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<title><![CDATA[Shock - Art Piece]]></title>
<link>http://colourandshape.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/shock-art-piece/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ceri Jones</dc:creator>
<guid>http://colourandshape.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/shock-art-piece/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A tribute...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_161" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://colourandshape.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/shock.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-161" title="Shock" src="http://colourandshape.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/shock.jpg" alt="Shock - Lichtenstein" width="500" height="500" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A tribute...</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[ROY LICHTENSTEIN KISS by Bob Kessel]]></title>
<link>http://bobkessel.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/roy-lichtenstein-kiss-by-bob-kessel/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bobkessel</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[KISS  by Roy Lichtenstein after comic book • KISS KISS by Bob Kessel after Roy Lichtenstein after co]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;">KISS  by Roy Lichtenstein after comic book</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img title="roy-kiss-kiss-bob-kessel" src="http://www.bobkessel.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/roy-kiss-kiss-bob-kessel.jpg" alt="roy-kiss-kiss-bob-kessel" width="420" height="420" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">KISS KISS by Bob Kessel<br />
after Roy Lichtenstein after comic book</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;">Bob Kessel&#8217;s art series &#8220;RECONSTRUCTING ROY&#8221; is based on the works of Roy Lichtenstein. This picture and many others, can be purchased as signed and numbered limited edition original fine art prints. <a href="mailto:b.kessel@snet.net">Contact Bob Kessel for prices and availability</a>.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img title="lichten" src="http://www.bobkessel.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lichten.jpg" alt="lichten" width="400" height="418" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Roy Lichtenstein by Bob Kessel</p>
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<blockquote><p>&#8220;The big tradition, I think, is unity. And I have that in mind; and with that, you know, you could break all the traditions- all the other so-called rules, because they are stylistic.. and most are not true. As long as the marks are related to one another, there is unity. Unity in the work itself depends on unity of the artist&#8217;s vision.&#8221;</p>
<p>- Roy Lichtenstein</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[Cheerio then]]></title>
<link>http://markgorman.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/cheerio-then/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>markgorman</dc:creator>
<guid>http://markgorman.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/cheerio-then/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I am not, and never have been, a fan of George Burley.  The performance by Scotland against Wales on]]></description>
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<p>I am not, and never have been, a fan of George Burley.  The performance by Scotland against Wales on Saturday defied description in the first half.  At 3-0 down we gave away a stone wall penalty that wasn&#8217;t given and Marshall, the goalie, should have been sent off.  So that would have been 4-0 with ten men.  We&#8217;d no doubt have shut up shop at that point and sloped off with a four goal defeat.  As it was we lost to a bunch of schoolboys by three.</p>
<p>He had to go.  And go he has.</p>
<p>Our game is a mess.  I mean, let&#8217;s face it, Hibs are within a win of topping the league despite a makeshift team in parts and having sold 11 internationalists in five years.  How is that possible?  I&#8217;lll tell you how.  Because everyone else is shit.  And if you want proof of that look at Rangers&#8217; and Celtic&#8217;s positions in their European groups.  Both bottom, neither with a pot washed.</p>
<p>Investment in Scottish football&#8217;s youth (outside of Easter Road) is lamentable and that&#8217;s why that old saying &#8220;There&#8217;s no easy games in international football&#8221; is true once again.  Scotland is an easy game.  Fuck sake, Falkirk went out of Europe to a team from Leichtenstien.</p>
<p>Lichstentsien!</p>
<p>In the past, had a Scottish team drawn a team from Lichstentsien we&#8217;d have needed a fucking calculator to work out the aggregate score.</p>
<p>So back to Burley.  Cheerio and good riddance I say.  We&#8217;ve had two clowns in charge both utter pish (Burley and Vogts) a sort of shit sandwich in reverse.  It seems remarkable that the rose between those two thorns was dour old Walter Smith who got the team playing again, reaching unheard of heights.</p>
<p>He leaves?  Splash, right back in the poo.<br />
Smith is sitting in the Ibrox ejector seat so I suspect the SFA (pricks that they are) will make the predictable decision to send him a parachute.  Indeed this may all be part of a &#8220;plan&#8221;.</p>
<p>As for Burley?  He can get back to looking really, really creepy and doing dodgy stuff that no-one can write about, out of the glare of the public eye.</p>
<p>See ya.  Wouldnae wanna be ya.man tommorow.  You&#8217;ll like it.</p>
<p>By the way.  Check out 60 Watt&#8217;s topical Scotsman.com ad in  The Scots</p>
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<title><![CDATA[As 14 características do Homem Perfeito]]></title>
