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Mark Bradford at the MCA Chicago
Impressive installation by Mark Bradford at the MCA Chicago in 2011. Great space, great work.
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Henry Moore signature
Henry Moore’s signature, the mark of Bildgießerei Hermann Noack and a little sheep poo on one of Moore’s bronze sculptures in Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
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Work by Michael Johansson
Tetris by Michael Johansson (image source)
Michael Johansson
Tetris, 2014
Ordinary items
34 x 45 x 10 cm
Galerie Ramakers, Den Haag (NL)
Work by Swedish artist Michael Johansson. So satisfying, can’t not enjoy a collection of things organised so precisely. Would love to see someone design a portfolio website for him with something like Masonry…
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Work by Erika Hock
Folding structure (64K17) by Erika Hock (image source)
Erika Hock
Folding structure (64K17), 2013
Copper, leather
Dimensions variable
Would love to see some of Erika Hock’s work in person.
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Work by Noriko Ambe
Detail of Wave 1 by Noriko Ambe (image source)
Noriko Ambe
Wave 1, 2012
Cut paper
8.3 × 65.6 × 142.3 cm
Pretty dedicated stuff by Noriko Ambe.
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Work by Agustina Woodgate
The Ballroom by Agustina Woodgate, from The Wild Magazine (image source)
Agustina Woodgate
The Ballroom, 2014
175 outdated sanded World globes
Variable dimensions
The Ballroom, impressive work.
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How long do animals live graphic
ISOTYPE graphic from Brain Pickings (image source)
How long different animals live, in vintage ISOTYPE infographic. Austrian sociologist, philosopher, and curator Otto Neurath, who was born 130 years ago today, and his wife Marie pioneered the International System Of Typographic Picture Education in the 1930s, laying the foundation for modern infographics.
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Harald Szeemann’s artists files at the Getty Research Institute
Images of the Artist Files at the Getty Research Institute (image source)
The “artist files” in visionary curator Harald Szeemann’s archive at the Getty Research Institute are now processed and available to researchers!
Housed in some 850 boxes, these files contain records on over 20,000 20th-century artists, from A to Z.
Pictured above: the files of John Baldessari, John Lennon, and Keith Haring
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Jane Howarth on Ridiculously Interesting
Jane Howarth’s beautiful bird guts and a rant about lousy artist statements
Very enjoyable blog, and a particularly enjoyable post by the writer.
Work by Jane Howarth, from Ridiculously Interesting (image source)
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People Trying to Write in Art
(After an unintended hiatus, the Stuff in Art series is back.) “Something’s not right.” “Maybe if I hold it like this?” “In the beginning was the Word, and I planned to continue it on the backside of this piece of paper but there doesn’t appear to be one.” Matthew: “Hold up—is that a fish?” Mark: “But COULD you sew a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment?” “Go away, sweetie.” “Not right now, Sally.” “OK, OK—I’ll tell him you said hi.” Solomon: “Dear diary, Abishag blabbed. I called her a jewel of gold in my memoirs. A jewel of…