Category Archives: Artists & Art

Art in the closet

Posted on November 1, 2006 by cicada

Ok, I don’t have any art in my closet. But I would, if I bought these delicious Gustav Klimt-inspired shoes, from Hollywould.com. They’re even on sale!

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“organic” f/x

Posted on October 26, 2006 by cicada

Publicity still from The Fountain, 2006 I wasn’t all that excited to see Darren Aronofsky’s new film The Fountain until I started reading press about the film. An article by Steve Silberman in the November 1 issue of Wired briefly … Continue reading →

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Wild ancestor things

Posted on October 17, 2006 by cicada

I had to post this image from my recent trip to the Cloisters in New York. The Cloisters hosts most of the medieval art belonging to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and this is an illumination from a medieval manuscript. … Continue reading →

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Golden Adele

Posted on September 29, 2006 by cicada

“Adele Bloch-Bauer I,” by Gustav Klimt, 1907. Today I visited the Neue Galerie in New York to view the stunning painting “Adele Bloch-Bauer I,” by Gustav Klimt (1907). Klimt is most familiar as the artist behind “The Kiss” (a seemingly … Continue reading →

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Don’t pet the shoes

Posted on September 25, 2006 by cicada

Artists are opinionated. I know a very good artist who can’t stand Van Gogh, and I almost got smacked last weekend for admitting I prefer Dali to Matisse. (I prefer almost anyone to Matisse, except Thomas Kinkade). Anyway, we have … Continue reading →

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