I haven't put away all my clothes yet. Finishing the closets has been on the top of my list for days, but I'd much rather catch up with True Blood. gulp...
Ivan Bordas "Black and White Snake Shield" Oil on Panel; 24" diameter, 2006
❝A funny thing to do is, if you're out hiking and your friend gets bitten by a poisonous snake, tell him you're going to go for help, then go about ten feet and pretend that *you* got bit by a snake. Then start an argument with him about who's going to go get help. A lot of guys will start crying. That's why it makes you feel good when you tell them it was just a joke.❞ -Jack Handy
I wanted to take a quick swim at the beach this morning but the rainy weather wasn't in my favor. Instead, I spent my Sunday AM sipping coffee and catching up on my google reader. Then I happily stumbled upon this fuckery:
source: crappy taxidermy It immediately reminded me of this painting that left an impression on me from my American Art History course in college: John Singleton Copley; Watson and the Shark, 1778
Au ventre blanc aux dents nacrées Dans les eaux chaudes Je t’entraînerai Et sans que tu le sache Avec amour avec douceur Moi vois-tu bébé requin Je veux te dévorer le cœur
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I’m a baby shark, White-bellied and pearly-toothed, Into the warm waters I’ll take you And without you noticing, lovingly and smoothly, I, pretty baby shark, Will eat up your heart. via even cleveland (an oh so precious blog with tons of shark posts)
I hope you guys have a great Sunday. Unfortunately there's no ocean or cute french singing sharks on my itinerary today. I'm stepping away from the internet and it's kungfu grip on my attention span before this whole rainy day is lost.
Designer, photographer, sculptor and SMFA professor (kicking myself for not taking one of her classes)Barbara Gallucci has a fascinating and diverse body of work. RANCH ‘50 (The Levittown interiors):
Between the years of 1947 and 1951 there were 17,000 identical homes built in Levittown, Long Island. But it was only the 1950 ranch house that came with a television built into the living room wall, underneath the staircase. Over the years the televisions broke down and since the 1950 Admiral was no longer being manufactured, ranch house owners were left with identical ‘Holes’ in their walls. The challenge of what to do with the ‘Hole’ began to creep up and residents responded with a variety of customized solutions. These photographs document the ‘RANCH ‘50’ TV walls in their current incarnations.
Also check out her sculpture work like this piece Le Gran Confort: LE GRAN CONFORT (couch and chair)2004;plywood and aluminum pipe
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