Category Archives: Artists & Art

Not quite alive

Posted on May 1, 2007 by cicada

Biomech Stainless Steel Articulated Arm Welded and machined stainless steel and brass found objects Christopher Conte, 2007 Christopher Conte’s sculptures, like this life-sized mechanical arm, must be catnip for anatomists and roboticists. The obvious artistic comparison is with H.R. Giger; … Continue reading →

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Proteus Mag: Call for Submissions

Posted on April 30, 2007 by cicada

Proteus Mag is a new, well-designed quarterly art magazine – download and browse the premiere issue here. While I think Proteus is gorgeous, it does make me feel my age. A few years ago, a full-color independent pub of this … Continue reading →

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Juxtaposition #2

Posted on April 24, 2007 by cicada

ExplodingBowler1 Martin Waugh, 2006 Martin Waugh, kayaker and Portland (Oregon) resident, has a thing for water. He uses high-speed photography to capture images of water droplets. The resulting brightly colored organic forms, like the piece above, are reminiscent of oceanic … Continue reading →

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Medical school unloads more art

Posted on April 14, 2007 by cicada

Portrait of Benjamin H. Rand Thomas Eakins, 1874 This time around, there wasn’t much controversy. The Philadelphia medical school that sold Thomas Eakins’ The Gross Clinic has now sold a second Eakins from its collection, Portrait of Benjamin H. Rand. … Continue reading →

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Ouch, ouch, ouch

Posted on April 13, 2007 by cicada

A very nice video of childbirth by the animators at Nucleus Medical Art. It shows the way the baby turns as it exits the mother’s pelvis. I would, however, watch it with the sound off, since – at least for … Continue reading →

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A barrage of art/book links

Posted on April 3, 2007 by cicada

Le Mont Solaire Mont Saint-Michel, 2006 Things are getting away from me, so here’s a list of especially good art & book links I’ve collected from the past week. One of my favorite blogs, Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society, … Continue reading →

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Giger would be proud

Posted on April 2, 2007 by cicada

Biomechanical arm tattoo 2006 Anil Gupta Inkline Studio This amazing tattoo is the work of Anil Gupta, at New York’s Inkline Studio. Go to the Inkline site for a larger view of this piece (on its owner), and check out … Continue reading →

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Home decorating with lost masterpieces

Posted on April 2, 2007 by cicada

Last year, two missing altarpieces by Fra Angelico were discovered in Oxford. You’d think they’d have been tucked away in a forgotten treasure room at the Bodleian or something, but no, they were hanging behind the guest bedroom door in … Continue reading →

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Special High Class! Non-Poisonous!

Posted on April 1, 2007 by cicada

While moving, I found this flashy old box of watercolors in my grandmother’s paint box. I know nothing about the company that made them, but they were still functional after several decades. And very Special High Class, of course. I … Continue reading →

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The Peas That We Freeze Here

Posted on March 30, 2007 by cicada

Frank Soltesz Today’s Inspiration: Fresh Frozen Frank Soltesz Since childhood I’ve loved diagrams and models of complex buildings, like factories. My favorite Babar book was Babar and Father Christmas, in which Babar falls through a ski slope into a 2-D … Continue reading →

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