Tag Archives: Art

1920: OON

Posted on July 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Kurt Schwitters: OON [fec] (1920) I’m lying in bed, I’m sleeping, flat on my back. A thin sheet of paper. Pressed flat. An other world orbits around me. I’m looking around. That’s me there beside me. Or is it? A … Continue reading →

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2009: I’ve Seen the Queen

Posted on July 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Anton Marrast a.k.a. Grape Frogg: I’ve Seen the Queen (2009) (source)

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1889: Ravine

Posted on July 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Vincent van Gogh: Ravine (1889) At the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

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1976: 2001

Posted on July 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Dave deactivates HAL: Detail from Jack Kirby’s 1976 comic book adaptation of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Click for the full page:

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300-600 AD: Double-Faced Head Fragment

Posted on July 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

This earthenware fragment dates from 300-600 AD and was produced by an artist of the Remojadas culture—which flourished on Mexico’s Veracruz Gulf Coast from about 100 BC to 800 AD and is considered to be part of the larger Classic … Continue reading →

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1925: Instead All Joy is Snatched Away

Posted on July 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Harry Clarke: Illustration for Goethe’s Faust (1925) Faust: Ah! Now I’ve done Philosophy, I’ve finished Law and Medicine, And sadly even Theology: Taken fierce pains, from end to end. Now here I am, a fool for sure! No wiser than … Continue reading →

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2012: Moving

Posted on July 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Leandro Erlich: Monte-Meubles. L’Ultime Déménagement (2012) Installation in Nantes, France (source) The translation is hard to do nicely. Literally, the title means “Furniture Elevator: The Final Move,” where “move” has the specific sense of moving to a new house or … Continue reading →

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1942: Battlefields

Posted on July 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Christopher R. W. Nevinson: Battlefields of Britain (1942) During the First World War, the painter and printmaker Christopher R. W. Nevinson served in Flanders and France as an ambulance driver with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was granted leave … Continue reading →

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1830: Paysage Suisse

Posted on July 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

Alexandre Calame: Swiss Landscape (c. 1830)

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2140: The Market is a Failure

Posted on July 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

“Hang with me. Follow what I’m saying. We live in a world where people pretend money can buy you anything, so money becomes the point, so we all work for money. Money is thought of as value.” “Okay, I get … Continue reading →

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