<link>http://fabiohernandez.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/as-14-caracteristicas-do-homem-perfeito/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fabio Hernandez</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fabiohernandez.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/as-14-caracteristicas-do-homem-perfeito/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[QUE CARACTERÍSTICAS você, homem, deve ter para interessar aquela criatura suave e cruel, delicada e ]]></description>
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<p><strong>QUE CARACTERÍSTICAS</strong> você, homem, deve ter para interessar aquela criatura suave e cruel, delicada e tirânica, sublime e miserável, generosa e avarenta, capaz de nos levar ao céu e logo depois à sarjeta, mas, em duas palavras, irresistível e incomparável, portanto insubstituível &#8212; a fêmea?</p>
<p>Bem, você definitivamente não é o primeiro a se formular essa questão tão complexa, nem será o último. Um sábio indiano, Vatsayana, que viveu numa época que não se sabe precisamente, mas que estudiosos chutam em algum ponto entre os séculos IV e VI AC, se deteve na pergunta fundamental, a mãe de todas, da vida de um homem. Ele é o autor, ou pelo menos se imagina que seja, do Kama Sutra, que está longe de ser o manual erótico que muitos pensam que é sem ter lido, depois de ver apenas algumas ilustrações e ouvir de orelha dizerem que é.</p>
<p>Para facilitar a minha vida e a sua, vou colar um trecho da Wikipedia sobre o Kama Sutra e Vatsayana:</p>
<p>“<em>Ao contrário do que muitos pensam, o Kama Sutra não é um manual de sexo, nem um trabalho sagrado ou religioso. Ele também não é, certamente, um texto <a title="Tantra" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantra">tântrico</a>. Na abertura de um debate sobre os três objetivos da antiga vida hindu &#8211; <a title="Darma" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darma">Darma</a>, <a title="Artha" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artha">Artha</a> e <a title="Kamadeva" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamadeva">Kamadeva</a> &#8211; a finalidade do <a title="Vatsyayana" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatsyayana">Vatsyayana</a> é estabelecer kama, ou gozo dos sentidos, no contexto. Assim, Darma (ou vida virtuosa) é o maior objetivo, Artha, o acúmulo de riqueza é a próxima, e Kama é o menor dos três</em>.”</p>
<p>Bem, de volta ao Planeta Terra. Vatsayana, de cujo Kama Sutra recomendo vivamente a leitura, elaborou uma lista de atributos do homem a quem elas entregam o coração, a alma e as demais coisas menos elevadas espiritualmente que, francamente, também interessam a nós. São 14. Aos homens, sugiro que vejam em quantos se enquadram. Caso se dêem bem serão o objeto invejado e admirado de desejáveis fêmeas angustiadas como a loira abaixo, desenhada por Roy Lichtenstein, um dos heróis da arte pop que floresceu nos Estados Unidos nos anos 60. Se não pontuarem bem, têm uma boa lição de casa, desde que persistentes e, mais que tudo, humildes para reconhecer fraquezas.  Às mulheres, recomendo que verifiquem o grau de acerto ou não do velho indiano que, antes mesmo do Contardo Calligaris, investigou os mistérios metafísicos e físicos do amor.  O debate está aberto.</p>
<p>Os homens ideais, segundo ele, são:</p>
<p>1) os versados na ciência do amor;</p>
<p>2) os que têm habilidade para contar histórias;</p>
<p>3) os que conhecem as mulheres desde a infância;</p>
<p>4) os que conquistaram a confiança delas, mulheres;</p>
<p>5) os que lhes enviam presentes;</p>
<p>6) os que falam bem;</p>
<p>7) os que fazem coisas de que elas gostam;</p>
<p>8 ) os que nunca amaram outras mulheres;</p>
<p>9) os que conhecem seus pontos fracos;</p>
<p>10) os que gostam de festas;</p>
<p>11) os liberais;</p>
<p>12) os que são famosos por sua força;</p>
<p>13) os empreendedores e corajosos;</p>
<p>14) os que superam os demais homens em cultura, aparência, boas qualidades e generosidade.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://favoritos.files.wordpress.com/2006/10/roy.jpg?w=350&#038;h=348" alt="" width="350" height="348" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Love at first sight]]></title>
<link>http://oncultureeurope.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/love-at-first-sight/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>OnCulture Europe</dc:creator>
<guid>http://oncultureeurope.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/love-at-first-sight/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Set in a beautiful park overooking across the Kolding Fjord in the southern Danish Syddanmark Region]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3b1Mtw1kk54/SvbbsA-JoFI/AAAAAAAABEE/HflIKLh5FCs/s1600-h/02d.jpg"><img class="alignleft" style="border:0 none;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3b1Mtw1kk54/SvbbsA-JoFI/AAAAAAAABEE/HflIKLh5FCs/s200/02d.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="200" height="120" /></a>Set in a beautiful park overooking across the Kolding Fjord in the southern Danish Syddanmark Region, the <a href="http://www.trapholt.dk/" target="_blank">Trapholt Museum</a> of art, design and handicraft presents a splendid art exhibition this autumn under the title Love at first sight. The exhibition, which runs through February 28, 2010, features works from the famed German Würth collection, making a stroll through 20th century international modern art. From impressionism to expressionism, surrealism, op art and pop art, meet the likes of great names in European and American art: Munch, Baselitz, Magritte, Pissarro, Kiefer, Lichtenstein, Kapoor, Warhol and many others.<br />
<a href="http://www.onculture.eu/story.aspx?s_id=1171&#38;z_id=6">more&#8230;</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Lichtenstein]]></title>
<link>http://apetcher.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/lichtenstein/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Andrew Petcher</dc:creator>
