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Fabric(action)s

A short history of lace and its depictions in art

This week will be devoted to fabric.  Velvet, cotton, curtains, linen on laundry lines, you’ll be surprised how many interesting facts are…

• Art, Bird Photography
• May 23, 2016
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The Flight is on

Paul Cadmus' The Aviator

I once saw an original Paul Cadmus drawing in a beach house on Cape Cod – the man knew muscles, and, for that…

• Art
• May 22, 2016
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Freezing at FRIEZE

Yu Hong's Security Screening

Two years ago I attended FRIEZE, an art fair in New York, for the first and probably last time. It was ice…

• Art
• May 21, 2016
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Water Rats

Bohumil Kubista's The Sailor

I photographed these young Russian sailors some years back in San Francisco’s Chinatown while they perused every touristy junk display up and down…

• Art
• May 20, 2016
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Sepia Variations

Eugène Carrière's Alphonse Daudet

If you google Eugène Carrière and click on images you’ll face an astonishing array of somewhat monochromatic brown/sepia/beige/black paintings. Lots of them, and…

• Art
• May 19, 2016
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Men Conquer the World and Women Save Mankind

Chinese Web-based Matriarchal Romances

Jin Feng’s Romancing the Internet is a fascinating book about an art form most of us are unfamiliar with: internet-based Chinese romance novels. (Review…

• Chinese Internet Literature
• May 18, 2016
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Ziggy Stardust

Chuck Conelly's David Bowie

 

When I photographed the young man in today’s featured image I immediately thought of David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust, although by that time…

• Art
• May 17, 2016
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Portraits of Young Men

· Thomas Gainsborough's Boy in Blue ·

I learned that in your email the featured photo does not automatically show – it only shows if you go to the…

• Art
• May 16, 2016
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The Aftermath

The lingering effects of war

Today is the last day to introduce a montage for a movement of Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man –  I chose Now that…

• Art, Politics
• May 15, 2016
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Sacrificial Lamb or Sheep for Slaughter?

The Armed Man/Agnus Dei

I remember the collective gasp of students in my social psychology class when they saw a movie about gender differences – often assumed…

• Art, Politics
• May 14, 2016
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