June 24, 2009
June 23, 2009
June 18, 2009
June 9, 2009
Poster Art: The Amphibian Man
The Amphibian Man (Chelovek-Amfibiya), 1960
Soviet Union
Dir: Vladimir Chebotaryov, Gennadi Kazansky
Soviet poster
Poster artist: K-T C ?
Via Wrong Side of the Art
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Illustration: Stig Lindberg
illuopa: Stig Lindberg (foreign illustrator - part1)
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Lennart Hellsing , who just turned 80, wrote this children's book called Daniel Doppsko in 1959. He has always been particular as to who will do the illustrations of his books and in the 40s and the 50s he often chose Stig Lindberg.
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Lennart Hellsing (Swedish Wikipedia)
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Some of Lindberg's design works.
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June 3, 2009
Animation: Kikkoman
Let's continue the repost fest. I posted the Kikkoman animation in June 2005 and still think it's pretty funny. Enjoy.
Japanese version (begin here!)
English version (smaller, translated)
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these are some of my favorite things
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Ephemera: Omochae
Ephemera Assemblyman: Omochae: Japanese toy pictures
What is it? Can you help with the definition?
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May 30, 2009
May 28, 2009
Art: Lyonel Charles Feininger
The White Man, painting by Lyonel Charles Feininger (1907)
Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza en depósito en el Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
"Lyonel Charles Feininger (July 17, 1871 – January 13, 1956) was a German-American painter and caricaturist."
"Feininger only started working as an artist at the age of 36, after having worked as a commercial caricaturist for twenty years for various newspapers and magazines in both the USA and Germany; he was a member of the Berliner Sezession in 1909, was associated with expressionist group Die Brücke, the Novembergruppe, Gruppe 1919, the Blaue Reiter circle and The Blue Four. Famously, he designed the cover for the Bauhaus 1919 manifesto: an expressionist woodcut 'cathedral'. He also taught at the Bauhaus for several years." - Wikipedia
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Art: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Fränzi in front of Carved Chair, painting by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1910)
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
"Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th century art." - Wikipedia
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Art: Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky
Alexander Sakharoff, portrait by Alexej von Jawlensky, 1909
"Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky (13 March 1864 – 15 March 1941) was a Russian expressionist painter active in Germany. He was a member of the New Munich Artist's Association (Neue Künstlervereinigung München), Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) group and later the Die Blaue Vier (The Blue Four)." - Wikipedia
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May 27, 2009
Music: Cannonball Adderley - Love, Sex, And The Zodiac
My Jazz World: Cannonball Adderley - Love, Sex, And The Zodiac (1974)
"...another great collaboration by saxophonist Cannonball Adderley and writer/narrator Rick Holmes, together they take a look at the different zodiac signs relating to..."
...well, love and sex.
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And there's also:
Cannonball Adderley - The Soul Zodiac (1972)
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