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calhounsmith

  1. Scroll down for images of Thiebaud’s work. This is the useful page version on what is otherwise a Flash-heavy site. via @AlanBamberger 11:01 PM May 23rd via web
  2. If I were in San Francisco. Wayne Thiebaud at John Berggruen Gallery. berggruen.com/current/ 10:56 PM May 23rd via Tweet Button
  3. Reagan’s Blood lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2012/05/reagan… 12:21 AM May 23rd via Tweet Button
  4. As speculative End of the World scenarios go, I would say this news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/05/1… is preferable to this reuters.com/article/2012/0… 12:20 AM May 23rd via web
  5. Jeff Wall’s photo The Stumbling Block: Somehow I think this character could've easily made a cameo in Infinite Jest. 11:58 PM May 22nd via web
  6. Previous quote by Jeff Wall on his photo The Vampires’ Picnic, from an interview with Arielle Pélenc in 1996. 11:27 PM May 22nd via web
  7. “I thought of my vampire family as a grotesque parody of the group photos of the creepy and glamorous families on TV shows like ‘Dynasty’.” 11:26 PM May 22nd via web
  8. “What a concerto of good stinks said the dog” poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine… 10:39 AM May 21st via Tweet Button
  9. Visits to IKEA breed IKEA visits. 4:12 AM May 21st via web
  10. Made me think of department store clothing designers rolling dice featuring words from an urban dictionary. Perhaps a bit of cut-up. 4:03 AM May 21st via web
  11. Just saw the phrase Urban Massive Effect on a young man’s t-shirt. 4:03 AM May 21st via web
  12. I remember catching this on TV and nearly falling off my chair. Neil Young, Keep On Rockin' In The Free World (SNL '89) omglog.com/thomas/archive… 11:01 PM May 18th via Tweet Button
  13. Usurps. Complicates. Confuses. Subverts. Reifies. Critiques. Re-appropriates. You get all this, plus a nice, decorative piece of artwork. 11:32 AM May 18th via web
  14. Advice from John Baldessari to (young) artists: You have to be possessed which you can't will. 11:45 PM May 17th via web
  15. "Millions of Americans...", photo blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/fil… from blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/201… 7:50 AM May 17th via Tweet Button
  16. What i really want is this one. art.tfl.gov.uk/projects/detai… via @aotulondon 6:16 AM May 17th via Tweet Button
  17. I had no idea. I have this one somewhere here at home. art.tfl.gov.uk/projects/detai… via @aotulondon 6:16 AM May 17th via Tweet Button