from The Magic Mirror Book (originally titled Make a Bigger Puddle, Make a Smaller Worm), devised and illustrated by Marion Walter, Scholastic, 1971
Some awkward illustrated-by-the-author greatness (see also Daniel Pinkwater or Munro Leaf)
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
hand drawing
Hand Drawing by Micah Lexier, published by Paul + Wendy Projects
A letterpress print with a unique pencil drawing added by the artist.
A letterpress print with a unique pencil drawing added by the artist.
Varied edition of 100.
Please visit P+W Projects for more information.
Labels:
drawing,
editions,
friends,
Micah Lexier,
printmaking
Monday, February 27, 2012
o
from Fine Woodworking: Design Book Two (1150 photographs of the best work in wood by 1000 craftsmen), The Taunton Press, CT, 1979
Labels:
books,
carving/whittling,
toys
bee
from Ray Johnson: Correspondences, Wexner Center for the Arts/Flammarion, , 1999
Labels:
art,
books,
Collage,
Ray Johnson
Friday, February 24, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Harris/Norris
Lawren Harris, edited by R.G.P. Cosgrove, Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, 1969
Joe Norris: Paintings and Furniture, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, 1978
Joe Norris: Paintings and Furniture, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, 1978
Labels:
art,
book covers,
books,
Canadian Art History,
folk art,
Group of Seven,
Joe Norris,
landscapes,
Lawren Harris,
painting
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Porta Filliou
from Robert Filliou: From Political to Poetical Economy, Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1996 (image and quote from Porta Filliou, video, 1977)
Labels:
art,
books,
fluxus,
robert filliou,
video
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
Klank in beeld
Sound into sight, N.V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken, Eindhoven, 1965 (18 painters respond to music, organised and sponsored by Philips, Eindhoven)
Labels:
art,
book covers,
books,
music,
not otherwise recommended,
painting
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
école de tueurs
Untitled, granite, 1935 / Untitled, granite, 1935 / Tête d'oiseau mordant une pierre, granite, 1935 / Jeu de constructions anthropomorphes, plaster, sculpture fragments, objects, 1935 / "garage à sculptures" Great River, Long Island, 1944 / Dream Rose, plaster, 1959 / Corps enseignant pour une école de tueurs (detail), stone (roche due de Vilhonneur), 1967 / Le Musée de l'homme, stone and plaster, 1965 / Max Ernst in studio (Gilles Chauvelin), 1965
from Max Ernst: sculptures, maisons, paysages by Werner Spies, Dumont/Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1998 (french language)
(Thanks to S. Hughes!)
Monday, February 13, 2012
log house
(inside front and back cover of) The Little Log House, illustrated by M. Mezheninov, translated by Irina Zheleznova, Malysh Publishers, Moscow, 1978
Labels:
book covers,
books,
children's books,
illustration
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Above all this and the rest
I Will Always Love You, Alex Chilton, WLYX, Memphis, 1975
still from William Eggleston's Stranded in Canton---Alex Chilton plays My Rival, Memphis, mid 70's.
still from William Eggleston's Stranded in Canton---Alex Chilton plays My Rival, Memphis, mid 70's.
Labels:
Alex Chilton,
Dolly Parton,
music,
RIP,
Whitney Houston,
William Eggleston
Friday, February 10, 2012
star of javelins
Giovanni Anselmo - Invisibile [Invisible], 1971, projector, slide ("...the word becomes visible only if your body intercepts the projection...") / Invisibile (detail) / Luciano Fabro - Ruota [Wheel], 1964, steel, edition of 8, 2002 / Michelangeko Pistoletto - Venere degli stracci [Venus of rags], 1967, mica-covered cement cast Venus, cloth / Gilberto Zorio - Stella di giavelotti [Star of javelins], 1974, five javelins
from ARTEPOVERA: Art From Italy 1967-2002, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2002
from ARTEPOVERA: Art From Italy 1967-2002, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2002
Labels:
art,
Arte Povera,
books,
installation,
sculpture
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