Tag Archives: USA

2015: Cube of Shadows

Posted on July 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

Anila Quayyum Agha: Intersections (2015) (source)

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1940: Central Park

Posted on July 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Louis Lozowick: Central Park (1940)

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2013: Bronx Overpasses

Posted on July 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Valeri Larko: Bronx Overpasses (2013) More Paintings: Source.

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1974: I Like America and America Likes Me

Posted on July 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

For his 1974 conceptual art piece I Like America and America Likes Me, the German artist Joseph Beuys flew to New York City and, wrapped in felt, was driven in an ambulance to the Rene Block Gallery. There, he spent … 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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1990: Bókw

Posted on July 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Rick Bartow (Mad River Wiyot): Bear Mask (1990) Photo taken at the National Museum of the American Indian The Wiyot word for “bear” is bókw. (source)

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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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1933: As for Myself, I Calmly Continued to Paint

Posted on July 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

Diego Rivera writes about the reactions to his murals in the Detroit Institute of Arts: Thoroughly immersed in my labors though I was, I became conscious after a time, that whispers were beginning to circulate through the city concerning certain … Continue reading →

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1891: The Song

Posted on July 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

Thomas Wilmer Dewing: The Song (1891) More:

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1902: I Have in Me a Quite Unusual Intensity of Life

Posted on July 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

The opening of The Story of Mary MacLane: Butte, Montana January 13, 1901 I of womankind and of nineteen years, will now begin to set down as full and frank a Portrayal as I am able of myself, Mary Mac … Continue reading →

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