Norman Rockwell
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Colorama
How does one scene impress itself on us, so that we remember it better than we should if we were in it? Or rest, just below the surface, present, but unnoticed?
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Rockwell and the Law of Opposites
In the New Yorker, Lee Siegel sheds light on the oft-seen contradiction between artists and their art in her review of Deborah Solomon’s biography “American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell.” In contrast to his idealized paintings of…
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Postcards from the Edge
“Big American Trip addresses our insecurities as artists, lovers, and citizens who lack the ability to understand one another, regardless of which language we speak.”
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Morning Coffee
New Scientist photo-essay on homosexual animals. Aww! Other countries are a lot better at rad eco design than us: the Greenspotlight. Warsaw urban art. On the other end of the spectrum: Norman Rockwell’s research photos. (via MeFi.) A look into…