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December 2009
Richard Barnes Photography
by sbrothier
Richard Barnes divides his time between commissioned work and personal projects. He looks at architecture as artifact and, placing it within the context of archaeology, challenges our conceptions of the way we inhabit and represent the built environment. His photographs are in numerous public and private collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the New York Public Library and the Harvard Photographic Archive. He was a recipient of the Rome Prize for 2005-06.
Japan Society, New York - Serizawa: Master of Japanese Textile Design Gallery
by sbrothier
SERIZAWA KEISUKE (1895-1984) Ehon Don Kihōte (A Don Quixote Picture Book), title page dated October 1936 but book completed 1937. Paper stencilling and hand painting on paper, 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. Tōhoku Fukushi University Serizawa Keisuke Art and Craft Museum.
Serizawa at the Japan Society Museum- artnet Magazine
by sbrothier
I had the good fortune to tour the comprehensive survey of works by textile master Serizawa Keisuke at the Japan Society, curated with admirable rigor by the society's gallery director Joe Earle, with two formidable blondes, Alexandra Peers of the Wall Street Journal and Alice Judelson of I-20 Gallery. As Peers commented, using an old journalistic term, "They buried the lede," by putting the jewels of the exhibition, Serizawa's incomparable kimonos from the 1960s, in a back room of the gallery, where you might miss them.
Mystery woman in black behind Obama at the town hall meeting becomes popular and speaks out | ChinaHush
by karlcow
[From NetEase and many others] During President Barack Obama’s town hall meeting at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, a beautiful Chinese girl dressed in black appeared in many photos and videos of the scene with the President. Quickly the photos along with the mystery girl became popular on the Chinese internet. The mysteries identity of the beauty let to her Human Flesh Search. She is Shanghai’s image ambassador, Fan Bingbing’s relative, Yang Lan’s niece and many other speculations roamed on the internet.
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November 2009
Nicolai Howalt
by sbrothier
Nicolai Howalt (b. 1970) is a photobased artist. Born and based in Denmark.
Nicolai Howalts photographic works carry references to the tradition of documentarism. His work is typically based in specific environments. Boxer (2003) was a photographic portrait project about young boys shot before and after a match. In 2001 Howalt presented the series 3X1 about a family living in a surburban counsil flat. He recieved Niels Wessel Bagge's Art Prize 2008 and the ParisPhoto BMV Special Jury Award 2006. His work is represented in major public and private collections, including Museo de Arte Contemoraneo de Castilla y Leon, Spain. Museum of Fine Art Houston, USA and The Danish Arts Foundation, Denmark, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel og Maison Européenne de Photographie, Paris.
Museum of Contemporary Photography
by karlcow
After observing particular subcultures and ethnic groups, Nikki S. Lee adopts their general style and attitude through dress, gesture, and posture, and then approaches the group in her new guise. She introduces herself as an artist (though not everyone believes her or takes it seriously), and then spends several weeks participating in the group’s routine activities and social events while a friend or member of the group photographs her with an ordinary automatic “snapshot” camera. Lee maintains control of the final image, however, insofar as she chooses when to ask for a picture and edits what photographs will eventually be displayed.
October 2009
September 2009
Communist Germany's Fashion Scene
by mixher
& 1 other
exhibition "InGrezen Frei" : http://www.berlin.de/orte/museum/kunstgewerbemuseum/index.fr.php
Dans la RDA des année 80 le vêtement était un produit standardisé et fonctionnel laissant peu de place pour un style personnel qui permettait de se démarquer. L’exposition"InGrezen Frei" (libre dans certaine limite) au musée des "arts décoratifs" de Berlin montre qu’un mouvement à ermergé entre 1979 et 1989...un mouvement qui montrait que cette jeunesse résistait à l’Etat par le refus d’une mode collective en portant des vêtements de création unique. Ces collectifs clandestins fabriquaient leurs propres vêtements et organisaient des défilés de mode.
