Sunday, August 30, 2015
Tattoo idea
“A kayak is not a galleon, ark, coracle or speedboat. It is a small watertight vessel operated by a single oarsman. It is submersible, has sharply pointed ends, and is constructed of light poles and the skins of furry animals. It has never yet been successfully employed as a means of mass transport.”
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Le Corbusier painting a mural on Eileen Gray‘s E-1027 house.
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| While staying as a guest in the house in 1938 and 1939, Le Corbusier painted bright murals on its plain white walls, sometimes while nude. Infuriated, Gray considered this a defacing of her work and deemed the murals outright vandalism. |
Monday, June 15, 2015
Friday, June 12, 2015
ai weiwei
— China Media Urges Ai Weiwei to Change Political Course After Show in Beijing: A Chinese newspaper with strong ties to the government has suggested that Ai Weiwei scrap his “previous politics” after the artist got his first solo exhibition in China. Since 2011, Ai has been denied a passport by the government because of his outspoken criticism of the ruling Communist Party. But on Saturday, he opened a show in Beijing, featuring a reassembled 400-year-old ancestral hall (the exhibition eschewed politics and was, of course, vetted by censors). The Global Times article reads: “If Ai Weiwei can stay away from his previous politics... and change from ‘pleasing the West,’ to ‘serving the masses,’ that would be a meaningful thing.” [Art Daily]
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