Tag: art

Acyrological Hot Links

“Shake” sculpture by Annie Glass (2021)

Love Theme from The Flight of the Phoenix, The Brass Ring (1966)
The Brass Ring, a group of NYC studio musicians led by saxophonist and arranger Phil Bodner, turned a classic Italian song into The Now Sound (cigarette commercial music) popular in the 1960s. Senza fine (the original version) was written by Italian singer-songwriter Gino Paoli and first recorded in 1961 by Ornella Vanoni. The film version was recorded by Connie Francis, and retitled The Phoenix Love Theme.

Time.

Numbers.

Far right™.

Crane pups.

Mercury waves.

Brick tiled floor.

Gas station battle.

Homemade pencils.

Carnivorous couch.

Cerveza del Pacifico.

Nagasaki bus shelters.

Remembering Ol’ Remus.

The Red Baron (no not that one).

Eigendrum [via Memo Of The Air].

Where the rubber meet the roost.

Pennsylvania’s burning ghost town.

Homemade birds [via Everlasting Blört].

Cab Calloway’s Hepster Dictionary (1939).

The Moist Towelette Museum [via Neatorama].

Vintage Czech record sleeves [via sloth unleashed].

Batman & Robin vs. Dangerous Dr. Daka [via Thompson, blog].

[Top image: Shake by Annie Glass (2021). Story and more at  My OBT.]

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Little Brass Bunny

A 30-foot tall bronze statue of South African president Nelson Mandela was unveiled on the Union Grounds of Pretoria, South Africa, ten days after Mandela’s death in December 2013. The artists, Ruhan Janse van Vuuren and Andre Prinsloo, were not allowed to engrave their names on their work.

After the unveiling, government officials spotted a little brass rabbit inside Mandela’s right ear – the sculptors’ trademark. The Afrikaans word for rabbit is haas, and represents the speed at which their work was completed.

The government officials were not amused.

“We don’t think it’s appropriate because
Nelson Mandela never had a rabbit in his ear.”
–Government spokesman Mogomotsi Mogodiri.

The sculptors were made to apologize and removed the offensive bunny.

[Image found here via here. Background story here.]

Koniological Hot Links

This granite sculpture titled “Cranberry Eater” (Dzērveņu ēdājs) was created by artist Kārlis Īle in 2006 for the International Stone Sculpture Symposium. The artwork features a distinctive coiled form and is located in Dzirnavu Square (Mill Square) in Ventspils, Latvia.

Chicken Payback, The Bees (2004)Known in the US as A Band of Bees, the British indie / psychedelic / garage rock / country / reggae / jazz group from the Isle of Wight has been performing and recording since 2001. Recorded at Abbey Roads Studios, Chicken Payback was featured in a television advertisement for Sure Deodorant.

Fleabot.

Diceman.

FLOCK off.

Inspections.

AC/DC Lane.

Sepia people.

Just imagine.

Motobalineras.

Buy this house.

Cloud crossing.

Mary Lou in ’52.

Olbers’ paradox.

Auto suspension.

“You got it, docker.”

Karelian Bear Dogs.

A bunch of campers.

Sumpm’s goin’ down.

Flaming corrugations.

Bless the vile apostates.

Earworm / ringtone / video.

“Shhh” whispered the trees.

Sea battle [via Thompson, blog].

Animatus [via Everlasting Blört].

GWB touching bald men’s heads.

1936 Cadillac Series 60 Convertible Coupe.

Mid century motel rooms [via Memo Of The Air].

The History of Slavery You Probably Weren’t Taught in School.

[Top image “Cranberry Eater” found here.]

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Cows of Venspils

Via Google Translate:
“Ventspils [Latvia] is a city of sculptures. Naturally, the cows stand out among them, having become a sort of symbol of the city. There are about 30 cows in the city in total. Most of them (IMHO) can hardly be called ‘masterpieces.'”

[Found here.]

 

Arf Appreciation

Pittsburgh-based artist Tom Mosser never imagined that a small pleasure painting created in 2012 would change his life forever. The painting, titled A Golden Retriever at the Museum, depicts Mosser’s golden retriever, Lucas, and it became one of the most widely shared pieces of dog art in internet history.

[Found here.]

Little Latte Foo Foo

[More found in here. Artsy coffee tutorial previously posted here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 962 – Vincent, Smoldering Girl & A Froggie

[Found here, here and here.]

Fetch

[Ceramic sculpture by Kathleen Sukiennik found here.]

Furciferous Hot Links

Stormy Weather, Reigning Sound (2019) Great garage punk cover of the classic torch song Stormy Weather, first recorded by Ethel Waters in 1933.

So sad.

TP in bw.

Manhunt.

Road trips.
Road maps.

Gay spray?!

Big weather.

Anamika’s art.

House for sale.

George noticed.

The Soccer Team.

Song of the Static.

The $1,800 lesson.

The anti-concession.

Nepetalactone + cats.

Isometric NYC [via Nav Tour].

MOBOT [via Thompson, blog].

Some people get all the credit.

Somewhere on Latrobe Street.

A lot of drama in a little suburb.

Veering left [via Memo Of The Air].

Huang Yung-Fu, the village painter.

A Daily Cloud [via Everlasting Blört.]

[Image at top: Cropped and modified image of cover art of the May 1939 issue of Fantastic Adventures, found in here.]

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Nothing Much Happened Today.

Rui’an Street, Daan District, Taipei, Taiwan, 2011. Natsumi Hayashi photographer.

From Levitation series by Japanese photographer Natsumi Hayashi.
[Found here, via here.]