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  • Presidential Election Posters, 1960-Present

    May 13th, 2008 Here and There Posted in art, design, election 2008, politics, presidents, serious, voting No Comments »

    Thx: Kottke.

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    Robert Rauschenberg Has Died

    May 13th, 2008 Here and There Posted in art, superdelegates No Comments »

    I love his art, and always have.

    He was 82.

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    Stop What You’re Doing and Look at This Art

    March 18th, 2008 Here and There Posted in art, education, energy, environment, medicine, serious No Comments »

    It’s amazing. Seattle artist Chris Jordan makes art of truly mesmerizing detail, and every bit, zoomed at every level, offers commentary on who we are and how we live.

    I’m speechless.

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    Obey Giant Artist Endorses Obama

    January 30th, 2008 Here and There Posted in art, election 2008, obama, politics, serious No Comments »

    And suddenly the campaign looks really good.

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    The one guy who does it all

    June 25th, 2007 Here and There Posted in art, design, journalism, serious 2 Comments »

    I know I’m not telling too many people something they didn’t already know, but many (if not most) American newspaper mastheads were designed by one person. His name is Jim Parkinson. And his work is phenomenal.

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    Dwell magazine blog

    May 11th, 2007 Here and There Posted in architecture, art, serious No Comments »

    A few months ago, Dwell’s website launched a staff-driven blog. It’s a well-presented assortment of world art and architecture goings on. Check it out.

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    Sol LeWitt

    April 8th, 2007 Here and There Posted in art, serious No Comments »

    I like art, but I’m no patron. I just like what I like, for various reasons.

    I just saw that Sol LeWitt, someone whose work I’ve come across from time to time in my life, most memorably at PS1, died.

    I appreciated LeWitt’s fusion of color and geometry, his three-dimensional structures coming to resemble some vague advanced childhood toy, a la Erector Set.

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