Gabriel Orozco: The Weight of the Sun

The Weight of the Sun

A broom is suspended in mid-air by the counterweight of 13 objects found in or around the gallery; a banana peel, plastic cups, empty bottles...

From Of Games, The Infinite and Worlds: The Work of Gabriel Orozco, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, 2003

Figure 40-44

spread from Mathematical Puzzles and Pastimes by Aaron Bakst, D. Van Norstrand, NY, 1954

Misc. bookshelf (outbox)

Nyomjuk a Sodert by Kurti Hegedus, Budapest, 1970

For Me (Language Reading Experience Program) , Toronto, 1970

A New Introduction To Computers, ?, ?, ?

Worms by Lois and Louis Darling, Random House, NY, 1980

Khali Kaphi Hausa by Gupta Sudhansu, 1992 (hindi)

Pika-kun, The Signal by Tadashi Matsui, Tokyo, 1966 (illustrated by Shinta Cho)

It's time to thin out my shelves.

Uncoordinated movements of the mind

from Mr. Palomar by Italo Calvino, 1983 (English translation, 1985) (This was Calvino's last book.)

Art Education 12

from Collage and Construction: In Grades 1-4 by Lois Lord, 1958 (Scholastic, 1970)

Calder's Circus

Circus Performance, 1929 / Circus clippings from Calder's scrapbook / 3 stills from the film Calder's Little Circus, 1961 / Blue Elephant with Red Ears, 1971 / Tightrope, 1937 / Fratellini's dog, 1930 /Alexander Calder with circus lion, 1971

from Calder's Circus, Whitney Museum of American Art, E.P.Dutton, 1972

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Summer Meadow. 4 X 6 feet. Mural on burlap by a group of children

from The Stitches of Creative Embroidery by Jacqueline Enthoven, Van Norstrand Reinhold Co., 1964

Weathered Wood

from Weathered Wood with Flowers by Mary C. Knight, William Morrow & Co., 1968

How I Came to Spaceland, and What I Saw There.

From Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott, 1884 (Dover Thrift Edition, 1992) Illustrations by the author.

Art Education 11

from Teaching Art & Crafts in Elementary School by Annette Wood, Prentice Hall, 1981

The Psychedelic Horror of Frank Asch

Linda by Frank Asch, McGraw Hill, 1969

Summary: A girl named Linda wakes up and goes for a morning stroll in her neighborhood. On her way, she encounters some locals, including a shirtless bearded man whom she calls "Santa".

This is Frank Asch's second children's book. He is best known for his Moonbear series from the 1980's-90's.

Picassiette (the plate stealer)

Raymond Isidore, Interior of the Maison Picassiette, Chartres, France, begun c. 1938
from Gardens of Revelation: Environments by Visionary Artists by John Beardsley, Abbeville Press, 1995

Bucky + Towers

R. Buckminster Fuller discusses Simon Rodia's towers, 1983.

This 40 minute unedited interview is included as a DVD bonus feature with the documentary I Build The Tower by Edward Landler & Brad Byer, Bench Movies, 2006. This was R. Buckminster Fuller's final interview at the age of 87. (Isamu Noguchi's chrome nickel steel bust of Fuller features prominently)

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