Stu Mead and Dorothea Tanning exhibits

Ape-Girl-Artist painting by Stu Mead 2012

 Birthday drawing by Dorothea Tanning 1976

 There are a couple of events happening in California tomorrow (Sat. Jan 12th, 2013) that I would not mind going to. The first is a Stu Mead exhibit at Hyaena Gallery (1928 West Olive, Burbank, CA). The opening party is from 8 pm til midnight. What fun! I can't go because I live up in Oregon, but I would if I could. Stu Mead lives and works in Berlin, Germany. His solo show will be up until January 31st, 2013.  I just ordered his new book Fentasia.
The second event is a scholarly one called A Dorothea Tanning Round Table Discussion from 2pm - 3:30 pm at Gallery Wendi Norris (161 Jessie Street San Francisco, CA). The gallery is currently having a Dorothea Tanning exhibit: Unknown, But Knowable States (Jan 10- March 12th). Dorothea Tanning, surrealist painter, lived to be 101 years old. She passed away about a year ago. I like this drawing she did called "Birthday" (same title as one of her books).

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What Am I Reading?

I received these two books in the mail from Amazon yesterday.

GOYA by Robert Hughes and Los Caprichos, Goya's etchings (a Dover book). 

The actual Robert Hughes book was cheaper than the kindle version. 

A beautiful book it is, with illustrations throughout.

 This will be a good excuse to shut off the television and the computer at night. 

I miss Robert Hughes and I know these two books about Goya will inspire me. 

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P.S. As you can see, Little Hokum Rag looks totally different now! My list of blog links disappeared and I will try and get them back. I also lost my feedburner counter which showed that I had almost 13,000 readers. I do think that you will find this blog easier to read and to navigate. The archives are still intact, so all is well....I hope you will continue to follow my future posts and read the old ones as well. Thanks! Amy

New look for Little Hokum Rag ...

Little Hokum Rag is way overdue for a face lift. This morning, I could not upload any photos to this blog from internet explorer (due to a problem that blogger is having) and then I noticed that the flickr badge was not displaying properly when using firefox. It was covering up my profile information.

So, I have decided to finally update my template and get a brand new look for this blog. Hopefully, when it is done, everything will work properly with all browsers.

Please stay tuned...I am not going anywhere....and what you are seeing now is NOT the final version.

Love, Amy

http://amycrehore.com

 

 

Lucky 13

 

Bring it on! Happy 2013!

(Headstock of one of my painted ukes from my L.A. show 2009)

 

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Malbuchgeschichten Bild 13

Malbuchgeschichten Bild 13, a photo by micky the pixel on Flickr.

Beautiful set on flickr of German "Coloring Book" 1949 with a surreal tapestry-like style of illustration by Heinz Kiessling. Here is just one page. Follow link. Thanks to micky the pixel.

Funny Little Nudes

The Crowd Pleaser and the VIP make perfect conceptual art pieces.

Duchamp would be proud. I've always been a sucker for tiny things and these were nudes hanging around the house untouched, in the old packaging, so I took some photos. These are "the little people that add a lot".
(H O scale figurines)

 

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Winter Images by Oliver Herford

 Jack Frost - Ladies Home Journal 1926

The Snowman's Christmas - Ladies Home Journal 1924 LINK

(Click image to enlarge)

 

Who was Oliver Herford (1863-1935)? They say he was "the American Oscar Wilde". I love these two illustrations which clearly show his sense of humor and his wicked talent for drawing and painting. He was also a poet and writer.

Here are some of his works online.

 

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