Tag Archives: 1960’s

1963: Bauhaus Cake

Posted on September 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Cake in the shape of the Bauhaus building in Dessau, Germany, served on the occasion of Walter Gropius’ 80th birthday, 1963. (source)

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1968: What’s Wrong With These People?

Posted on September 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ross Andru: The Flash Vol. 1, #177 (March 1968)

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1966: Galactus

Posted on September 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jack Kirby: Fantastic Four Vol. 1, #49 (April, 1966) [detail]

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1964: Super-Strike

Posted on September 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

Mike Sekowsky: Justice League of America #28 (June, 1964)

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1969: The Color of Pomegranates

Posted on September 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

Sergei Parajanov’s 1969 film The Color of Pomegranates is an impressionistic biography of the 18th century Armenian ashug (poet/bard/troubadour) Sayat-Nova. Georgian actress Sofiko Chiaureli plays multiple roles in the film, both male and female, and the film has been seen … Continue reading →

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1967: On

Posted on September 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

On On yardbird corners of embryonic hopes, drowned in a heroin tear. On yardbird corners of parkerflights to sound filled pockets in space. On neuro-corners of striped brains & desperate electro-surgeons. On alcohol corners of pointless discussion & historical hangovers. … Continue reading →

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1968: Blood of the Poets

Posted on August 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

For her piece Blood of a Poet Box (1965-8), Eleanor Antin collected blood specimens from 100 poets, which she preserved and labeled in glass slides. The work alludes to Jean Cocteau’s 1930 film Le Sang d’un Poète [Blood of a … Continue reading →

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1966: Doctor Strange Meets Eternity

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Steve Ditko: Strange Tales #146 (July, 1966) Eternity was created as the second sentient force supporting Creation. Before Eternity, there was a single universe, whose animating force was the primal cosmic being that would later call itself The First Firmament. … Continue reading →

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1964: World’s Largest Miniature City

Posted on August 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Built for the 1964 World’s Fair at a cost of $672,000 (about $5.3 million in 2017), the Panorama of New York City at the Queens Museum is the world’s largest architectural model of a city. It includes about 895,000 miniature … Continue reading →

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1968: Cow

Posted on August 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jiri Kolar: Cow Having Eaten Up Canaletto (1968)

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