plus Battle Royale
Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games
Reader Submission: Title by comedian Tyler Snodgrass
I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.
Jan Berenstain, co-creator of the Berenstain Bears, dies
Jan Berenstain, who along with her husband Stan created the popular children’s books about the family of lovable “Berenstain Bears,” has died in Philadelphia, her publisher said on Monday, after suffering a stroke late last week. She was 88.
“We are all deeply saddened to share with you the news that Jan Berenstain, surviving member of one of the greatest teams in all children’s literature — Stan and Jan Berenstain — passed away last Friday,” publisher Random House said in a statement.One of the greats.
Picasso, Eat Your Heart Out! →
Cool video. It’s even better than watching Bob Ross.
I want to go see this…
“I think I found a language, how to show things, that can make you look at things in a slightly different way than what you’re used to.” Rineke Dijkstra
If you’re not already familiar with the work of Rineke Dijkstra, then I invite you to have a deeper look at this remarkable photographer. Much has been written and said about her work and I won’t add to the chatter, but leave you to make up your own mind. In fact, hearing what she has to say is actually much better. Next month on February 19th the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will launch the first mid-career retrospective of her work. The show will later travel to New York’s Guggenheim, where it will open on June 29th. With over 70 images spanning her career on display, I for one am already excited to see what will most likely be one of the top photo shows of 2012. —Lane Nevares
- From SFMOMA: In works of classical simplicity and remarkable psychological depth, Dutch artist Rineke Dijkstra presents a contemporary take on the genre of portraiture. Whether adolescents, soldiers, or new mothers, Dijkstra is fascinated by people in states of significant transition. Her sensitive pictures generate a monumental sense of presence, not only in how they record the details of an individual’s physical appearance, but also in how they illuminate subtly shifting inner states. The scale and ambition of Dijkstra’s photographs connects them to a Dutch tradition of portraiture stretching back to Rembrandt and Frans Hals. Bringing together 70 large-scale color photographs and five video installations, this is the artist’s first major retrospective in the United States.http://www.sfmoma.org/exhib_events/exhibitions/438#ixzz1kcbG7gDk
Happy Birthday to Manet.
For Manet’s birthday, we thought we’d share this appropriation of the infamous Olympia, made by Japanese artist Yasumasa Morimura.
(via SFMOMA)
Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.
French Impressionist Painter (via must-be-the-monet)
Merry Christmas.
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