Posts Tagged: Art and Art History
Metis Marker
• The fantastic Canadian Design Resource has an article today about the historical flag of Canada's Metis people. I've made several posts in the past about flags and the Metis flag fits well with the other standouts I've mentioned previously. According the description, the Metis flag *"epresents …
Finding Feedback
My sister-in-law is currently in the process of starting her own business, a fabulous home decor store, in Ottawa. Among the kazillion things she's trying to piece together for the opening is her store's brand identity. She got a great name and she's designed a really unique and striking wordmark …
Food Fotos
My sister, who is a pastry chef, recently passed a link onto me of some fantastic artistic food photography. Pierre Javalle and Akiko Ida, two photography students at Arts Décoratif in Paris have made a gallery featuring their photos of tiny little figurines on pastries and other food items …
Pumping Iron
I finally got a chance to watch Pumping Iron last weekend, which I've been meaning to see for ages. It's basically the story — which I use very literally — of Arnold Schwarzenegger's pursuit of his sixth Mr. Olympia title in 1977. Someone kindly lent me the 25th anniversary special edition of the …
All Wrapped Up
Yesterday a friend and I got a chance to see the new Christo and Jeanne-Claude exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario. It's a fantastic collection of photographs, film, and preparatory sketches of their wrapping and landscape alteration projects including famous projects they've done such as the …
At the Power Plant
I visited the Power Plant Art Gallery for the first time last week with my lovely girlfriend while she was in Toronto visiting. It's a fun light-hearted contemporary gallery on Lake Ontario in (who would have guessed) an old power station. If you're in the city the current exhibits are well worth … read more »
Presidential Postering
I followed one of Jason Kottke's links today to a Salon article and found a fantastic reworking of Goya's Saturn Devouring his Son. The version on Salon is taken from an advertisement in The Nation magazine and Saturn is replaced by George W. Bush. I've always admired Goya's original and this …
Magnum Degrees
I had considered adding a sidebar on the right of this site with a list of books I'm currently reading or reviews of books I've recently read. Instead, I think I might occassionally write full posts about books that I'd like to recommend. If you know me and if I own the book (as I do today's …
Local Exhibitions
If you're in or around Charlottetown in the next few weeks, there are some great art and graphic design exhibitions to be seen. On Saturday I was at the Confederation Centre of the Arts where they are still displaying a very diverse collection of photos by George S. Zimbel. They stretch back over …
Lichtenstein in Lego
Richard Morton has recreated Roy Lichtenstein's "Girl in Mirror" entirely in Lego. His explanation of the process, including several disasters, is quite entertaining. I love Lego and I like Lichtenstein's work, so how can I not like this. Link via Jim Coudal.