I don’t really think I’d call it “subversive,” but a group of younger artists took over the LACMA and basically turned it into a summer camp for artists. Not too sure how subversive it could possibly be if one of the summer camp activities is recreating a Sam Francis painting out of flowers, but at least they tried. Best quote from the article: “Visiting a museum can be like visiting a very rich person’s house, where you feel pressure to admire the furniture.”
You can read the NY Times article here.
I saw a video of this earlier this month (which of course I can’t find now…) and thought it was really interesting. Street culture reclaiming its art from the galleries… very interesting.
Read about it here (one of the only articles in English that I’ve seen.)
MUST HAVE.
in honor of black friday, which just recently passed, an amazing thing that we must BUY BUY BUY.
Ridiculous. Sold through the gentleman’s emporium.
Corey Arnold takes amazing photos of deep sea fishermen, and on his trips, gets to stop in some beautiful places.
I fell in love with Andrea Galvani’s work earlier this year, but lost the link to her website. Today I found it again! Hooray!
secrets
Did I ever share the work of Shana and Robert ParkeHarrison with you? It’s very possible that I didn’t. I found them in McHenry library my sophmore year, and literally kept the monograph (called The Architect’s Brother) checked out for the next three years. I have no idea how I was never fined a single dime for that book (but countless others…) I hoarded this book like it was my personal secret, and actually guarded it somewhat fiercely. I brought it up to the printmaking studio a few times to look at while I was working, and I remember shoving it back into my bag when a girl I didn’t know very well asked me about it. I barely wanted to share this discovery with friends, let alone strangers.
Well, now I’m realizing that this was a big mistake. Not only was I doing the artists a disservice, but in the past few years, I’ve found that when I share my discoveries (both the things I find and my ideas) the wealth comes back to me. People are more likely to share their discoveries with you if you share first. So here I go, sharing something I wanted to keep for myself, in hopes that someone will share something equally interesting with me.
here fishy fishy
Beautiful photos of schools of fish by Wayne Levin. Part of the reason I find them so lovely is that they seem like they were taken a long time ago with an old Brownie camera or something. I love imagining someone in a one of those huge diving suits with an enormous waterproof camera surrounded by a glass bubble. Found here.
weird things late at night.
similarities: they all feature animals, and they are all delightfully strange.
differences: all made by different people. in order of their appearance: Misaki Kawai, Melinda Josie, and Willhelm Staehle’s silhouette masterpiece theatre.
