Tag Archives: 2000’s

2002: Old Books with Candlestick

Posted on November 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

Guillermo Muñoz Vera: Libros antiguos y palmatoria (2002)

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2008: Factory

Posted on November 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jon deMartin: Factory by the Railroad (2008)

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2009: Looking at Art; Looking at Africa; Looking at Art

Posted on November 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

Alex Mawimbi (formerly Ato Malinda): Looking at Art; Looking at Africa; Looking at Art (2009); “for the length of one hour, the performer crawls from one lying position on mangled concrete, to a standing position at a pile of soil. … Continue reading →

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2003: Donkey

Posted on November 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Paola Pivi: Untitled (Donkey) (2003)

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2006: Ascension

Posted on October 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ben Grasso: Ascending House (2006)

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2005: Liu Jinsuo

Posted on October 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Xu Weixin: Miner Liu Jinsuo—from a series of miner portraits (2005-15)

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2001: 千と千尋の神隠し

Posted on October 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Hayao Miyazaki, director: Spirited Away (2001)

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2006: Wilderness

Posted on October 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Mark Dion: Mobile Wilderness Wolf Unit (2006)

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1870: Cento

Posted on October 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

A cento is a poem composed of lines taken from other poems, either by different authors or from the same author. (Homer and Virgil are traditional favorites.) The word comes from the Greek κεντρόνη, which means “patchwork garment.” The following … Continue reading →

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2004: Diane Abbott MP

Posted on October 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Stuart Pearson Wright: Diane Abbott MP (2004); in 1987, Diane Abbott became the first black woman elected to the British Parliament. See a video of her talking about this portrait here.

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