Golden Books Exhibit

Art by Mary Blair

Maybe I can go to this when I'm in NYC for my own show at Ad Hoc Art

Via Cartoon Brew, word of a cool new show at New York's Children’s Museum of Manhattan -- “Golden Legacy: Original Art from 65 Years of Golden Book”. Snip from the show description:
Among the artists who contributed to the series were greats of the European émigré community such as Garth Williams, Feodor Rojankovsky, and Tibor Gergely who had gathered in New York as the situation in Europe worsened during World War II; alumni of the Walt Disney Studios such as Gustaf Tenggren, Martin Provensen, J. P. Miller, and Mary Blair; and American aritsts Leonard Weisgard, Eloise Wilkin, Elizabeth Orton Jones, Richard Scarry, and Hilary Knight. Golden Legacy: Original Art from 65 Years of Golden Books, through August 28, at CMOM, 212 West 83rd Street, NYC. Image: work from the artist Mary Blair, whose illustrations for Golden Books will be featured in this show. [ Thank you, John Walsh! ]

VIA Boingboing

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Pathetic Blogger

Image from Bibliodyssey

Okay, I'm a pretty pathetic blogger the last two days. But, it's because it's very HOT here. Like 100 degrees! It will pass and I will blog again. I was lazy about putting up a new hokum song on my website this week as well. I am staying busy with framing, shipping, sweating, etc.

Miniatures in Italian Frames

"Balancing Act 1" by Amy Crehore
"Balancing Act 2" by Amy Crehore
I got these cool frames so I decided to do a couple of miniatures.
The images are postcard size (4" x 6"), frames are 8 1/2" x 10 1/2". (Click to enlarge)

These will go in the Las Vegas show ,"Crimes on Canvas" - opening July 18th, 2008 at 6 PM at the Hardrock Hotel curated by M Modern Gallery.

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"Crazy Mary"

Pearl Jam or Victoria Williams...take your pick.

"Crazy Mary" is a great song.

From YOUTUBE

Girl with Wig Holding a Dirt Pie

Time for another very special photo of the day.

Photo copyright Raleigh Powell of Richmond, VA.
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Retro Comic Sound Effects

" Slurp, slurp" (err..what's happening in this one? Is that a straw?) and "ayyy! iplaf" (hit by a rock or a snowball?). To view a page of silly vintage comic sound effects go to flickr. Retronomatopeya has collected a set of them. It's beautiful to behold an entire page of these all in one place. (via That's Right )

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Beautiful Giant Baby Heads

Artist Antonio Lopez observes with his wife one of his sculptures "Night", which together with "Day" were installed in Atocha train station in Madrid. Photo: EFE / Ballesteros. Boston Museum of Fine Arts first installed the giant baby heads back in April as part of the current exhibit of Antonio Lopez's work.
July 3, 2008- artist Antonio Lopez Garcia supervised the installment of his giant baby head sculptures in the Atocha train station in Madrid. He looks very happy. You can read the story on Art Daily . The Boston Museum of Fine Arts continues it's Antonio Lopez Garcia retrospective exhibit until July 27th, 2008. I wish I could go see this one. He is an amazing artist. Artist Tim Lowly has a tribute page to him on his website .

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