Category Archives: Artists & Art

Colette Calascione

Posted on January 18, 2007 by cicada

Two Birds Sold for a Kiss Colette Calascione Oil on Wood, 1995 A few days ago, a friend complained to me that mythological and literary references have slipped out of mainstream culture. I think it’s often true of current art … Continue reading →

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Betcha didn’t see this at MLA. . .

Posted on January 9, 2007 by cicada

Out of reach Dave Rau www.redlabor.com Just as I began to fear that no topic could comfortably follow a post invoking medievalism and cephalopodmania, Phantasmaphile pointed me to the artwork of Dave Rau. Grungy engravings, fonts, textures, collaged and screened … Continue reading →

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Wombs, Waxes and Wonder Cabinets

Posted on January 5, 2007 by cicada

This essay has been reposted at the new bioephemera, Feb 19, 08. Anatomical Teaching Model of a Pregnant Woman Stephan Zick, 1639-1715 Wood and ivory Kunstkammer Georg Laue is a Munich antique/art gallery informed by the sensibility of the “wonder … Continue reading →

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So true

Posted on January 4, 2007 by cicada

Go on, name one work by Donatello. Admit it, you’re not even sure if he sculpted or painted! All right, all right, here’s his wikipedia entry. From the immortal, beloved xkcd.

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Gross Clinic Stays Put

Posted on January 3, 2007 by cicada

The Gross Clinic Thomas Eakins, 1875 oil on canvas ‘The Gross Clinic’ will stay in Philadelphia – International Herald Tribune Apparently the Wal-Mart heiress’ plan to buy the painting by Philadelphia native Thomas Eakins and transplant it to Bentonville, Arkansas … Continue reading →

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Fashionable nature

Posted on January 1, 2007 by cicada

Still life: Photography by Guido Mocafico Guido Mocafico has worked as a fashion photographer, but his interests range from landscape to still life to nature to architecture. His website is a true cabinet of curiosities, including collections of jellyfish, snakes, … Continue reading →

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Faces of Poverty

Posted on December 29, 2006 by cicada

Beavis Tom Stone, 2006 Stoneth’s Photos on Flickr Tom Stone Gallery Now that John Edwards has made poverty one of his platform issues, we’ll no doubt be hearing a more about it in the news again. But these haunting photographs … Continue reading →

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Is that Charlotte Bronte all covered in birds?

Posted on December 19, 2006 by cicada

Artist Julia Swaney has some interesting prints inspired by engravings of natural subjects and Victorian women. I like the slightly disturbing aesthetic of body parts fused with animals and plants; it could be pure whimsy, or it could anticipate the … Continue reading →

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u2 video collage/homage

Posted on December 19, 2006 by cicada

Sorry no art postings recently – I have a portrait commission and some applications to do before I can get on with the creativity. Right now I’m going through a collage phase, so you can expect some of that – … Continue reading →

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A Case of Curiosities

Posted on December 13, 2006 by cicada

Tia Resleure Winged Cat Mixed Media, 2002 A Case of Curiosities is a site to explore – if, like me, you find preserved specimens fascinating, not gross. (A cabinet of curiosities is one of my favorite things). The site includes … Continue reading →

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