. The trend along alleys to the north of hipster central is of the sweet and simple genre. … Continue reading →

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PATTERN DESIGN WHEN THE GOING WAS ESPECIALLY GOOD

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Jim Clark

Our first instalment of enjoying textiles illustrated by major 20th century artists had to do with unlikely figures–Picasso and Warhol–doing justice to a rather obscure endeavor. (You don’t think of either of those luminaries avoiding the limelight.) In this second … Continue reading →

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MID-CENTURY ARTISTS’ TEXTILES—FINE ARTISTS GETTING DOWN TO PATTERNS WITH POP!

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Jim Clark

Pop artist, Andy Warhol, was always about the pregnant vignette. Near the beginning of his career he availed himself of a windfall showcase in the form of a marketing angle conceived before the Second World War but only hitting its … Continue reading →

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VINTAGE GRAPHICS ALERT TO MUSIC: First Cut

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Jim Clark

La Chanson au Volant 1934;Charles Roussel;14″ x 10 5/8″;A,P, Song Sheet Those of you who do dance clubs or otherwise access DJ incitements might have noticed how the aural powers lead the way to tempering tactile and optical presence. Bad … Continue reading →

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DEBORAH COLKER’S MIX–A MODERN DESIGN ADVENTURE

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Jim Clark

For decades now, modern dance has been all about accelerating and enlarging the powers of motion. Many choreographers have readily and tellingly produced countless instances of rocketry and explosiveness in the form of bodies in extreme circumstances. The hunt has … Continue reading →

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BASQUIAT: MORE THAN MEETS THE LAZY EYE

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Jim Clark

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 →

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TORONTO’S NUIT BLANCHE and ART AS A PARTY!!

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Jim Clark

  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 →

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ALEX COLVILLE AND THE QUESTION OF EVERYDAY LIFE

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Jim Clark

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 →

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