Bill Knott

Robert Arnold - "Outspoken yet reclusive, lyrical but political, simultaneously tragic and comic, Bill Knott seems to specialize in self-denial."
Memorious 6, not poetry blog, Wikipedia, Bookslut, Ploughshares

Beijing 2008

NYT - "An ecstatic China finally got its Olympic moment on Friday night. And if the astonishing opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games lavised grand tribute on Chinese civilization and sought to stir an ancient nation's pride, there was also a message for an uncertain outside world: Do not worry. We mean no harm."
NYT: Olympics 2008, Rings, NYT: China's Leaders Try to Impress and Reassure World.
NBC Olympics, NBC: Opening Celemony (Video)

William Christenberry

T.B. Hick's Store in Newbern, Ala., 1976

Wikipedia - "William Christenberry (born November 5, 1936) is a photographer, painter and sculptor who works with personal and somewhat mythical themes growing out of his childhood experiences in Hale County, Alabama."
Wikipedia, Christenberry Online, npr

The Roches

Wikipedia - "The Roches (Maggie, Terre and Suzzy Roche) are a female vocal group of three songwriting sisters from Park Ridge, New Jersey, known for their unusual and rich harmonies, quirky lyrics, and casually comedic stage performances."
Wikipedia, The Roches, YouTube: The Roches Hallelujah Chorus 1982, (1), (2), (3)

Era Rock Art

"Amongst the outcrops and boulders of northern England keen eyes may spot an array of mysterious symbols carved into the rock surfaces."
Era Rock Art

Stanley Kubrick

Wikipedia - "Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 - March 7, 1999) was an influential American film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed a number of highly acclaimed and sometimes controversial films."
Wikipedia, IMDb, Stanley Kubrick: The Master Filmmaker, The Kubrick Site, MySpace

Horace Bristol

Portrait of Young Legong Dancer, Bali, 1939

Robert Miller Gallery - "One of the first staff photographers for LIFE magazing. Horace Bristol (1908 - 1997) worked aginst a backdrop of profound economic upheaval and sweeping political change."
Robert Miller Gallery, The Getty, Horace Bristol

George Tooker

Lunch, 1964
"His subjects, often of mixed sexual and racial features, are often obscured by heavy clothing and appear sagging and shapeless, trapped within their own dull worlds."
Rogallery, Ten Dreams

Alan Loman

Wikipedia - "Alan Lomax (January 15, 1915 - July 19, 2002) was an American folklorist and musicologist. He was one of the great field collectors of folk music of the 20th century, recording thousands of songs in the United States, Great Britain, Ireland, the West Indies, Italy, and Spain."
Wikipedia, The American Folklife Center, npr, pbs

Hubbard Street Dance

"Continually expanding its diverse repertoire with work by leading national and international choreographers, the company also contributes to the art form's evolution by developing new choreographic talent collaborating with artists in music, visual art and theatre."
Hubbard Street, Wikipedia, YouTube

Gilberto Gil

Wikipedia - "Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (born June 26, 1942), better known as Gilberto Gil ..., is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known for both his musical innovation and his political commitment."
Wikipedia, Gilberto Gil, Last FM, YouTube

Iran Archaeology

Marguerite Del Giudice - "What's so striking about the ruins of Persepolis in southern Iran, An ancient capital of the Persian Empire that was burned down after being conquered by Alexander the Great, is the absence of violent imagery on what's left of its stone walls."
National Geographic

Malcolm X

Biography of Malcolm X - "Intelligent and articulate, Malcolm was appointed a minister and national spokeman for the Nation of Islam. Elijah Muhammad also charged him with establishing new mosques in cities such as Detroit, Michigan and Harlem, New York."
Biography of Malcolm X, Wikipedia, The Official Web Site of Malcolm X, The Malcoolm X Project at Columbia University, YouTube, (1), (2)

Hudson River School

Algonquin Indians at Palisades
Wikipedia - "The Hudson River School was a mid-19th century American art movement by a group landscape painters, whose aesthetic vision was influenced by romanticism."
Wikipedia, ArtLex, Hudson River School Art Trail

Samuel Stimpert

Cog II, 2005

"His own artwork consist of sculptures intended to provide the viewer with material with thought and perhaps goad them into contemplation of the human experience."
Underground Art Union, Samuel Stimpert

Robert Crumb

Wikipedia - "Robert Crumb (born August 30, 1943), often credited simply as R. Crumb, is an American artist and illustrator recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream. He currently lives in Southern France."
Wikipedia, The Official Crumb Site, YouTube

Neal Oshima

Manila 04

"Squatter Settlements in Metro Manila - These photographs were made over the past five years as part of a survey of the architure of informal settlements in Metro Manila."
urban landscapes

Louis Malle

Films de France - "Louis Malle comes from a rare breed of French film director who achieved a reputation as a great director not just in his native France but internationally, and was not afraid to embrace a wide renge of subjects, some notoriously controversial."
Films de France, Wikipedia, TSPDT, IMDb, YouTube, (1), (2)

