BLACK MTN

Work hard, study hard, weave hard, frolic hard at Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, North Carolina. via North Carolina State Archives  

ASTRID SWEATERS

Sweaters by Astrid Furnival, Polaroids by Jonathan Williams. 1. Sweater created by Astrid Furnival (front) 2. Sweater created by Astrid Furnival (back) 3. Copy photograph of a sweater by Astrid Furnival 4. Sweater depicting a self-portrait of Erik Satie knitted by Astrid Furnival 5. Sweater, self-portrait of Samuel Palmer, knitted by Astrid Furnival 6. Colonel Williams and [...]

HEAD & SHOULDERS

What to wear on/over your head and on/over your shoulder. 1. Blanket by Evangelista Soza Likan Anta, 2004-2005 2. Huipil/shirt, culture-Mam Maya, Guatemala, c.1980 3. Hood, culture-Asháninka (Campa/Chuncha), Peru, 1925 4. Bag, culture-Tepehuán, Mexico, 1935 5. Burden basket with burden strap, culture-Makah, 1890s 6. Man’s hat, Wixarika (Huichol), Mexico, 1935 7. Necklace, makers- Xario Domingos [...]

SH

Portrait of the artist Sheila Hicks. Still buzzing from her retrospective ‘50 Years‘ at ICA Philly. Outside the exhibition there were two videos of Sheila talking about her work. One featured SH sifting through her personal archives (totally mind-blowing black and white prints), talking about each photograph—trips to India, Chile, Peru, Morocco—and how each countries [...]

WA WA

Photographer Don Wallen captured the great people, places and things of Washington State during the mid-late 1970s. There is a huge collection of his work via University of Washington. If anyone is conducting in depth research of Seattle’s drag queens of the 1970s, see Don’s archives and yr welcome. 1. Terry Finsfather from Bothell eating [...]

UP DOWN

Uh oh. Portrait of Frances B. Scott is upside down. via VCU  

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