Art
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Richard Porter at the February Rumpus
Most people would be content to watch Richard Porter watching paint dry. But at the next Monthly Rumpus on February 8th, Rich—who is Hooping.org’s male hooper of the year—will storm the stage with his stunning talent as a hoopdancer. By…
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Itsi Dreamt That He Went to the Forest
These illustrations are by Isaachar Ryback for In the Forest, a 1922 children’s book by Kvitko. Ryback was a painter born in the Ukraine in 1897. He settled in Berlin in October 1921 and became a member of the Novembergruppe…
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A Cockerel Device
These wood engravings all come from books published by The Golden Cockerel Press, a private press operating in England between 1920 and 1961. I was scanning from a 1975 American book Bibliography of The Golden Cockerel Press, 1921 – 1949…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 1/25-1/31
This week: Work on the memoir you’ve always wanted to write with Michelle Tea, dance to benefit Doctors Without Borders at San Francisco Hearts Haiti, watch SF IndieFest take over Portrero Hill venues, and get your mixtape on at The…
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Notable New York, This Week 1/25 – 1/31
This week in New York Lydia Davis and Richard Howard read, John Wray, Heidi Julavits and Sarah Manguso discuss ebooks at Melville House, Of Montreal and Damon & Naomi perform, Lapham’s Quarterly celebrates the launch of its Religion Issue, artists…
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“Uhhh… well, Gerard does all my paintings.”
Our chums over at HTMLGIANT have blown the soot off an interview with Andy Warhol conducted by the Bay Times in 1965. In it, they discuss the difference between cutting one or two mushrooms (and the time the cuts take),…
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Oedipus at Hiroshima – Living Design in Japan
Some (more) inspiring Japanese design nuggets excavated from my ramshackle book collection.
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Folksy Fruits – Anthropomorphic Adventures in Opal Orchard
Folksy Fruits was part of T. Benjamin Faucett’s “Moon Queen” series, which included four titles, all published in 1924. The other three books are Frolicsome Flowers: They See the Wonderful “Rajah Rug,” Brainy Berries: A Night in Crystal Cave, and…
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Life Stories Roundup
In this week’s roundup, there’s a late night talk show host with a following of occultists, conspiracy theorists and would-be time travellers, a wannabe Warhol with his own hippie art collective and New York’s most honest cabbie.
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Neil Gaiman: Goth’s Mainstream Success
While many artists with cult followings seem to develop them by maintaining an air of mystery, Neil Gaiman has done so by connecting directly with his fans. When sales of his books wane, threatening to fall from best seller lists,…
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Tresky Plesky or Kvanki Vanki
International children’s books from the collection of Rilla Alexander:
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 1/18-1/24
This week in San Francisco: SF MoMA wraps up a weekend of free art, local artist Eric Rewitzer offers his for an affordable price at Studio 3579, burlesque babes go roller derby at Dr. Sketchy’s, and the Torah goes web…