k.d. lang
"The result is perhaps lang's most confident and revealing work, with gorgeous arrangements featuring string and guitars; disilled lyrics that come across as intimate reveries; and warm, understated, and often very sexy vocal performances."
k.d. lang, Wikipedia, WBR, MySpace, last.fm, YouTube, (1), (2), (3), (4)
k.d. lang, Wikipedia, WBR, MySpace, last.fm, YouTube, (1), (2), (3), (4)
Latifa Echakhch
Erratum 2004
"Latifa Echakhch creates sculptures and installations that explore the visual and architectural codes of identity."
Tate Modern, blip.tv, Le Showroom
Tate Modern, blip.tv, Le Showroom
Albert Kahn
"In 1909 the millionaire French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn embarked on an ambitious project to create a colour photographic record of, and for, the peoples of the world."
Albert Kahn, Wikipedia
Albert Kahn, Wikipedia
Edgar Degas
Ballet Rehearsal, !873
Met Museum - "Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was an outspoken proponent of a new sensibility. He and his contemporaries, known as the Impressionists, organized independent exhibitions in which they showed their controversial work."
Met Museum, Wikipedia, Expo-Shop
Birds
Wikipedia - "Many birds actively defend a territory from others of the same species during the breeding season; maintenance of territories protecs the food source for their chicks."
Wikipedia, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, National Geographic
Wikipedia, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, National Geographic
Bill Viola
The Crossing, 1996
Wikipedia - "Bill Viola (born America, 1951) is a contemporary video artist. With a career spanning 35 years his significant contribution to the genre of video art is today widely acknowledged on the international stage."
Wikipedia, Bill Viola, James Cohan Gallery, Google, YouTube, (1), (2)
Wikipedia - "Bill Viola (born America, 1951) is a contemporary video artist. With a career spanning 35 years his significant contribution to the genre of video art is today widely acknowledged on the international stage."
Wikipedia, Bill Viola, James Cohan Gallery, Google, YouTube, (1), (2)
Duan Jianghua
Monument No.1, 2007
"Duan Jianghua's expressionist-style painting struggle with the ramifications of power; power worshiped, pursued, lost, redeemed. Duan's violent and stong strokes, dark and dense, question the space between man and his surroundings, the present and past, things plundered and revered."
Chelsea Art Galleries, artnet
"Duan Jianghua's expressionist-style painting struggle with the ramifications of power; power worshiped, pursued, lost, redeemed. Duan's violent and stong strokes, dark and dense, question the space between man and his surroundings, the present and past, things plundered and revered."
Chelsea Art Galleries, artnet
Chuck Close
Wikipedia - "Chuck Thomas Close (born July 5, 1940, Monroe, Washington) is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits. Though a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he has continued to paint and produce work which remains sought after by museums and collectores."
Wikipedia, Chuck Close, Pace Prints, Washington U., Google
Wikipedia, Chuck Close, Pace Prints, Washington U., Google
Yigal Ozeri
Priscilla with vines, 2007
"A charismatic aspect of both the temperament of Yigal Ozeri is his undisguised delight in the power paint and a robust affection for the painterly surface, proportion and atmosphere."
Skot Foreman Fine Art, Mike Weiss Gallery
"A charismatic aspect of both the temperament of Yigal Ozeri is his undisguised delight in the power paint and a robust affection for the painterly surface, proportion and atmosphere."
Skot Foreman Fine Art, Mike Weiss Gallery
Wilco
Rolling Stone - "It's about four o'clock on a Monday afternoon, and Jeff Tweedy of Wilco is getting ready to play an incredibly intimate one-off gig."
Rolling Stone, WILCO WORLD, Wikipedia, Gumbo Pages, YouTube, (1), (2), (3), (4)
Rolling Stone, WILCO WORLD, Wikipedia, Gumbo Pages, YouTube, (1), (2), (3), (4)
Bernini
Corpus, 1650
Wikpedia - "Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (December 7, 1598 - November 28, 1680) was a pre-eminent Baroque sculptor and architect of 17th Century Rome."
Wikipedia, Met Museum, Web Gallery of Art
Wikpedia - "Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (December 7, 1598 - November 28, 1680) was a pre-eminent Baroque sculptor and architect of 17th Century Rome."
Wikipedia, Met Museum, Web Gallery of Art
Michelangelo Antonioni
senses of cinema - "The fims of Michelangelo Antonioni are aesthetically complex - critcally stimulating though elusive in meaning. They are ambiguous works that pose difficult questions and resist simple conclusions."
senses of cinema, Wikipedia, IMDb, Little Rabbit
senses of cinema, Wikipedia, IMDb, Little Rabbit
Zhang Dali
Wikipedia - "Zhang Dali (born 1963, Harbin, China) is an artist based in Beijing. Zhang trained at Beijing Central Acadermy of Art & Design."
