PSYCHIC SALLY.

I really can’t believe in all these years I’d never heard of Sally Cruikshank. Though I remember seeing her animations as a child through the magic of Sesame Street. Surely, she’s inspired the contemporary weirdo comics and illustration community. And you must see her newer work. She’s bizarre + brilliant!! Thanks to Candy Ropes for [...]

COMMUNAL SPIRITS.

There is a lot to learn from community living of the 1960s and 1970s. One of the largest communes of its day was located in a small town in Western Massachusetts. Brotherhood of the Spirit (renamed Renaissance) was started by Michael Metelica and birthed the band — Spirit of the Flesh. The most inspiring story [...]

LOS FOUR.

I am going nuts over this 1973 exhibition catalog Los Four: Almaraz/de la Rocha/Lujan/Romero at UC Irvine and LACMA. The lined collage layout, roaming color blends and wordless spreads—speaks powerfully! from Smithsonian, Their collaborative murals and public installations brought Chicano street art to the attention of the mainstream art community of Los Angeles. Theirs was [...]

WALL DOWN.

Today is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall! Take a peak at the NYTimes exhibit of readers photographs that were taken on November 9, 1989.

MS. HEYMANN.

Margarete Heymann—Bauhaus bad girl—unhappily left the school after one year. She appealed to founder Martin Gropius for permission to study ceramics. Bauhaus/Gropius strongly encouraged women to study textiles and most did. But Heymann refused, rocking the Bauhaus boat. Read more about her life via NYTimes Thanks to Carl Williamson for sharing this portrait. So so [...]

SHARKS.

Hello from Florida! I’ve been here for a long Halloween weekend. Enjoying the sun, surf, sand, sharks and spooks! via Museum of New Zealand

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