thank gawd for d'angelo

Merry Christmas

Shout outs to the Ohio dude who set up this zombie nativity scene:

painting attempt

sculpture and honesty

Camille Claudel
Bronze Waltz- 1893

Auguste Rodin
Triton and Nereid- 1886-1893

early christmas gift

I wasn't planning on blogging today, but when the internet gives you gold, you should share it and anyway-- 'tis the season right?

And so I give you this (well- the beautiful website "Africa is a country" is the real gift-giver here):

"Remember Invisible Children?"

I like that the bulk of this article is composed of lots of soundbyte- type analysis notes (cause, really, the StopKony campaign doesn't deserve a concentrated effort and yet there is so much hilarious bullshit there it's almost criminal to limit one's focus or take the time to construct fully developed ideas.. to this format, I say "YES! Gimme all the gold!") and videos that give one an accurate depiction of these pesky white kids and their successful manipulation of pop culture and social media. To top it off-- brilliant British humour!

ALSO: OMG these kids still exist!!

Image Study III

So, once again I haven't picked a theme (I'm still having too much fun exploring the collection) but I do think that either next week or the following, I will select one.

Hope you enjoy!

Bride With Fan
Marc Chagall - 1911
Painting- Oil on canvas

Learning is Wealth- Wilson, Charley, Rebecca, and Rosa, Slaves from New Orleans
Charles Paxson - 1863-64
Photo- Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Triumph of Fame Over Death
1500-1530 (South Netherlands)
Tapestry- Wool warp, wool and silk wefts

Seville
Henri Cartier-Bresson - 1933
Photo- Gelatin silver print

I'm Dreaming of a Black Christmas
Richard Hamilton - 1971
Mixed medium- Screenprint on collotype, with pasted paper sticker
image source (info can be found on MET site)

might as well show it from another angle