Shane McAdams presented his thesis for Pratt’s MFA program while I was an ID grad student year ago and I was blown away by his work. I don’t usually see abstract painting that melds color and texture with a mastery of manipulated media on the level of his show. And I’ve stayed on his [...]
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July 19, 2011
Alex Steinweiss– RIP
By SinclairSteven Heller wrote a lovely obituary for the late and great Alex Steinweiss in today’s New York TImes. I had never heard of Steinweiss and I’m sorry because his contribution was huge. As advertising manager for Columbia Records he essentially introduced original artwork to the record sleeve. If you consider a time before records used [...]
June 21, 2011
Murakami Google
By SinclairLoving the Takashi Murakami Google logo for the Summer solstice!
May 22, 2011
Vivian Maier
By SinclairMother Jones has this incredible story in the May/June issue about a real estate agent who randomly bought a box of negatives at a yard sale or something and discovered Vivian Maier, a previously unknown amateur photographer whom I assure you will become known as one of the great and most prolific street photographers of [...]
May 22, 2011
Full color Depression pix
By SinclairNPR had a piece last week about gorgeous Depression Era full color photographs. And they are amazing. That early 20th cent divergence when representational media went black & white as captured by photography and painting took its color into an abstract land of blobs and streaks left a hole in the collective memory that’s hard [...]
April 6, 2011
Beastie Boys cover art?
By SinclairI’m trying to make sense of it all and guessing that this is the cover art for the forthcoming record. Whatever it is, it’s fucking gorgeous. I love how I can and can’t see the letterforms spelling Beastie Boys in there. Amazing. So psyched. Tx KR.
March 27, 2011
Family trip to MOMA
By SinclairI’m posting this three weeks after its event but it’s worth sharing and documenting it. It’s always exciting to go to MOMA. Well, usually. The kitchen exhibit was fantastic, particularly the Bauhaus and post war American graphic work. All of the gallery above is from there excepting the Louis Sullivan and the Rothko.
March 10, 2011
Astronomical photography
By SinclairA friend on Facebook posted a link to a Popular Science article about backyard astronomer Alan Friedman and his truly amazing photography. This picture of the sun is like nothing I’ve ever seen.
February 1, 2011
Kneel before the hand of Erik Sanko!!
By SinclairI am proud to call Erik Sanko my friend and colleague, but I had no idea he could draw and letter like this. Yes, that’s right. All of the above he did by hand. Try not to be impressed smug public!
January 28, 2011
Jim Denevan is a monster
By SinclairAn architect friend of mine posted something on Facebook about her CAD being down and having to go back to drawing a whole bunch of circles by hand. Another mutual architect friend commented to the effect of “oh yeah? Check this dude out.” I did. The verdict is whoa! Check this dude out: Jim Denevan. [...]