<guid>http://apetcher.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/lichtenstein/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Liechtenstein is the fourth smallest independent European state after the Vatican City, Monaco and S]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Liechtenstein is the fourth smallest independent European state after the Vatican City, Monaco and San Marino.  It is predominantly Germanic but the only German speaking state that does not have a national border with Germany itself.  When the Holy Roman Empire was abolished by Napoleon in 1806 all of Europe seemed to forget about this tiny insignificant Principality and the royal family were able to keep their heads down and have continued to exist as an independent state ever since and as such it is the only state in Europe with a remaining direct continuity with the thousand year old Holy Roman Empire of Charlemagne.  It is one of only two countries in the world that are double landlocked, the other is Uzbekistan, as neither of its neighbours, Switzerland or Austria have access to the sea either.  It is therefore safe to say that fishing is probably not an important contributor to the economy in Liechtenstein.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">After an excellent breakfast and with Sally in possession of the map and entrusted with navigation duties we set off from the hotel and attempted first of all to plot a route over the mountain behind us.  The roads were narrow and after a while it became clear that they just went round in big circles without ever going across the top and down the other side so we had to abandon this course and return to the main road that took us effortlessly to the town of St Gallen, which is a sort of gateway to the Alps.  Here things became slightly more difficult and Sally’s navigational skills were tested to the limit as she was entrusted with the task of getting us through the town and on the road to Vaduz. </p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Unusually for a girl it turned out that she is a natural at map reading and she guided us through and then selected a minor road and scenic route where the scenery was wonderful with green fields that looked like watercolours in the rain and clean alpine meadows all bathed under a gentle pastel blue sky.  In the fields adjacent to the roads there were honey coloured alpine cattle with full udders feeding on the lush grass and clanging noisily about on account of the huge cow-bells that they had hanging around their necks.  They were friendly and inquisitive and when we stopped to admire the view they came close and posed obligingly for photographs.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">We climbed the road through the town of Tregen and continued along the scenic route and through the Ruppen Pass with more impressive views and then we picked up a main road that took us south through the low-lying plains of the Appenzell region.  This wasn’t quite so scenic but as we drove the Alps got closer and their high peaks began to loom overhead rising in dramatic style from the meadows and arable farmlands of this relatively flat part of Switzerland.  Unfortunately the weather ahead was beginning to change and dark clouds were hanging in the mountain passes.  Just before we crossed the border into Liechtenstein we came across a picturesque little town called Buchs where we stopped to admire the views of the Alps that completely surrounded this delightful little place and its attractive lake.  We didn’t linger for long because by now we were excited about arriving at our destination so we moved on and resumed our gentle drive south.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">We passed through the unremarkable state capitol of Vaduz with the castle of the ruling Prince, the Schloss Vaduz, perched high overhead and with magnificent views of all that he possesses stretched out below.  Out of the city we began our ascent to the village of Triesenberg a thousand metres above Vaduz into the Alps.   As we climbed a road with spectacular hairpin bends it unexpectedly started to rain, gently at first but about half way to the village it really started to fall quite steadily which made driving more difficult than it might have been and we were glad when we arrived at the top.  We found a bar with an outside terrace overlooking the Rhine valley below and across into Switzerland and although it was still raining the terrace was sheltered and we took an outside table and enjoyed a drink and the magnificent view.  Although the rain was disappointing and the bar staff and the regulars thought we were slightly daft to be sitting outside we wouldn’t have missed this view for the world and it was so good that after the first drink we had a second and stayed a while longer.  </p>
<p style="text-align:left;">First of all before setting back to Rorschach we drove to the very top of the mountain above the town to the winter sports resort of Malbun.  The road was quiet and we made a leisurely ascent through small villages with an abundance of unoccupied winter ski chalets and as the road became steeper the car began to strain in objection to the uphill task.  The smell of burning clutch was enough to confirm that it wasn’t altogether enjoying the assignment of taking us to the top.  When we completed the drive and stopped in Malbun we were one thousand six hundred metres above sea level and there were good views to be had all around us.  The place was almost completely abandoned because by May there is no snow remaining in the valleys or on the ski slopes and only the very tops of the mountains still retained a covering.  The number of days of snow cover in the Alps is steadily reducing and the snow line is retreating because recent years have seen the warmest winters on record in the Alps and climate projections predict even higher temperatures in the future.  