Category Archives: art

Blog Review: Strange Maps

Posted on January 22, 2009 by paul

I’ve always loved maps. Granted, sometimes a map is just a utilitarian thing, a means of getting from point A to point B without getting (more) lost. But the fun thing about atlases and especially about old maps (you know, … Continue reading →

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Vermeer’s Rabbits?

Posted on August 19, 2008 by paul

I can’t find a pearl earring on any of Daphne Louter’s many (painted) rabbits. I’ve tried. It seems as though they should be there, at least in part because the artist’s style owes more than a bit to fellow (if deceased) … Continue reading →

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Blog Review: Studio Wikitecture

Posted on August 18, 2008 by paul

A long while back, I accidentally got into architecture. Not as an architect, mind you, just as a spectator. The way some people channel surf to find a good game, I’ll scan anything from bookstores to skylines to find something … Continue reading →

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Waiter, There’s a Pig In My Soup

Posted on July 27, 2008 by paul

Sometimes I get the feeling that someone, somewhere, has decided it’s just not art if it can’t be given a label or title. So imagine the difficulty posed by the works of Michael Sowa. Sure, you can peg him as … Continue reading →

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Inspiration Index 7: Happy Accidents

Posted on July 21, 2008 by paul

One of my favorite things: stuff that happens only once, completely at random. Those snippets of found sounds, overheard dialog, or improbable phrasing are a sort of assemblage by accident. Reason and design get lost in the kind of haze … Continue reading →

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John Heartfield

Posted on June 12, 2008 by paul

 The Dada painters and poets aren’t exactly on the tip of people’s tongues these days. Styles and tastes change, and what seemed fresh and shocking in 1920 doesn’t have the same impact now that it did then. Hell, things done … Continue reading →

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Rest In Paint: Robert Rauschenberg, 1925-2008

Posted on May 14, 2008 by paul

Robert Rauschenberg died on Monday, May 12. He left behind a body of work that spanned six decades, and at least that many styles and media. While he could be stylistically linked with Warhol or Jasper Johns (also romantically linked, … Continue reading →

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