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Still Song. 2005 Disco ball, wood, plaster |
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Friday, August 30, 2013
Matthew Day Jackson: Something Ancient, Something New, Something Stolen, Something Blue
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
similar but different
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sa Genzken. Bild (Painting). 1989. |
Walter Van Beirendonck photographed one of his æstheticterrorists® collections of rough-cut graffiti-style T-shirts under an 18th century dress. The t-shirt’s neon graphics were more vibrant and alive than the model’s bleached skin tones that matched the deathly grey of her dress, her scruffily pulled back hair, etiolated arms and depressed expression.Fashion at the Edge: Spectacle, Modernity and Deathliness by Caroline Evans, Yale University Press via: coton
Walter Van Beirendonck, æstheticterrorists®, Spring–Summer 1999. Make-up by Inge Grognard and photographed by Ronald Stoops.
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white
"Okay.... but can we talk about the problematic and racist nature of her performance? Her literal use of people as props? Her association of her newfound sexuality with the traditional codifiers of black female culture, thereby perpetuating the Jezebel stereotype that black women are lewd, lascivious and uncontrollably sexualized? Can we talk about the straight up minstrelsy of that performance? Can we talk about how not a single black person won an award last night even though the people who did win awards have been mining black music and culture for years?via: groupthink jezebel
No? Ok... I'll just sit at the back of the bus then."- #solidarityisforwhitewomen
and more here and here.
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feral,
race,
research,
shame
Monday, August 26, 2013
Sunday, August 25, 2013
joan of arc
Joan of Arc (ca. 1412 – 1431), nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" is a folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. She was born a peasant
girl in what is now eastern France. Claiming divine guidance, she led
the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the coronation of Charles VII of France. She was captured by the Burgundians, transferred to the English in exchange for money, put on trial by the pro-English Bishop of Beauvais Pierre Cauchon for charges of "insubordination and heterodoxy", and was burned at the stake for heresy when she was 19 years old.
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gender,
rebellion,
research
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
2013
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Kader Attia
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Open Your Eyes. 2010. Two sets of 80 35mm black-and-white and color slides. Projection (each): 63 x 102 3/8″ (160 x 260 cm). |
Monday, August 19, 2013
agave/ century plant
he plants are perennial, but each rosette flowers once and then dies (see semelparity). Some species are known by the name century plant.
The name "century plant" refers to the long time the plant takes to flower. The number of years before flowering occurs depends on the vigor of the individual plant, the richness of the soil, and the climate; during these years the plant is storing in its fleshy leaves the nourishment required for the effort of flowering.
The name "century plant" refers to the long time the plant takes to flower. The number of years before flowering occurs depends on the vigor of the individual plant, the richness of the soil, and the climate; during these years the plant is storing in its fleshy leaves the nourishment required for the effort of flowering.
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Omission...
is as much a tool of political oppression in the construction of cultural mythology as propaganda.
Union soldier Albert Cashier, who was really Jennie Hodgers, fought in dozens of battles during the Civil War. In 1913, she made headlines upon being discovered as a woman in an old soldiers home. Courtesy of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library- more at brainpickings.org
Union soldier Albert Cashier, who was really Jennie Hodgers, fought in dozens of battles during the Civil War. In 1913, she made headlines upon being discovered as a woman in an old soldiers home. Courtesy of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library- more at brainpickings.org
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Prada Foundation Remounts a 1969 Exhibition
Has the art industry, noted for its nanosecond memory, suddenly become
history-conscious? Is the art market, like Hollywood, nervous about
anything but proven brands? Is art just plain out of ideas? Whatever the
answer, the replicants keep arriving, a recent and particularly
ambitious one being an ultrafastidious reconstruction of the 1969 show
“When Attitudes Become Form,” at the Prada Foundation in Venice. more here.
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Ain't that a shame
You made me cry, when you said goodbye
Ain't that a shame
My tears fell like rain
Ain't that a shame
You're the one to blame
Friday, August 9, 2013
sexuality and space
Sexuality & Space's interdisciplinary essays address gender in
relation to architectural discourse and critical theory, focusing on the
relationships between sexuality and space hidden within everyday
practices. by
Beatriz Colomina
Thursday, August 8, 2013
When History Repeats...
There once was a
country that was due to host the next Winter Olympic Games. This
nation had worked very hard to secure the games. This nation's
leader saw it a matter of both national and personal pride. His nation
was emerging from period of economic and political upheaval
stemming from the collapse of it's former imperial system and the
resulting loss in prestige.
Less than a year out from those upcoming games, this nation passed a host of new laws which specifically targeted one minority group, painting a picture of this group as a threat to children, the nation, and society at large. the new laws stated:
Less than a year out from those upcoming games, this nation passed a host of new laws which specifically targeted one minority group, painting a picture of this group as a threat to children, the nation, and society at large. the new laws stated:
- Marriages for members of this minority were forbidden.
- Sexual relations for members of this minority group were either restricted or forbidden.
- Members of this minority group could be fired from jobs for no reason other than for who they were.
- Members of this minority group were officially branded a security risk to the state.
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Monday, August 5, 2013
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Leigh Wells, Deception (11.10.08), 2011. Collage, graphite, and mixed media on paper, 30 x 22 inches. Image courtesy of the artist. |
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art,
birds,
black,
research,
tar and feathering
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Thursday, August 1, 2013
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