Wikipedia, artnet, The Saatchi Gallery
Wikipedia, artnet, The Saatchi Gallery
Michelle Stuart
anoka, 1985
"Her artwork consistently centers on themes in nature and Stuart often incorporates natural elements into her compositions such as beeswax, earth, fossils and plants."
Diane Villani, Michelle Stuart, BNET
Gary Snyder
Wikipedia - "Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American poet (often associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance), essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist (frequently described as the 'poet laureate of Deep Ecology')."
Wikipedia, Morern American Poetry, poets.org, Gary Snyder Poems
Jennifer Steinkamp
Istanbul Modem - MUSAC
"Jennifer Steinkamp is an installation artist who with video and new media in order to explore ideas about architectural space, motion, and perception."
Steinkamp Artist Resume
Josef Koudelka
Magnum - "Invasion ... In August of 1968 the Warsaw Pact armies invaded Czechoslovakia with more than 5,000 tanks and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. The invasion followed Czech reforms that emphasized freedom of the press, consumer goods, and democracy."
Magnum
Magnum
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
"Out of a dance vocabulary entirely designed to suit her own body the choreographer developed an idiom closely linked to specific performers."
Rosas, Wikipedia, Vlaams Theater Instituut, YouTube, (1)
Rosas, Wikipedia, Vlaams Theater Instituut, YouTube, (1)
Stan Drake
"Born in Brooklyn on November 9th, 1921, he worked for $1 a day on the back of a Dugan's Donut truck for spare cash when going to high school."
Stan Drake, Wikipedia, Wikipedia - 1
Stan Drake, Wikipedia, Wikipedia - 1
Michael Eastman
Arenal, Cuba Series
Duane Reed Gallery - "The St. Louis native has traveled throughout Europe and Cuba to shoot his architectural and landscape photography."
Duane Reed Gallery
1970 FIFA World Cup
Wikipedia "The Brazilian team, featuring the likes of Pele (who was in his fourth and final World Cup), Carlos Alberto, Clodoaldo, Gerson, Jairzinho, Rivelino, and Tostao, is usually regaded as the greatest attacking World Cup team ever."
Wikipedia, Wikipedia - Pele, YouTube, (1)
Wikipedia, Wikipedia - Pele, YouTube, (1)
Joseph Campbell
Wikipedia - "Joseph John Camphell (March 26, 1904 - October 30, 1987) was an American mythology professor, writer, and lecturer best known for his work in the fields of comparative mythology and comparative religion."
Wikipedia, Wikipedia - 1, Joseph Campbell Foundation
Wire
Wikipedia - "Wire are arguably a definitive art punk or post-punk ensemble, mostly due to their richly detailed and atmospheric sound, often obscure lyrical themes and, to a lesser extent, their Situationist political stance."
Wikipedia, Pinkflag, Brainwashed, wireviews
Wikipedia, Pinkflag, Brainwashed, wireviews
Jean-Luc Godard
Wikipedia - "Many of Godard's films challenged the conventions of Hollywood cinema, and he was often considered the most extreme New Wave filmmaker. His films often expressed his political ideologies as well as his knowledge of film history."
Wikipedia, IMDb, Cinema=Godard=Cinema, senses of cinema, Godard, YouTube, (1)
Wikipedia, IMDb, Cinema=Godard=Cinema, senses of cinema, Godard, YouTube, (1)
Newgrange
Sacred Destinations - "Newgrange has been dated to about 3200 BC, during the Bronze Age. It is not known for whom the tomb was built, but it was clearly the burial of great tribal leaders."
Sacred Destinations, Wikipedia, Knowth, Newgrange
Sacred Destinations, Wikipedia, Knowth, Newgrange
Lester Bangs
Wikipedia - "Leslie Conway Bangs (December 13, 1948 - April 30, 1982) was an American music journalist, author and musician. Most famous for his at Creem and Rolling Stone magazines, Bangs was and still is regarded as an extremely influential voice in rock criticism."
Wikipedia, Perfect Sound Forever, (1), ALLLIE, RockCritics
Wikipedia, Perfect Sound Forever, (1), ALLLIE, RockCritics
Vietnam War Era Ephamera Collection
May 12, 1967 Helix cover
"It's not hard to define 'what' the Sixties were. Most can agree on the main ingredients: Vietnam and the explosion worldwide of wars for national liberation; civil rights and emergence of 'black power' and other cultural-identity movements...."
University of Washington Libraries
"It's not hard to define 'what' the Sixties were. Most can agree on the main ingredients: Vietnam and the explosion worldwide of wars for national liberation; civil rights and emergence of 'black power' and other cultural-identity movements...."
University of Washington Libraries
Big Apple Circus
Wikipedia - "Paul Binder and Micheal Christensen were a pair of American street jugglers who, after meeting in San Francisco, decided to travel to Europe in the early 1970s."
Wikipedia, Big Apple Circus, Wikipedia - Circus
Thomas Dworzak
"State organized demonstration marking the 24th anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the US embassy, 'The Den of Espionage', by radical students and Revolutionary Guards."
