Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Art Education 6

from ART 1-6, Department of Education, Province of Manitoba, Approved by the Minister of Education, 1974

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

basic formations

from Cheerleading and Song Leading by Marylou and Ron Humphrey, Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton, 1970 (1972)

Monday, December 13, 2010

t v

Distorted TV set, Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, Germany, 1963 / excerpts from Paik's essay "afterlude to the exposition EXPERIMENTAL TELEVISION, 1963, Galerie Parnass" published in The Fluxus Newspaper, 1964 / Beatles Electroniques / detail from letter to John Cage, 1964 / Charlotte Moorman with Chroma Key Glasses, 1971 / detail from letter to John Cage, 1965 / Dream TV, pencil drawing, 1973
from VIDEA 'N' VIDEOLOGY: NAM JUNE PAIK (1959-1973) edited by Judson Rosebush, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, and Galeria Bonino, NY, 1974

Saturday, December 11, 2010

truth forever bending/always hopeful never ending

Don't It Drag On by Chris Smither, Tomato Records, 1971 (art direction and design by Milton Glaser, photographs by Duane Michaels)
One song that I return to over and over again---I've Got Mine. Listen here. See also this cover by Kria Brekkan and Avey Tare. Troubles come by threes/doing what they wanna/instead of doing what they oughta/ I've got mine./Some are quickly passed/others seem to last/hold on.

studio

"The school environment needs variety, interest, and proper scientific practice in the control of lighting and color."
from Color for Interiors: Historical and Modern by Faber Birren, Whitney Library of Design, NY, 1963

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Moké

Moké (plywood weaving) by architect Whitney R. Smith and Earl Pennington.
from How To Build with Plywood, A Fawcett How-To Book (Number 317), 1956
More in Popular Mechanics, Sept. 1955

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Kiki and her sisters

Kiki Smith family photos from the PBS series ART21, Season Two, Episode One, STORIES, 2003.
Kiki and her sisters, Bebe and Seton, building models for their father, the sculptor Tony Smith. "We made, mostly, paper models for him, like thousands of tetrahedron and octahedron flattened models, and then we would sit and put them together, after school, every day."

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

The Junior Scientist

The Junior Scientist (Science in Action for Boys and Girls 2) by N.F. Newbury & H.A. Armstrong, University of London Press, 1962

Monday, December 6, 2010

--->

Second Hand Records by Suzie Smith, 2007
(silkscreen on found record jackets)
visit her
here.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

a pocket how to do it

Creative Papier Maché by Betty Lorrimar, Studio Vista, London, 1971

Friday, December 3, 2010

THIS IS NOT THE END

from Arm in Arm (A Collection of Connections, Endless Tales, Reiterations, and other Echolalia) by Remy Charlip, Parents' Magazine Press, 1969
previously

Thursday, December 2, 2010

N.J.P.

self portrait, 1974
from Nam June Paik: Video Time - Video Space, Toni Stooss & Thomas Kellein, Harry A. Abrams Inc. , NY, 1993

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

MUNARI: I LIBRI

Munari's Books by Giorgio Maffei, Corraini Edizioni, 2008 (english edition)
A highly recommended survey of Bruno Munari's book production from 1929-1999. (A gift from P+W. T H A N K S ! ! !)