Art
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 28
Tatiana Glebova, 1927.
In "Prision," of which there is a preparatory drawing, the painter depicts a world of multiple orientations through diverse interconnected viewpoints, and shows various heads with their musculature visible as if to reveal to us their interminable growth process. Glebova devoutly believed Filonov’s theories on the “universal flowering” and, like him, held that painting should reflect a growth process of the world similar to that of plants, according to which it was permanently active as an independent being.
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 27, 2020 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Body Modifications, 1920s, Russia
Drive-Thru Art Exhibition
Life in the age of Covid: the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the Netherlands has opened up a drive-thru art exhibition. Visitors can view the artworks from the comfort and safety of their car.However, only electric vehicles are allowed in the exhibition hall. For those who don't have an electric car, there are a few available to borrow on site.
More info: Deutsche Welle
Drive-thru @boijmans @rotterdamahoy is een unieke gebeurtenis! Trots op #rotterdam pic.twitter.com/8CFPELKtlU
— Marjolijn vd Assem (@Omasaurus) August 5, 2020
Posted By: Alex - Wed Aug 19, 2020 -
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Category: Art, Cars
S. P. Dinsmoor’s Garden of Eden
The oldest surviving outsider art installation in the USA.Home page.
Creator's Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 16, 2020 -
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Category: Art, Outsider Art, Statues and Monuments, Regionalism, 1900s
Sybil Brintrup, RIP
Alas, the world will get no more performances like this one.Obit in Spanish.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 14, 2020 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Performance Art, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art
The Wyoming Cheese House
Oct 16, 2001: In Powell, Wyoming, artist Cosimo Cavallaro covered a house inside and out with government-surplus pepperjack cheese. He melted the cheese and then sprayed it on with a pump.Photographer Dan Cepeda, who was assigned to cover the event, offered this commentary:
The house was put on display for two weeks and then demolished.
More info: Cosimo Cavallaro
Casper Star-Tribune - Oct 9, 2016
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 06, 2020 -
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Category: Architecture, Art, Food
Hamfat Asar
The creator's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 26, 2020 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Surrealism, Stop-motion Animation, 1960s
Jigsaw Puzzles with Whimsy Pieces
In this pandemic era, jigsaw puzzles have seen increased popularity. But I was unaware of the tradition of "whimsy" pieces, components that exhibit naturalistic shapes. I encountered the notion in an old issue of LIFE magazine.
Then I found out there are modern makers. Here are a couple.
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Posted By: Paul - Sun May 24, 2020 -
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Category: Art, Puzzles, Nineteenth Century
Las Pozas
When travel resumes, here's a destination alluring to any WU-vie.Read more on the creator here.
His Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 21, 2020 -
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Category: Art, Outsider Art, Surrealism, Eccentrics, Twentieth Century
The Painter Joachim Raphaël Boronali
NOTW and Weird Universe have covered innumerable art world hoaxes and farces. Paintings hung upside down, installations destroyed by janitors, large prize money for unmade beds, and so forth. Here is one of the first such japes. A painting done by a donkey with a brush tied to its tail, and exhibited at a famous Paris salon as the work of a new painter named Joachim Raphaël Boronali.
Read the whole story here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 14, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Art, Avant Garde, Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Twentieth Century
Wisconsin Weird Statue
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 14, 2020 -
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Category: Art, Statues and Monuments, Eccentrics
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