mm roadtrip & philip johnson’s glass house . . .

making meaning was able to pilgrimage from brooklyn to new canaan connecticut, on two occasions (october 22nd & 23rd) to see philip johnson’s estate with it’s cultivated menagerie of architectural splendor. for more information on how to visit philip johnson’s 47 acre, 50 year diary of architectural interpretation, please see the following link: philip […]

melancholy mysteriously constrained, yet rich with implications: photography by bernhard fuchs

i would encourage you to see the current exhibit of photography by bernhard fuchs entitled, autos, at jack hanley’s gallery at 136 watts street, tribeca, before it closes on saturday, october 2nd 2010. included below are also two other of fuchs’ recent publications: streets & paths as well as portrait photography . . .

storm king turns fifty & making meaning turns five . . .

on saturday september 11th, at beginning of autumn semester at pratt and the fifth year of making meaning, we went to storm king art center, which happens to be celebrating it’s 50th anniversary . . . the weather couldn’t have been better for our all day excursion in the hudson river valley, what a wonderful […]

neil was right, rust never sleeps . . .

rust never sleeps is the name of an album released in 1979 by neil young &
crazy horse, and recorded live at san francisco’s cow palace. neil was right* . . .

cowgirl In the sand
*hello ruby in the dust, has your band begun to rust.
cowgirl in the sand, neil young . . […]

somewhat ephemeral images as a point of departure for seeing painting anew . . .

landscape auto body painting, brooklyn new york

dubonnet bleu, pas raphaël rouge, elsasse (alsace), france
&
crowley, old saybrooke, connecticut
railroad car, olten, switzerland . . .
&
a foggy summer scene in a refrigeration unit at rustica, somerville, massachusetts.

wood flooring, used for the montreal jazz festival, painted blue . . .
&
a sign in peterborough road, sw6 london, uk.
paint fragments […]

jackson pollock & lee krasner house, east hampton . . .

about the pollock-krasner house & study center:
the pollock-krasner house & study center was the home and studio of jackson pollock (1912-1956) and lee krasner (1908-1984), two of america’s foremost abstract expressionist painters. the last of their significant work sites, it was passed intact from Krasner’s estate to the stony brook foundation. the collections include the […]

visual narrative about design in 1974 . . .

what was happening in north america in 1974? well, among other things, there were two related events, the u.s. supreme court decision: united states v. nixon, 418 u.u. 683 & u.s. president richard nixon announces his resignation, effective august 9, 1974. there was also the continuation of the 1973 oil crisis into 1974. there […]

duotone photography of brooklyn’s navy yard

if your interested in industrial archaeology, i would encourage you to look at these wonderful duotone photographs from john bartelstone in his new book from this year, the brooklyn navy yard. the historic brooklyn navy yard, adjacent to the fort greene neighborhood, is one of the last remnants of brooklyn’s industrial supremacy. tomorrow tuesday, february […]

blue birthday for lenny, good bye my old friend . . .

today, february 4th 2010 would have been lenny bacich’s birthday.
blue birthday for an old friend, i will miss you dearly . . .
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MMX: the year of the X & the year of the tiger . . .

happy new year brings us to the year of the X (the roman numeral for ten) just like the chinese new year, february 14th, will bring us to the year of the tiger . . .