Photo: Young Kwak for The Pacific Northwest InlanderNow on view at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture is the largest exhibition of the work of Timothy C. Ely ever assembled under one roof.Since the early 1970's Ely has been creating unique, one-of-a-kind mind-bending bookworks. On the form of his work Ely says “I became really aware that the atlas form would be the springboard — the point of departure — for everything I needed to deal with.” Using few, if any, words and drawing heavily from science, geometry, and religion one can spend a lifetime reading and comprehending each...
"Lolita" Accompanies Natalie Portman to "Black Swan" premiere
Natalie Portman at the "Black Swan" premiere Nov. 30 in New York. Credit: Evan Agostini / Associated Press Got to love the purse Natalie Portman brought with her to the premiere of her new film Black Swan.The purse comes to us from the French designer Olympia Le-Tan. Interestingly enough, the green Lolita cover design is from the first edition of Lolita which was published in France by the Olympia Press in 1955.Each of Le-Tan's purses are produced in an edition of 16 and retail around $1250 Jacket Copy has more on Le-Tan and the rise of book-themed purses. Slideshow of...
Gorey Wear: Auction Features the Fur Coats of Edward Gorey
Among the sixty lots up for auction this week in the Edward Gorey sale at Bloomsbury is what appears to be a full run of the fur coats owned and worn by Gorey. A whopping 14 coats are up for auction including one designed by Gorey for Ben Kahn Furs.Gorey didn't just stick to one animal. There's the Sheared Beaver Stroller coat, one made from Lynx, one Racoon, a bunch of Otters and a couple of Coyotes. Fisher Stroller coat designed by Gorey with blue plaid lining, knee length, long hair, dark brown and black. With hand-sewn label "Edward Gorey...
Pictures of Poets
Joseph BrodskyThe Rare Book & Manuscript Library of the University of Pennsylvania has digitized and made available over 2,000 photographs of poets that originally appeared in the pages of the American Poetry Review between 1971-1998.Anne SextonThough many poets pictured have faded a bit from view and are worthy of a 'Where Are They Now' segment the archive is still packed with a plethora of "A" list poets of the last quarter-century.Hayden CarruthThere are also multiple shots of a number of poets, like Hayden Carruth above, that offers one a peek at poets at different stages of their career. Carolyn ForcheClearly...
Haiku by the Road
Roadside Haiku by John Morse is a series of 10 original haiku’s created by Morse and printed on bandit signs.50 signs for each haiku were created and were placed along the various well-traveled roadways in Atlanta.“Morse transforms the familiar bandit sign into a delivery device for poetic snapshots of the urban condition presented and consumed within the brief seconds of stop and go traffic.”Roadside Haiku is the latest from Flux Projects: "An organization supporting artists in creating innovative temporary public art throughout Atlanta. The organization produces new platforms for artistic experimentation that engage a broad audience in their daily lives,...