Thomas Dworzak
Nancy Holt
Captures the Sun at both Winter & Summer Solstices
Wikipedia - "Nancy Holt (born, April 5, 1938) is an American artist famous for her public sculpture, installation art and land. Throughout her career, Holt has also produced works in other mediums, including film, photography, and writing artist's books."
Wikipedia, greenmuseum.org, Video Data Bank
Wikipedia - "Nancy Holt (born, April 5, 1938) is an American artist famous for her public sculpture, installation art and land. Throughout her career, Holt has also produced works in other mediums, including film, photography, and writing artist's books."
Wikipedia, greenmuseum.org, Video Data Bank
Q. Sakamaki
"Since the land 80s, he has photographed New York's political, social landscape, such as issues of AIDS, homelessness, and street crimes, focusings on people suffering their human rights violation in the related poverty, discrimination, and violence."
Q. Sakamaki, Redux Pictures, NYT
Q. Sakamaki, Redux Pictures, NYT
The Incredible String Band
Wikipedia - "The members of the group are considered musical pioeers in psych folk and, by integrating a very wide variety of traditional music forms and instruments, in the development of world music."
Wikipedia, Wikipedia - 1, The Incredible String String Band, YouTube, (1), (2)
Wikipedia, Wikipedia - 1, The Incredible String String Band, YouTube, (1), (2)
The Marvel and Measure of Peru
Two singing entertianers of Contisyo
"When Francisco Pizarro and his fellow Spanish conquistadors first encountered Peru in 1523, they were shocked by the wholly unfamiliar world."
The Getty
The Getty
Paul Blackburn
M.L. Rosenthal - "This is how Blackburn's art works: lightly, broodingly, absorbingly. The opening couplet of The Watchers takes us unawares. It is plain, casual."
Modern American Poetry, Wikipedia, EPC, PENNSOUND, Literary History
Modern American Poetry, Wikipedia, EPC, PENNSOUND, Literary History
Alan Watts
Wikipedia - "Alan Wilson Watts (Jaanuary 6, 1915 - November 16, 1973) was a philosopher, writer, speaker, and student of comparative religion. He was best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Asian philosophies for a Western audience."
Wikipedia, Alan Watts, Alan Watts Lectures and Essays, Alan Watts Resource, YouTube, (1), (2), (3)
Wikipedia, Alan Watts, Alan Watts Lectures and Essays, Alan Watts Resource, YouTube, (1), (2), (3)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Wikipedia - "His intense discipline and phenomenal creative energy when working were in violent contrast with a wild, self-destructive libertinism that earned him a reputation as the enfant terrible of the New German Cinema, as well as its central figure."
Wikipedia, senses of cinema, The Fassbinder Foundation, Jim's Reviews / Fassbinder, YouTube, (1)
Wikipedia, senses of cinema, The Fassbinder Foundation, Jim's Reviews / Fassbinder, YouTube, (1)
Paul Gauguin
Tahitian Women on the Beach, 1891
Wikipedia - "His bold experimentation with coloring led directly to the Synthetist style of modern art while his expression of the inherent meaning of the subjects in his painting, under the influence of the cloisonnist style, paved the was to Primitivism and the return to the pastoral. He was also an influential exponent of wood engraving and woodcuts as art forms."
Wikipedia, WebMuseum, Olga's Gallery, National Gallery of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, wbur.org
Wikipedia - "His bold experimentation with coloring led directly to the Synthetist style of modern art while his expression of the inherent meaning of the subjects in his painting, under the influence of the cloisonnist style, paved the was to Primitivism and the return to the pastoral. He was also an influential exponent of wood engraving and woodcuts as art forms."
Wikipedia, WebMuseum, Olga's Gallery, National Gallery of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, wbur.org
Remember Tibet
"On the occasion of the Beijing Olympics opening this upcoming August 8th 2008, we will be asking people to remember Tibet's struggle for independence against the undemocratic government of China."
Remember Tibet
Remember Tibet
Nick Cave
Wikipedia - "He is best known for his work in the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and his fascination with American music and its roots."
Wikipedia, Wikipedia - 1, Guardian - "Old Nick", Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Rhapsody, YouTube, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Wikipedia, Wikipedia - 1, Guardian - "Old Nick", Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Rhapsody, YouTube, (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943
The By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1942 collection consists of 908 boldly colored and graphically diverse original posters produced from 1936 to 1943 as part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal."
By the Peoply, For the Peoply: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943
By the Peoply, For the Peoply: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943
Poor People's Campaign: A Dream Unfulfilled
Kathy Lohr - "In early 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders planned a Poor People's Campaign in Washington, D.C., for the spring. "
npr, Higher Pictures
npr, Higher Pictures
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)
NYT: Olympics 2008, Rings, NYT: China's Leaders Try to Impress and Reassure World.
NBC Olympics, NBC: Opening Celemony (Video)
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