Collage sent to Tristan Tzara, 1921

Erwin Blumenfeld: Bloomfield, President-Dada-Chaplinist. Collage sent to Tristan Tzara, 1921
Originally uploaded by kraftgenie

Erwin Blumenfeld: Bloomfield, President-Dada-Chaplinist.
(kraftgenie's flickr)

Circular Photos from No.1 Kodak Camera 1890

Boy paddling in the sea
Originally uploaded by National Media Museum

Boy paddling in the sea, 1890
from National Media Museum
set on flickr

"Shygals' Serenade" -New letterpress print by Amy Crehore

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Tickler Production presents: "Shygals' Serenade", a beautifully hand-crafted 3-color fine art limited edition letterpress print - featuring two gals, two monkeys and a ukulele. It is an original design by Amy Crehore printed with archival inks on 13" x 10" 140 lb Holyoke Premium Cotton paper. Special price is $50. w/ free shipping in USA and Canada (limited time) . Each print is signed and numbered by me (Amy Crehore). Each print also comes with a signed certificate of authenticity. (This print was made from an original ink drawing and old-fashioned acetate overlays. I used a fine brush to do the work.) Here is the link to buy:

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Great Galleries in San Francisco

Wilson Shieh, Swimmer, Crown Point Press

Alexander Gorlizki at John Berggruen

(abstracted miniatures with Indian influence and technique - he had an Indian miniaturist helping him realize his vision)

Gordon Cook, Lead Milk Bottle on a Stand at George Krevsky

Andrea Dezsö at Frey Norris

Remedios Varo, Study for Encuentro 1959, Frey Norris

Robert Schwartz at Hackett Mill

Gina Pearlin at Jack Fischer

Roscubas at Caldwell Snyder

Francesca Sundsten at Jenkins Johnson (this is a miniature)

Scott Greene at Catherine Clark

Last week, I went to quite a few galleries in and around Union Square, San Francisco. I really enjoyed seeing work by colleague Andrea Dezso at Frey Norris and talking to Wendi Norris about Remedios Varo in the annex.

I was able to study two incredible Robert Schwartz paintings at Hackett Mill Gallery. The imaginative details in his 8" gouache paintings are nothing short of astounding. Alexander Gorlizki's show at John Berggruen was on a miniature scale, too, as were Francesca Sundsten's tiny oils painted on top of antique cabinet cards.

The elongated Roscubas sculptures at Caldwell Snyder were a treat and Scott Greene's paintings at Catherine Clark were full of surprises and well-painted (this gallery also shows some of my other favs: Julie Heffernan and Sandow Birk). I saw a room full of Clare Rojas at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art. Here are links to some of the galleries I went to:

Catherine Clark, Jenkins Johnson, Caldwell Snyder, Jack Fischer, Hackett Mill, Frey Norris, John Berggruen, George Krevsky, Gallery Paule Anglim, Crown Point Press, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, etc.

I had a wonderful time walking from place to place.

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Escape to San Francisco

I took a little trip to San Francisco last week to check out galleries and have some fun. I met my friend from L.A. and we stayed in the Westin St. Francis which was located right in the heart of Union Square. From there, we walked to galleries, restaurants, Chinatown and Market Street, museums, etc. The 20th floor, where I stayed, had a great view of the city, sky and water.

Here, I'm posing in front of a massage parlor near Union Square. I like the wacky window display. The city was super windy and you can see my hair blowing in this photo.

My favorite restaurant was Le Colonial, a French Vietnamese place (located in an alley) with an elegant dining room, plus an upstairs lounge that had a jazz/blues band. One could spend hours there with friends and not have to go anywhere else. The atmosphere was so perfect.

Here I am inside the beautiful Xanadu Gallery on Maiden Lane, San Francisco's only Frank Lloyd Wright Building. Frank renovated this building in 1948 (a gift shop) and used it as the prototype for the Guggenheim Museum. The people who worked here were super friendly, as were all of the people that I talked to in San Francisco galleries (which I will blog about next).

Posing outside of the Olympic Club which had two exceptionally well-endowed statues.

Inside Harry Denton's Starlight Room at the top of the Sir Francis Drake hotel. Incredible view of the city from the dance floor, plus funky vintage decor. Unfortunately, it was the wrong night and the wrong mood with pounding disco music instead of jazz.

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Hobo Blues

John Lee Hooker live 1965 At American Folk Blues Festival

I'll be gone for a few days. I encourage you to investigate the archives of this blog

while I'm gone. See ya! Amy

Family Portrait, Arizona, Early 20th Century

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Originally uploaded by ricksoloway

"These are some wonderful portraits discovered in an archive at the Douglas Historical Society that starts around 1905 and runs through the first two decades of that century. This is the era when Mexican populist rebel Pancho Villa was shooting up the area, and there was much turmoil on the Mexican border."
From Ricksoloway's flickr, Cochise County Set