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Cindy was published by Marvel comics. It’s an example of the “Good Girl” comics trend that goes back to WWII. It is a genre that is beyond the normal comic book. Humor, adventure, sci-fi and more have all featured “Good Girl” art.
About the cover below: “I don’t know the artist responsible for this cover, but it’s a real knockout! It’s even a kind of greytone production, giving an almost painterly effect with added depth.” Samuelsdesign.com
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Etsy is currently publishing a serie titled Handmade Weddings. Today’s post is covers a Hobo Wedding, the antithesis of the TV show “Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire?” that was airing on Fox years ago.
“The Handmade Wedding Series has been delighted to bring you some real weddings. And hobocampcrafts’ self-described “hobo” wedding kept it so real with a budget of only $5000!
Many little girls dream about their weddings, but the idea of getting married never even dawned on me. So when my boyfriend got down on one knee, I knew I had a lifetime of planning to catch up on.
We had a budget of about $5,000 — a generous amount from my retired parents. Well aware that if we went over budget it was coming out of our pocket, we decided to keep our wedding fun and unique, but simple. We were inspired by a DIY wedding article in the now-defunct “Budget Living” magazine.” [Etsy]
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A few weeks ago, loonie evangelical, Charles McVety, successfuly pressured the federal cabinet ministers and PMO officials to deny tax credits to productions deemed too controversial or offensive now it’s The City of Vancouver’s turn to cave to bible thumpers’ demands.
A piece of public art that is judged controversial because it’s depicting an inverted church will soon be removed from Harbour Green Park in downtown Vancouver. Since centuries artists had to put up with religious censorship and they still do in countries such as Iran or Saudi Arabia.
Although an offer was made to donate the piece to the city on a long-term loan, Weaving said Wednesday: “We’re recommending it come out in part because of the mixed public responses.” In other words some Christians call it sacrilegious. Hey Ms. Weaving, what about the separation of church and government. When was it decided that municipal bodies are supposed to cave to religious demands. What about the artist rights? What about his rights to communicate whatever he feels? Freedom of expression and speech…wasn’t that what Canada was founded on?
What if a Muslim tells you that because you are woman you are unfit for the position you hold as the Vancouver park board arts coordinator, will you quit?
I’m extremely disappointed in the Vancouver art community for not standing up for artists rights. Since when public art is inclined to bend to the will of religious censorship? Is it since backward “idiots” are working for the park board?
Never mind, when provocative art comes around, there will always be some one to get their panties in a bunch and bitch to no end about how offensive it is to them.
Although an offer was made to donate the piece to the city on a long-term loan, Weaving said Wednesday: “We’re recommending it come out in part because of the mixed public responses.”
That includes, she said, concern from area residents that the seven-metre-high piece blocks view corridors and takes too much of a small patch of green space.
“Some people have also contacted us to say that they feel the subject matter isn’t appropriate,” said Weaving. [The Vancouver Sun]
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“This is an actual photo. Every screen is showing exactly whats behind it - relative to the camera, which was on a tripod.” link
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This video made by Edward Cella Art Gallery in Santa Barbara California displays a succession of curiosities concocted by 8 artists.
“The tendency to collect and accumulate is implicit the mediums of collage and assemblage. Organized along these notions, Curiosities presents the work by eight artists who share these contrary impulses to collect and transform in order to rediscover and investigate contemporary issues of identity, culture, and the discrepancies and contradictions of contemporary life.”[EdwardCellaGallery]
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Etsy’s post depict an easter print illustration that has some similarities with vintage stuff.
“This is one in a series of prints I did inspired by vintage illustrations of children from old storybooks. I have always had a fascination with eggs and birds so naturally I thought to incorporate these two things into my images. I feel that each picture in my series reveals a tiny piece of a much larger tale.”[ETSY]
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Jared has made an embroidery specifically for all of you trekkies out there! Cost: $200.00 . He is doing art for sale you can contact him through his Flickr profile.
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Now the scots will have another use for sheep stomachs! With the help of sheep stomachs You create a lamp that has a gorgeous hue. If you visit Julia Lohmann’s site, be sure to check out the other stuff she has come up with. via boingboing
Technorati Tags: arts
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As they did in 2005 to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association, Liz Calvin and Bruce Walther are spearheading the design of Cultural Olympiad 2008 mosaics.
I met Mosaic Artist Liz Calvin yesterday at Sinclair Centre who explained that the mosaic above depicts a cross section of a tree stump surrounded by water and a vista of downtown Vancouver with Stanley Park at the top of the circle and the sea walk depicted as a regular pattern of bricks. It also shows Vancouver harbour, as the 5 sails of the Vancouver Convention Centre. Inside the tree stump circle, there is a bird wing, a bear paw and a salmon which represent earth air and water elements.
Liz Calvin’s mosaic is a wonderful work of art that we can all be proud of and is a great contribution of artistic expression to the Cultural Olympics of Vancouver.
You can visit Liz’s site at : http://lizcalvinmosaics.com/
Technorati Tags: Mosaic, Vancouver Cultural Olympics 2008, Olympiads, Olympic Games 2010
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Here is the new edition of Danny Lyon book The Bikeriders, published first in the mid 196os, just before Easy Rider roared its way into American consciousness. Danny Lyon is a self-taught American photographer and filmmaker. He is also credited as an accomplished writer to accompany his photographs.
Technorati Tags: bikers, arts, photography
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