Posts in the category photos

photography, painting, saul leiter & . . .

photography, painting, saul leiter & . . .
we live in a world full of expectations, and if you have the courage,
you ignore the expectations. and you can look forward to trouble . . .
saul leiter
i happen to believe in the beauty of simple things. i believe that
the most uninteresting thing can […]

posted 1 February 2022

categories design, photos

happy lunar new year & . . .

february first; the year of the tiger . . .
“love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole . . .”
plato, the symposium
for the coming year there are a number of important creative questions that
an individual could address in twenty, twenty-two . . .
here’s a small sampling from […]

posted 28 January 2022

categories design, photos

i am still alive . . .

about an exhibit of on kawara’s work, among others, at moma nyc., bewteen march & september 2011
an excerpt from the museum’s website:
in 1970, japanese artist on kawara sent a series of telegrams to his dutch gallerist that proclaimed, “i am still alive.” the simplicity of the message, coupled with the austerity of the […]

posted 6 January 2022

categories design, education, photos

untitled, number sixty-two . . .

untitled, number sixty-two . . .
untitled |ˌənˈtītld|
adjective
1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.
2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:
lesser untitled officials.
mio:
matthew’s inanimate objects. watering cans (giesskannen) . . .
the term “watering can” first appeared in 1692, in the diary of keen
cottage […]

posted 4 January 2022

categories design, photos

conceptual photographer uta barth & . . .

an excerpt about uta barth from the andréhn-schiptjenko gallery’s website:
uta barth has in the past three decades come to occupy a truly singular position
in contemporary photography. having made visual perception itself the subject
of her photographic work her images may appear empty as they, with blurred backgrounds and cropped frames capture incidental and ephemeral moments.
by […]

posted 3 January 2022

categories photos

dia art foundation & . . .

the dia beacon . . .
“dia,” taken from the greek word meaning “through.”
blinky palermo, times of the day l, 1974-75
images of work from blinky palermo, times of the day l & ll . . .

posted 2 January 2022

categories education, photos

untitled, number sixty-one . . .

untitled, number sixty-one . . .
untitled |ˌənˈtītld|
adjective
1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.
2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:
lesser untitled officials.

mio:
matthew’s inanimate objects.
2021: katrin kalt’s found art objects from packing materials, zürich.
the substantial minor matter exhibit in zurich’s design museum:
die […]

posted 31 December 2021

categories design, photos

untitled, number sixty . . .

untitled, number sixty . . .
untitled |ˌənˈtītld|
adjective
1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.
2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:
lesser untitled officials.

mio:
matthew’s inanimate objects.
1988: 35mm analogue black & white photographs from ruth (streckeisen) thomas

posted 3 December 2021

categories photos

untitled, number fifty-nine . . .

untitled, number fifty-nine . . .
untitled |ˌənˈtītld|
adjective
1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.
2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:
lesser untitled officials.

mio:
matthew’s inanimate objects.
printed matter from, typographic designer & educator, wolfgang weingart.
wolfgang weingart (*february 6,1941 † july 12, 2021)

posted 1 December 2021

categories design, education, photos

untitled, number fifty-eight . . .

untitled, number fifty-eight . . .
untitled |ˌənˈtītld|
adjective
1 (of a book, composition, or other artistic work) having no name.
2 (of a person) not having a title indicating high social or official rank:
lesser untitled officials.

mio:
matthew’s inanimate objects.
impressions of industry city, autumn 2021 . . .
industry city (also bush terminal)is a historic intermodal […]

posted 12 November 2021

categories photos