Tuesday, February 08, 2011

5th Year Anniversary of "Little Hokum Rag"

"The Creature" painting, 2006, by Amy Crehore

On Feb. 18th, it will be Little Hokum Rag's 5th year anniversary. I plan to do some things to celebrate. Stayed tuned for another contest to win art. Meanwhile, have a look at my archives. For instance, here's a very happy memory from the summer of 2006, Santa Monica, CA:
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Thursday, February 03, 2011

Year of the Cat and Year of the Rabbit

Nip-Cat ukulele headstock image by Amy Crehore
Rabbit Foot Blues 1920s image- song by Blind Lemon Jefferson
You can still buy 2011 calendar with free CD at Bluesimages

"The Chinese word for rabbit is 'mao', which sounds like 'meo' in Vietnamese, where it means cat."

Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Fascinating Human Forms

Sculpture by Li Xiaofeng
Sculpture by Anders Krisár

Artist Li Xiaofeng likes to buy shards of broken porcelain recovered from ancient archeological digs for his sculptures. There is an interesting article about him with more images at Yatzer.

At Yatzer, I also read about a new book called "Doppelganger, Images of the Human Being" by Gestalten which features artists who are interested in the human form, like Anders Krisar. His woven human torso is shown above.
Article plus more images: LINK on Yatzer
Thanks, Lori, at Automatism

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Dali Loved Harpo Marx


Top photo shows a harp with barb-wire strings that Dali gave to Harpo Marx as a gift. In 1937, Dali wrote a surreal screenplay, Giraffes on Horseback Salads (LINK), for the Marx Brothers. It never got produced. The drawing "Surrealist Gondola Above Burning Bicycles" is connected with that script. READ a fascinating article about Dali's love for Harpo and see more pictures at :