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May 2008
05/12/2008
Art And Video
Links For 05/12/2008
KuKulaland - The Strange and
Wonderful Artwork of KuKula
These are great! I love her unique weird doll-like style. I want
one! Also, read
Kukula's bio; it's a riot!
Kitty Cat (2006)
Hobbie Time (2006)
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Wiktor
Michajlowitsch Wassnezow
"Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (1848— Moscow, June 23, 1926) was a
Russian artist who specialized in mythological and historical subjects.
He is considered a key figure of the revivalist movement in Russian art."
You can find a complete list (226 Images) of his Wikimedia images is
here.
Angel (1885-1896)
Gamaun - The Prophetic Bird (1897)
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Bogdan Prystrom - The
Photomontage Gallery
Also,
here is a video of Bogdan's amazing artwork.
Untitled
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Bathing Suit from the 1920s
There was just one of these, but isn't it great?
A Bathing Beauty
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Mojo Repair Shop
Via
Little Hokum Rag
This site specializes in classic and sexy album covers.
The Surf Creature
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The Art of Alex Gross
Via
Femme
I blogged Alex Gross
over four years ago. I still like his artwork. It reminds
me of old Japanese advertising and propaganda posters.
Ice Cream Cone (2007)
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The
Ramones - Pet Sematary [Lyrics]
When I read that story sickening story about the
Pentagon
using a pet crematorium for our soldiers, I thought this song by the
Ramones says it best for all veterans. BTW, if you are going to
continue your goddamn war for oil, please make damn sure you take care of
the soldiers by providing them proper gear in Iraq, proper health care
and also helping them with education, etc. after they served thier
country, and please don't bury them in pet cemetery for Christ's sakes!
The Ramones
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Carmen Cavallaro
- Voodoo Moon Via
Rip Rense
When you watch this video, you will understand why this
guy was
called the Poet of the Piano.
Poet of the Piano
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The
Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane (Live)
This reminds me of an old girlfriend, but I can't remember what her name
was. ;-)
Lou Reed
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Flying Lizards - And Then He Kissed Me
This is kind of a surreal video, but lot's of fun.
The Flying Lizards
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The Colbert Report on Oil Profiteering
Colbert skewers Big Oil's propaganda machine.
Stephen Colbert
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Great
tits cope well with warming
Yet bet!
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Dorothea Tanning
Dorothea
Tanning
"Dorothea Tanning (born August 25, 1910) is an American painter,
printmaker, sculptor and writer. She has also designed sets and costumes
for ballet and theatre." She was also the wife of Dada and
Surrealist artist Max
Ernst. In fact, I found out about Ms. Tanning when I watched a
documentary about the life of Max Ernst. In the movie, they
showed her most famous painting Birthday (below), which inspired me to
write this article. In addition to Wikimedia, I found collections
of her images at
Frey Norris Gallery,
Bluffton University,
The Tate and Ten
Dreams. Also,
here is a YouTube video tribute of her work.
Birthday (1942)
Note: Scroll down to see the painting.
Family Portrait (1954)
Bayou
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Photos From The Allied Occupation Of Japan (1948-1951)
JAPAN :
1948-1951 : Photography & Social Research during the Allied Occupation
This is a fascinating collection of 300 photographs (online rare book) that John W. Bennett took
during the Allied Occupation of Japan. This is very interesting
time in which Japan was re-discovering itself in its new found government
based on Western democracy. This is also from the period that was
part of the Golden Age Japanese cinema, e.g.,
Rashomon and
Late Spring.
Here's a description from the introduction of the exhibit:
Photographs taken by anthropologist John W. Bennett
in occupied Japan, 1948-1951, (a few were made in the 1960's during his
term at Waseda University), with comments on the photos by Bennett.
Also included are extensive selections from Bennett's professional
journal of the period, and other documents. Consisting of a personal
and professional memoir, this site is also a record of a unique
experiment in social analysis and research that focuses on a period of
particular significance in the development of Japanese and
international history, politics, economics, and culture.
There are diverse portfolio sections that cover everything from
Iconic Mt. Fuji to the prostitutes in
Women of the Night.
Here's a selection of John Bennett's photos I liked best, but it was
very hard to choose because there so many fascinating images.
A Musical Bodhisatva
Mount Fuji from Misawa Pass
Children visit the Great Buddha in Kamakura
The Great Kaminarimon--"Thunder Gateway" to the Asakusa
Kannon (1962)
Another Heian Female Personality in the Jidai Matsuri
Procession (1962)
Hotel Umbrellas Drying in the Sun at a Ryokan
(Traditional-Style Inn) in Atami
Ama Diving Girls
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05/05/2008
Japanese Calendar And Industrial Advertising Images
Japanese
Advertising Images
I'm not even sure how I found these lithographs, but there is a little
treasure trove of some really nice Japanese calendar and advertising
images on this site. Unfortunately, the Babelfish translation of
this page is pretty hard understand, but the images speak for themselves.
The main page for this site is
here.
Okada Saburo help picture (1908)
Temple pine Kunitarou picture (1915-17)
Wada three structure picture (1909)
The greenery picture (1931)
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Art And Video
Links For 05/05/2008
Ernest Normand
I really couldn't find that much information about Normand on the
Internet except I found out that he was married to one of the members
Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood
Henrietta Rae.
The White Slave (1894)
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T. Privat-Livemont
I wish there were more examples available of his wonderful posters.
Absinthe Robette (1896)
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Albert Lynch
What a sweetheart, no?
The Letter
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Dizzy Gillespie - "Salt Peanuts" - 1947
The one and only.
Dizzy
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Captain Beefheart
- Big Eyed Beans from Venus (1980)
We're down to the dozens!
Distant Cousins, There's a Limited Supply.
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Monty Python -
Salad Days
This is one of my favorite Python sketches.
Michael Palin Stars in Samuel Peckinpah's
Salad Days
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The Empire
Strikes Barack
Uh-oh!
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The Art of Symbolist Painter Carlos Schwabe
Carlos Schwabe [Bio]
These are selected images by the fascinating Swiss-German Symbolist
painter and illustrator Carlos Schwabe (not to be confused with Charles
Schwab). I really like to get the book Les Fleurs du Mal by
Charles Meunier in 1900, which many of Schwabe's images below were taken
from.
The Hymne below reminds me a lot of William Blake's work. I also found out that
Spleen and Ideal
an album by Dead Can Dance (a great album) was inspired by
the image with the same name from Fleurs du Mal. There are
more images of his work available at the
Pony Gallery and at
ArtMagic.
Les Fleurs du Mal Illustration, Hymne (1900)
Ange d'espérance (1895)
The Grave Digger's Death (1895) via
AHR
Les Fleurs du Mal Illustration, Destruction 1900
Study For
The Wave 2 (1907)
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