Tuesday, August 10, 2010

1/2 gentlemen / not beasts

Untitled book included with the 3LP box set 1/2 GENTLEMEN/NOT BEASTS by Half Japanese, Armageddon Records, 1980. (some copies came with a comic called Becky The Monkey)

Sunday, August 8, 2010

James Hampton's Throne

Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millenium General Assembly by James Hampton (Images from Naives and Visionaries, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1974) The total altar-like construction, a symmetrical arrangement of shrines, pulpits, lecturns and wall tablets covered or wrapped in gold and tin foil, was assembled in a Washington, D.C. garage, 1950-1964

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Aluminum Foil

The Art of Aluminum Foil by Jane Hinton and Hugh Oliver, General Publishing Co., Don Mills, Ontario, 1974

Friday, August 6, 2010

Tal R: VIVA ULTRA

Tal R: Viva Ultra, Holstebro Kunstmuseum, Holstebro, Denmark, 2000

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Dilmus Hall



small concrete sculptures by Dilmus Hall from O, Appalachia: Artists of the Southern Mountains, Ramona and Millard Campbell (with David Larkin), Stuart Tabori and Chang, NY, 1989 (Sittin' Around / Lamb / Blue-eyed Dog / Man on a Tin Can (detail))

Odetta

cover detail: My Eyes Have Seen by Odetta, Vanguard, 1959

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

cardboard carpentry

The Further Adventures of Cardboard Carpentry by George Cope and Phylis Morrison, Workshop for Learning Inc., Watertown, Mass, 1973

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

The End

detail from Pinky and the Petunias by Esphyr Slobodkina, Cadmus/E.M. Hale & Co., Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 1965

Sunday, August 1, 2010

The Wizard of Op

The Wizard of Op by Ed Emberley, Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1975
(from the collection of R.W.)
visit the recent E.E. post at Wary Meyers