Scientists say that this is due to global warming and some warn that within twenty years skiing will not be possible below two thousand metres and already some investors are refusing to offer loans to resorts under one thousand five hundred metres as they worry about future snow cover.  Most ski resorts now rely on snow cannons to create simulated snow by pumping thousands of gallons of water into the air which turn to ice crystals to provide an artificial skiing surface but unfortunately these machines use so much energy and consume so much water that they are also contributing to the environmental damage and this solution to the no-snow problem may be self defeating.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">We didn’t stay long at the top and not being able to get across the mountain because the road terminates at Malbun we returned down the mountain stopping in the Hamlet of Steg where we looked at the charming little chapel of St Wendelin that stands next to the River Samina that was flowing swiftly, full as it was of the last of the melted snow from the mountain top, and babbling excitedly as it surged towards the river valley below.  The views were excellent and we stopped a time or two to enjoy them, although we were reluctant to leave them behind we wanted to leave the Alps and return to the lake where to the east of us we could see that the weather looked much better.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">So we drove out of Liechtenstein the way that we came, back through the unremarkable Vaduz and then across the Rhine and back into Switzerland. Vaduz was a bit disappointed but I don’t really know what I was expecting really, it just sounded as though it should be more interesting than it is, the very fact that it has been able to remain independent through two hundred turbulent years of European history should have given me a clue.  If none of its more powerful neighbours had taken a fancy to it or annexed it for themselves in all of that time that probably says a lot.  Although it is regarded now as a wealthy country this hasn’t always been the case because in the immediate aftermath of the Second-World-War the Prince of Liechtenstein had to sell off family heirlooms to stay solvent but in response to this sorry state of affairs the economy of Lichtenstein was completely modernised and the advantage of low corporate tax rates attracted many foreign companies to the country.  These days the Prince is the world&#8217;s sixth wealthiest head of state, with an estimated wealth of three billion Euro (by comparison, the personal fortune of Queen Elizabeth II of England is estimated at seven and a half billion Euro) and the residents of the country enjoy one of the world&#8217;s highest standards of living.  And that’s not bad for the world’s sixth smallest country!</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">We followed the road back through Buchs and across the alpine plain and back towards the lake at Rorschach taking a different route back across the hills surrounding the town but always making for the blue sky and the sun ahead of us.  In the late afternoon we arrived in the town and found a car park and took the short walk to the lakeshore.  The sun was shining now and the sky was a brilliant blue, and although the town had a Saga like feel, it was pleasant and safe and all that I needed to make this perfect was a bar.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">We found somewhere nearly perfect, a swimming club building built on a promontory extending into the lake and with tables and chairs with a stunning view of the water looking out over to Germany on the other side of the water.  We spent a leisurely hour drinking beer and eating ice cream and then we walked along the promenade and back to the car.  Sally’s navigational skills continued to astound me and although I had completely forgotten the route back out of the town she negotiated our short drive to the hotel effortlessly. </p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1746" title="Lichtenstein - the River Rhine" src="http://apetcher.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p5290647.jpg?w=300" alt="Lichtenstein - the River Rhine" width="300" height="224" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Volkswagen en a encore sous le pied...]]></title>
<link>http://kairosmosaique.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/volkswagen-en-a-encore-sous-le-pied/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kairosmosaique</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kairosmosaique.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/volkswagen-en-a-encore-sous-le-pied/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bon ok, Volkswagen en a encore sous le pied pour nous offrir des campagnes de haut niveau. Voici un ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Bon ok, Volkswagen en a encore sous le pied pour nous offrir des campagnes de haut niveau. Voici un Print &#8211; surfant sur les travaux de <a href="http://http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/frames.htm">Roy Lichtenstein</a> &#8211; jouant sur la vitesse du nouveau moteur Golf GTI. Rien à dire, c&#8217;est efficace et esthétiquement parfait.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The witching hour approaches...]]></title>
<link>http://kirstyltopping.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/the-witching-hour-approaches/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kirstyltopping</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kirstyltopping.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/the-witching-hour-approaches/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you are still stuck for a costume here are my favourites from across the web to get your creative]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>If you are still stuck for a costume here are my favourites from across the web to get your creative juces flowing.</p>
