Art
Sing Along with Khrushchev Coloring Book
A few days ago, Paul posted about a Khrushchev coloring book authored by Jack Davis. Another Khrushchev coloring book was created in 1962 by the Hungarian cartoonist Victor Vashi with text by Ilona Fabian.I haven’t been able to find any photos or scans of it online. And according to Worldcat, it’s only held by two US libraries. So, it’s extremely obscure. However, its existence establishes Khrushchev coloring books as a tiny, but existing literary genre.
Knoxville News Sentinel - Jan 20, 1963
Some selections from the text ran in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Apr 18, 1963):
Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 12, 2020 -
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Category: Art, Dictators, Tyrants and Other Harsh Rulers, Politics, Books, 1960s
Peanut Butter Floor
An art installation consisting of peanut butter spread out on a floor in a giant rectangle. The Museum Bojimans Van Beuningen website provides some historical context:I guess the five-second rule would no longer apply.
via Book of Joe
Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 11, 2020 -
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Category: Art, Food
Jean-Jacques Lequeu, Visionary Architect
Lots of bizarre stuff from this creator, seen at this page, and also here.And if you're in New York City over the next couple of months, you can visit an exhibit.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 05, 2020 -
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Category: Architecture, Art, Eccentrics, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century
Khrushchev’s Top Secret Coloring Book
Finally, some artwork that might amuse the Soviet dictator, from the great Jack Davis.Buy your copy through the link below.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 30, 2020 -
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Category: Art, Dictators, Tyrants and Other Harsh Rulers, Books, 1960s
The Artist’s Dilemma
This pretty much encapsulates my average workday.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 04, 2020 -
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Category: Art, Surrealism, Movies, Special Effects, 1900s
Abstract in Concrete
Ten minutes of colorful blobs reflected in puddles. Not sure what audience this was aimed at.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 02, 2020 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Urban Life, 1950s
The Temple of Plastic Excess
Created by British artist Andy Hazell circa 2010 for a New Year's parade in Newcastle. It's street legal and uses more than 4000 LEDs. He says, "I tried to imagine what Barbie and Ken would use for wedding transport."More info: andyhazell.co.uk
Posted By: Alex - Thu Dec 19, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Religion, Cars
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 25
"King Solomon" was the last sculpture that Alexander Archipenko made and the only one that he conceived as a monumental sculpture. Throughout his career, Archipenko experimented with positive and negative space in his sculptures, often using voids or holes to suggest form. In King Solomon, he placed abstract shapes together to create the vague shape of a figure. The tall prongs at the top evoke a crown, and the intersecting triangles suggest an imposing archaic costume. Archipenko captured a dramatic sense of scale, and it is easy to imagine how formidable this figure would be if enlarged to the sixty-foot-tall version that the artist envisioned.
Source.
His Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 11, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Body, Criticism and Reviews, Russia, Twentieth Century
Worm Painting
How to paint with worms.Though I believe there's another technique, in which you first dip the worms in paint, and then set them loose on a canvas.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Dec 09, 2019 -
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Category: Art
Banana duct-taped to wall
Artist Maurizio Cattelan’s latest piece, consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall, sold recently for $120,000.Gallery owner Emmanuel Perrotin defended the work by saying, “It looks like a joke, but step back and look at it again, and it becomes so much more.”
The new owner will receive a certificate of authenticity. However, they’ll also be expected to periodically replace the banana (and presumably the duct tape also). Which begs the question: what did they actually buy? The idea of a banana duct-taped to a wall, apparently.
I'm curious to know how long the owner will actually bother to replace the banana. Twenty years from now, will they still be replacing it every few days?
More info: artsy.net
Posted By: Alex - Sat Dec 07, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Overpriced Merchandise, Bananas
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