Andrija Ilic

North 01 - Streymoy, Faroe Islands, 2007
"I am finding my inspiration in documentary motives, social changes of our society and people. I am aiso covering historical moments that are influencing our future."
Andrija Ilic

Capoeira

Wikipedia - "The art-form started up in Brazil during the 16th Century, an obvious result of the slave trading that took place in conjuction with the previously slaved native Indians. Capoeira was created and developed by slaves brought from Africa."
Wikipedia

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Woman By The Sea, 1887

Wikipedia - "Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, (14 Decembed 1824 - 24 October 1898), was a French painted, who became the president and co-founder of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts and whose work influenced many other artists."
Wikipedia, WebMuseum, Art Renewal Center

El Alcazar - Seville

"Patio del Crucero (Courtyard of the Crossing). In Almohad times this courtyard had two levels, the lower of which was a sunken garden; the raised walkways intersected in the center - thus a ross shape."
El Alcazar

Nam June Paik

Wikipedia - "Nam June Paik (July 20, 1932 - January 29, 2006) was a South Korean-born American artist. He worked with a variety of madia and is considered to be the first video artist." Wikipedia, Nam June Paik, Nam June Paik in the 90's: the Electronic Superhighway, Guggenheim, James Cohan Gallery, UbuWeb, YouTube, (1), (2)

Jacqueline Rush Lee

"As an artist I am inspired by the materials, colors and forms that I find in my everyday environment. I am particularly drawn to objects that record physical processes or bear the impefection and scars of life."
Jacqueline Rush Lee

New York Dolls

Wikipedia - "As a frontman, Johansen's aggression, wit and and energy made up for what was a slightly one-dimensional singing voice, while Thunders's lead playing was compared to the slashing of a knife-fight."
Wikipedia, New York Dolls, Rhapsody, YouTube, (1), Wikipedia - 1

Rona Chang

"As a child, I often played in the black sand pile at the construction site that was at the entrance of out cul-de-sac."
Rona Chang

Paul Valery

poets.org - "Poet, essayist, and thinker Paul Ambroise Valery was born in the Mediterranean town of Sete, France, on October 30, 1871."
Poets.org, Wikipedia, Books and Writers, The American Poetry Review

Situationist International

Wikipedia - "The Situationist International (SI) was a small group of international political and artistic agitators with roots in Marxism, Lettrism and the early 20th century European artistic and political avant-gardes."
Wikipedia, Situationist International Online, Bureau of Public Secrets, Internationale Situationniste, Ubu Web

Richard Diebenkorn

Ocean Park No. 54, 1972

Wikipedia - "Richard Clifford Diebenkorn, Jr. (April 22, 1922 - March 30, 1993) was a well-known 20th century American painter."
Wikipedia, Richard Diebenkorn Catalogue Raisonne, SF/MOMA, artnet

Bernardo Bertolucci

Daniel Bradbury - "Bertolucci was born on March 16, 1940 in Parma, Italy into an atmosphers of comfort and intellectualism. His father, a poet, anthologist, film critic and art history professor, encouraged Bernardo's childhood interest in films by frequently taking him to film screenings."
Vassar College Department of Italian, Wikipedia, IMDb, Senses of Cinema, TSPDT

Aric Mayer

"Aric Mayer is a Kenyan born Brooklyn based artist. ... Mayer's photographs have been published in numerous publications. In 2001 he won an artist's residency of the Fundacion Valparaiso in Mojacar, Spain."
Aric Mayer

Bill T. Jones

Julinda Lewis-Ferguson - "Jones, a tall, powerful dancer, was an outstanding soloist who often mixed video, text, and autobiographical material with his choreography, as he did in 'Blauvelt Mountain' (1980) and 'Valley Cottage' (1981), part of the trilogy that began with 'Monkey Run Road' (1979)."
PBS, Wikipedia, Bill T. Jones, Salon, YouTube, (1), (2)

WFMU

Wikipedia - "...psychedelia, experimental, obscure 50s-60s blues, unpopular jazz, R&B, soul, reggae, garage rock, hot-rod music, 78's, 8-tracks, twee, indie pop, schlock-a-billy, hip-hop, electronica, hand-cranked wax cylinders, punk rock, exotica, downtown art music, radio improvisation, cooking instruction, Old Noise, classic radio airchecks, found sound.."
Wikipedia, WFMU, WFMU - Audiostream, WFMU's Beware of the Blog

Irwin Klein

Woman in subway
"Irwin Klein was a photographer whose work covered the years between 1962 and his untimely death in 1974. His work deserves a reconsideration for its powerful documentary and aesthetic qualities."
Irwin Klein

W. S. Di Piero

poets.org - "Poet, translator, and essayist W. S. Di Piero was born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1945, and grew up in an Italian working class neighborhood."
poets.org, (1), Poetry, The Cortland Review, The Borzoi Reader