Autre lien en français : http://www.leparisien.fr/flash-actualite-culture/dans-la-rda-des-annees-1980-une-guerilla-vestimentaire-contre-la-dictature-26-07-2009-590909.php
Make History | National September 11 Memorial & Museum
by karlcow
resitué en contexte avec Google Street View.
Plan59 > 1950s Art > The Retro Graphics Archive
by fotopol
& 5 others
THE MUSEUM (AND GIFT SHOP) OF MID-CENTURY ILLUSTRATION
Luzern - Zisch Neue Luzerner Zeitung online, News aus der Zentralschweiz - aktuell rund um die Uhr
by fotopol
(via)
Benno Allemann besitzt Tausende alte Spielsachen. Seine Puppenhäuser sind jetzt in einem Museum zu besichtigen.
An der Bellerive-Strasse, Ecke Kreuzbuchstrasse in der Stadt Luzern kommen Puppenfans neu voll auf ihre Kosten. Benno Allemann, der zusammen mit seiner Frau Rita seit Jahrzehnten Spielzeug sammelt, zeigt seine Schätze aus den Jahren 1840 bis 1930 nun dort in einem Museum.
CyberArchi.com - Berlin dans le rétroviseur
by paulantoinem
Le métro referme ses portes et s’élance. La courte traversée de l’Ile aux Musées laisse entr’apercevoir les travaux du Neues Museum. Le 'nouveau musée', fragilisé par la guerre, offre désormais ...
hungarian organic architecture exhibition at budapest museum of applied arts
by paulantoinem
via designboom.com ...
Communist Germany's Fashion Scene
by manue
& 1 other
(via)
exhibition "InGrezen Frei" : http://www.berlin.de/orte/museum/kunstgewerbemuseum/index.fr.php
Dans la RDA des année 80 le vêtement était un produit standardisé et fonctionnel laissant peu de place pour un style personnel qui permettait de se démarquer. L’exposition"InGrezen Frei" (libre dans certaine limite) au musée des "arts décoratifs" de Berlin montre qu’un mouvement à ermergé entre 1979 et 1989...un mouvement qui montrait que cette jeunesse résistait à l’Etat par le refus d’une mode collective en portant des vêtements de création unique. Ces collectifs clandestins fabriquaient leurs propres vêtements et organisaient des défilés de mode.
Autre lien en français : http://www.leparisien.fr/flash-actualite-culture/dans-la-rda-des-annees-1980-une-guerilla-vestimentaire-contre-la-dictature-26-07-2009-590909.php
August 2009
Powerhouse Museum Collection (Flickr Département ) - Australia
by decembre
& 2 others
Search the Powerhouse Museum collection Search 73,307 objects collected from 1880 to the present day from steam engines to fine glassware, postage stamps to robot dogs. This interactive database contains thousands of zoomable images and research into the Museum's collection, much of it made public for the first time. The Museum is continually adding to its collection and a selection of new acquisitions can also be browsed. Please be aware that the collection database does not contain everything in our collection and that object records are updated frequently Copyright Every effort has been made to trace the copyright holders and gain permission for use of the images within this collection. We would be grateful for any information concerning copyright of the images and we will withdraw them immediately on copyright holder's request, if appropriate.
Brooklyn Museum: Community: bloggers@brooklynmuseum » BklynMuse: Going Mobile with a Gallery Guide Powered by People
by karlcow
Ever wish you could remix the gallery experience? When I walk into a museum I enjoy the structure—the information given, which objects have been placed where, the specific sequence in which the space has been designed—but I will admit, there are times when I want something else too….something that’s a bit off the charts and possibly something that is always subject to change. I’m positive this other need has something to do with all those Choose Your Own Adventure books I was hooked on as a kid.
FOTO8 - Photographing America
by paulantoinem
Henri Cartier-Bresson arrived in New York in 1946 to co-ordinate a retropsective of his work at the Museum of Modern Art. He soon conceived what was to be his most ambitious project to date - a ...
