Wednesday, November 25, 2009

de entibus nascituris decentius








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John Transue lives and works in New Jersey:











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Lynda Benglis was born in Louisiana:








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German artist Roman Signer:








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Indonesian artist Fiona Tan:








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British artist Anna Barriball:








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Work from Herbert Pfostl's Paper Graveyard:











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Tatooed Sweethearts by Emeli Theander:








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New work from Remus Grecu:








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Sean Stewart studied photography at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He currently lives in Brooklyn:








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Part of Swiss Butoh dancer Imre Thormann's performance at Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine in Shiga (Japan) in summer 2006. The live music is by Swiss jazz pianist Nik Baertsch and his band "Mobile"






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"My works are small, figurative, autobiographical narratives." -- Timothy Vermeulen:











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French photographer Gui Brigaudiot:








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Richard A. Kirk
is a visual artist, illustrator, and author based in Canada:











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from the Water On Lens Exhibition:






[thanks Molly]




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German artist Gottfried Helnwein:














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Canadian artist Jason Cantoro:











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Aaron Maurer attended RISD:











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EIN PUPPENHEIM / A DOLLS HOUSE
(Hafenhalle09)







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4) Did visual poetry of the avant-garde appear ex abrupto et ex nihilo? I am not sure whether we can speak of a tradition in the plain sense of the term, but there is no doubt that we can make references to a series of archaic picto-poetic occurences, of composite works in which the sign and the letter, the drawing and the writing interblend on the surface of the same page in order to enhance the expressive valence of the message.

"The Romanian Avant-Garde And Visual Poetry"
by
Andrei Oisteanu

(new scholarship on Dada and picto-poesy from Andrei Oisteanu)




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Jimmy Fallon does Neil Young covering the theme song from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air




Wednesday, November 18, 2009

eggburst, eggblend, eggburial



Yoni Wolf (of WHY?) --"Against Me"






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Chicago-based artist Chad Kouri:











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German artist Ivonne Thein:














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"Sonneteer 21" by Ben Doller & Sandra Doller



[via Rabbit Light Movies]




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Jenny Olivia Johnson
composes music that ranges from compressed 20-minute operas to epic pop songs to highly abstract religious masses.

Leaving Santa Monica
(2005)
A CHAMBER OPERA FOR AMPLIFIED SOPRANO, MEZZO-SOPRANO, AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA




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Ross Evertson describes his "Hold Still" project: "Subjects were asked to remain still while recorded with an entire roll of 36 exp. 35mm film. Each roll was then animated in sequence.":











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Sweedish artist Johan Röstwall:














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Shannon Maldonado
curates a really fantastic website of classic/cult film stills:














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LazyAnt
is an alliance of two young Russian photographers - Kirill Smyslov and Nastya Kazakova:








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Graphic Designer and Photographer Cristian Ordonez:








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Chicago-based photographer Ben Speckmann:








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Designer/Illustrator Mark Weaver:











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Ninjasonik - "Art School Girls"
directed by Lazlo






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Gerhard Richter discovered the technique of painting on photographs by chance:











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Mihail Mihaylov is a graphic designer and illustrator from Sofia, Bulgaria:











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Riitta Ikonen is currently a London-based artist from Finland:











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Drew Beam
is an art director for Fahrenheit 212:











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Behind the Scenes: Tim Burton at MoMA
On view November 22, 2009-April 26, 2010