Category Archives: Artists & Art

Juxtaposition #3

Posted on November 12, 2007 by cicada

Traveling In digital collage Claudia Drake, 2005 Claudia Drake is currently showing her work at Strychnin Gallery. New Brainland Map (purchase via link) Sam Brown, 2007 Cover of Neuron special issue: “Reviews on Neural Maps”;  via Neurophilosophy

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Sometimes it’s just one of those days

Posted on November 11, 2007 by cicada

She looked with angry woe at the straining and snarling horde below “The Wooing of Becfola,” Irish Fairy Tales Written by James Stephens, 1920 Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

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The Woods: a beautiful anti-lullaby

Posted on November 10, 2007 by cicada

The Woods: a stop-motion music video for Polly Paulusma, by artist Rima Staines. You can read Rima’s account of her creative process here, at her blog. Paulusma’s song is a sort of bittersweet version of the Hansel and Gretel myth. … Continue reading →

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Rackham’s Zankiwank, and more

Posted on November 10, 2007 by cicada

The Zankiwank and the Bletherwitch Written by S.J.A. Fitz-Gerald, 1896 Illustrated by Arthur Rackham Maude and Willie felt themselves dropping, dropping, dropping, until the Zankiwank bounced up and caught them both in his arms, saying as he rushed forward:- “Quick, … Continue reading →

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Christmas gifts! for the creative, picky, or perverse

Posted on November 10, 2007 by cicada

I’ve been running across an unusually large number of things I covet lately, and it occurred to me that if you are reading my blog, you (or your friends/family) might have similar tastes. So I thought I’d post a list … Continue reading →

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Loss – Nicole Natri

Posted on November 7, 2007 by cicada

Loss collage Nicole Natri Nicole Natri is a Swedish collage artist whom I’ve been following for a while. My favorite piece of hers is Loss. . . a simple justaposition that defies simple interpretation. Nicole’s work illustrates that it can … Continue reading →

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Paper wings: Emily Morris

Posted on November 6, 2007 by cicada

laser cut paper Emily Morris lots more photos via Rag & Bone Blog

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Bones, bones, bones: Post-Halloween memento mori

Posted on November 1, 2007 by cicada

If you didn’t get enough skulls last night, here’s an interesting art show via Simplistic Art. Lustmord Table Jenny Holzer, 1994 And some Embroidered skeletons by Angelo Filomeno, via Ullabenulla: The Grand Circus: Death of Presumptuous Philosopher Embroidery on silk … Continue reading →

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Frankenstein’s fairies: red in tooth and claw

Posted on October 27, 2007 by cicada

Swarm (detail) mixed media Tessa Farmer, 2004 from the Saatchi Gallery Before their nursery sanitization, fairy tales were savage. Remember how Cinderella’s stepmother mutilated her own daughters’ feet to fit the glass slipper, but was betrayed by the oozing blood? … Continue reading →

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Visualizing science: Steve Miller

Posted on October 20, 2007 by cicada

Protein #324, 2003 enamel, silk-screen on paper Steve Miller The protein-inspired art of Steve Miller in turn inspires Visualizing Science: Image-making in the Constitution of Scientific Knowledge, a cool-sounding symposium to be held next Wednesday, October 24, 2007, at Rose … Continue reading →

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