Art
Willoughby Sharp, RIP
The newly deceased artist Willoughby Sharp sounds like a WEIRD UNIVERSE kinda guy. Judge for yourself by the following short film in which he stars.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 05, 2009 -
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Category: Art, Performance Art, Video, Obituaries
Ralph Pucci Mannequins
Such as the one you see at right.
Check them all out at the Ralph Pucci site.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 19, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Business, Advertising, Fashion, Genitals
Soviet Space Stamps
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Click on the image twice, to get them really big!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 11, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Communications, Postal Services, Stamps, Futurism, Patriotism, Technology, Space Travel, 1960s, Russia, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Sweet Dreams
See three more videos by Kirsten Lepore here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 07, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Surrealism, Food, Nutrition, Sexuality, Video, Cartoons
CasAnus
The CasAnus was designed by the Dutch artist Joep van Lieshout. He writes:If you stayed there, you could say "This place is crap," and not necessarily mean it in a pejorative sense.
Also by van Lieshout, along similar lines, is the BarRectum (aka Asshole Bar):via corporeality.net
Posted By: Alex - Wed Dec 03, 2008 -
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Category: Architecture, Art, Buildings and Other Structures, Scatology, Excrement, Hotels
Encyclopedia of Strange Things
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Strange Things, by Boris Servais, is a book you won't find for sale on Amazon. Servais had it "Produced in Italy by a specialized printer for small-size books, it collects odd discoveries and inventions around nostalgic aviation, astronautics, time trips or science fiction warfare." Below is an example of one of the entries. (via Book By Its Cover)
Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 28, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Books
Road Maps: real and imaginary
An unusual hobby: Adrian Leskiw designs fictional cities and nations, and then he draws roadmaps of them. In painstaking detail. He describes himself as a "roadgeek". You can browse through his collection of fictional roadmaps at The Map Realm. One use I can think of for these would be to sneak them into rental cars. (Mislabel them, of course.) Tourists would spend hours examining them, trying to figure out where they were.
But wait, there's more. Leskiw also collects covers of real roadmaps. He has an extensive collection of the official Michigan, Ontario and Ohio road maps. In the old days transportation departments apparently hired artists to design these covers. Now they seem to just slap generic photos on them.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Nov 25, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Regionalism, Travel
Ted Williams Estate Auction
Well, now many of his possessions are up for sale at auction, including, ironically, a number of severed animal-head trophies. And also some fine "space alien" paintings and drawings by daughter Claudia, like the one at right.
Check out an article and photo gallery here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 23, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Celebrities, Death, Eccentrics, Collectors, Historical Figure
Silhouette Masterpiece Theatre
In his Silhouette Masterpiece Theatre Wilhelm Staehle places silhouettes over Victorian paintings, and adds a subversive caption. Two of my favorites below.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Nov 18, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Humor
Underwater Sculpture
Jason deCaires Taylor has received international acclaim for his sculpture park in Grenada, West Indies. Though to view it, it helps to be a diver, because it's underwater.I think it's a swell idea. If I'm ever in Grenada, I'll make sure to sea it.
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Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 15, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Statues, Monuments and Memorials
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