Category Archives: Artists & Art

Jesse Peper

Posted on February 25, 2007 by cicada

(title unknown) Jesse Peper Jesse Peper’s surreal paintings mix totemic animals like fish, birds, and snakes with religious iconography and the dark bloom of decay. He’s also the featured artist at Juxtapoz this week.

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Awww! Euww!

Posted on February 20, 2007 by cicada

Two works by artist Adam Brandejs: Genpets (www.genpets.com) and Flesh Shoe. Only one is adorable; both are creepy. Genpets are currently starring in the exhibit “It’s Alive! A Laboratory of Biotech Art” at the Montserrat College of Art Gallery in … Continue reading →

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Don’t tell your psychiatrist

Posted on February 14, 2007 by cicada

Inkblot #4 Jason Krieger Rorschach blots are controversial diagnostic tools. But I’m digging these digital ink blots by Jason Krieger, editor of Phirebrush. If you think you see cow skulls or dead birds in these blots, that’s because there are. … Continue reading →

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Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir

Posted on February 12, 2007 by cicada

Núpstaðir Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir I ought to spend more time on flickr. I thought I was so clever to discover photographer Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir, when it turns out she is a flickr superstar with a Prius campaign behind her. You go, girl. … Continue reading →

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Another da Vinci Mystery

Posted on February 10, 2007 by cicada

The Battle of Anghiari Chalk, ink, watercolor Anonymous and Peter Paul Rubens, after a lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci Way cooler than the Da Vinci Code: an ex-bioengineer is trying to find a lost Da Vinci painting behind an … Continue reading →

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Greetings, Birders

Posted on February 8, 2007 by cicada

Hello to all new visitors meandering over from I and the Bird #42, hosted by Neurophilosophy. Isn’t Vladimir Gvozdev amazing? I can’t claim to be an ornithologist, but I do have a weakness for bird art. I find a bird … Continue reading →

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Pollocks, Bollocks

Posted on February 7, 2007 by cicada

One: No. 31, 1950 Jackson Pollock, 1950 MoMA, NYC A piece from Sunday’s New York Times announced a break in the ongoing controversy over 32 disputed Jackson Pollock paintings. The paintings were reportedly found in a storage unit in 2002 … Continue reading →

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Jessica Joslin

Posted on February 6, 2007 by cicada

Enzo & Donato Brass, bone, fur, cast/painted plastic, glass eyes Jessica Joslin, 2004 Jessica Joslin’s work is exactly what this blog is about: straddling the awkward rift between biological specimen and art object, and doing so with grace and charm. … Continue reading →

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Gregory Colbert: ashes and snow codex

Posted on February 3, 2007 by cicada

from ashes and snow, 2002 Gregory Colbert Photographer Gregory Colbert’s striking images of animals interacting with people have appeared in various venues since 2002; up next is a Tokyo exhibition, starting in March 2007. Colbert’s work is not collaged or … Continue reading →

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Ronald Kurniawan at Roq la Rue

Posted on February 1, 2007 by cicada

chasing logarithms Ronald Kurniawan, 2005 Ronald Kurniawan is one of three artists in a show opening February 9 at Roq la Rue in Seattle. You can also see some of his work for sale, including the graphite version of the … Continue reading →

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