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 . . .
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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 . . .

studio portal: portraits of the artists as young men & women

pratt studios room 59, is the home this semester to twelve id juniors in jeanne pfordresher’s studio section and the entrance is not just the approach to the shared work space, but also a graphic portrayal in images to the individual characters that are setting their sights on becoming designers and how they see themselves. […]

shigeru uchida speaks on “the design of weakness” at pratt

opening reception(s) thursday, october 15th, 6:00pm until 8:00pm:
ippodo gallery • 521 west 26th street b1, (between 10th & 11th avenues)
new york, new york 10001, telephone: 212 / 967-4899
opening reception thursday, october 15th, 6:00pm until 8:00pm
shigeru uchida & ippodo gallery
design indaba: shigeru uchida & the power of weakness . . .
gana […]

brooklyn & berlin: pratt id & university of the arts, berlin collaborate . . .

hammers photographed by achillie castiglioni, tools by walker evens & . . .

besides the utility poster (with images of hammers, from achillie castiglioni and other, individual hand tools, photographed by walker evens) here are some more recent hand tool compositions, from june 2009, that i photographed at thirty-seven antwerp street, brighton, massachusetts, at bill bancroft’s neighbor, named john. as an artisans & a craftsman, john’s arrangement of […]