Selected Reading (Core of Conviction), Charcoal and graphite on paper, 100 x 72 in., 2012 Combining deep technical skill with a healthy sense of humor Eric Yahnker's work relieves much of the seriousness that one usually associates with an A-list artist. His witty pairings of objects with detailed drawings challenges and exposes the deeply ingrained duality that hinders our culture. His series Selected Reading highlights his approach by providing iconic cultural imagery with some challenging reading material. As the press release for his solo show last summer at Ambach & Rice states, Yahnker: deploys an unflinching comedic analysis of the Western world's fixation...
Brenna Twohy slams it out of the park with her poem ‘Fantastic Breasts and Where to Find Them’
Don’t you give me raw meatand tell me it is nourishment,I know a slaughterhouse when I see one - Brenna Twohy Hailing from Portland, Oregon Brenna Twohy's performance was one of the highlights of the 2014 National Poetry Slam take took place in Oakland last month. Her poem 'Fantastic Breasts and Where to Find Them,' a powerful combination that is part homage to Harry Potter and part feminist response to porn and male aggression, is a stark reminder of the sexual madness that still permeates our male-dominated culture. Just her coming up with the term 'Potterotica' was enough to get my vote. [youtube]http://youtu.be/bXey2_i7GOA[/youtube] Here...
A 21st Century Literary Atlas of Europe
The impetus for the project is simple: Where is literature set and why? For over a hundred years "literary criticism has been struggling with the question of how best to depict literary spaces on maps in an adequate and objectively accurate manner" Combining the fields of literary geography and cartography researchers at the Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation in Zurich have been at work since 2006 compiling new interactive tools to assist researchers and others with an interest in literature and place. Subjects like "fictionalization processes over time (of a region, a city); interactions between fiction and reality; and last but not least coherences between natural...
The Really Small World of Tim Sidford
We all know good things come in small packages but British artist Tim Sidford takes the cake with his meticulous miniature interiors. Bordering on unbelievable, Sidford recreates the stuff that dreams are made of within the smallest of structures. Here's his take on his "bonkers hobby of creating miniature interiors": I love the drama of many historic interiors. Creating these models helps allows me to indulge my 'inner designer'! The rooms are constructed from wood and card and wooden moulded decorative trim, as well as bits of old cereal packets, drinking straws, balsa wood, beads, plastic food packaging etc. The most...
Making a Case For Books
[youtube]http://youtu.be/JPL3kJPsVdA[/youtube] Here's a perfect video for Labor Day weekend. A seven minute animation on the making of four bookcases by Frank Howarth. Construction never looked so fun.