<p>Not all of them are particularly good but they are cheap to make. Some show sheer genius in their level of originality and others are works of art.</p>
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<p>10. Xbox Costume</p>
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<p>Simple but effective. Accessorize with a beanie hat and a frown.</p>
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<p>9. Baby Bump</p>
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<p> Another simple and effective idea but it works better if you are pregnant, or have a beer gut.</p>
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<p>An excellent cheap and cheerful costume, ideal for students. It doesn&#8217;t matter how you act on the night as it&#8217;s all part of the &#8220;video&#8221;.</p>
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<p>Recreate the cult 70s toy with a cardboard box divided into 3 parts with coloured stickers on each side.</p>
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<p>Black clothes, black face, flourecent card and your iPod is all you need for this one.</p>
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<p>Very impressive costume, if a little difficult to walk in.</p>
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<p> A real life version of the viral image of the cat with fruit on it&#8217;s head. Hilarity guaranteed!  </p>
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<p>One for the kids &#8211; put your baby in a pot while dressing yourself in chef&#8217;s whites.</p>
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<p>Requires a bit of dedication on the hair front, either that or a really good wig. Add a LOT of face paint and, voila, you become your own work of pop art.</p>
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<p>This needs to be included because i cannot believe the guy actually had the nerve to dress like this. I give you&#8230;</p>
<p>The Paedophile Priest</p>
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<link>http://liteniorden.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/pop-konst/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>liteniorden</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[    Har en förkärlek för Roy Lichtenstein tavlor, de poppar upp lite här och var hemma hos oss]]></description>
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<p>Har en förkärlek för Roy Lichtenstein tavlor, de poppar upp lite här och var hemma hos oss&#8230; Under senaste resan till mitt kära New York införskaffades en lite större affisch. Det har tagit mig två månader att ordna en passande ram och beställa passepartout men nu är det gjort och den är uppe. Blir glad av att titta på den och märker ofta att blicken lämnar tvn för att njuta av att den äntligen fått ersätta vad som hängde där innan.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Många bollar i luften]]></title>
<link>http://liteniorden.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/manga-bollar-i-luften/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Känner att det sälj pitchiga utrycket många bollar i luften passar mig just idag. Basgrupp fem klara]]></description>
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<p>Känner att det sälj pitchiga utrycket många bollar i luften passar mig just idag. Basgrupp fem klarade av en 50 minuters intervju med en imponerande projektledare på Conecta. Jag har alltså 50 inspelade minuter att reda ut i helgen, en fotouppgift med ämnet kvick personlighet att fota och en presentation på måndag att förbereda min inför. Ett passapartout till nya Lichtenstein litografin ska inhandlas, kantarellrisotto ska göras och mitt i allt hann jag skriva ihop ett personligt brev. Det känns bra, känns som jag kan lägga mina bollar på bordet och ta en öl snart.</p>
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<link>http://designpersonlig.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/popart/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Personlig Design</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Lichtenstein inspirerad Warhol inspirerad Illustrerad Svartvit]]></description>
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<link>http://jischinger.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/for-sale-lichtenstein/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[On the block: Lehman art for under $2,000. The first batch of artworks from the collection that once]]></description>
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<p>The first batch of artworks from the collection that once filled the corridors of Lehman Brothers&#8217; offices will be hitting the auction block on November 1. And while the works by David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Rauschenberg may be small potatoes for museum curators, the collection provides the opportunity for aspiring patrons of the arts to pick up brand-name artists for under $2,000. Bankers looking for an elegant office decoration &#8212; and one with a conversation-starting provenance &#8212; should check out the catalogue at <a href="http://www.freemansauction.com/" target="_blank">freemansauction</a></p>
<p>Obviously, Lehman&#8217;s creditors, who have lost most of their money, are hoping Freeman&#8217;s will be able to generate more proceeds than have been estimated. Freeman&#8217;s will also be auctioning off another 30 lots of European fine paintings, from the Lehman collection, on December 6, and another 500 lots, or so, also from the Lehman collection, on February 12 of next year. These two subsequent auctions are not expected to generate much in the way of proceeds either, according to Henry, perhaps between $280,000 and $430,000 from the two sales.</p>
<p>The modest valuations on these first groups of artworks from the Lehman collection stand in sharp contrast to the priceless art collection once owned by Robert &#8220;Bobbie&#8221; Lehman, one of the patriarchs of the investment bank. When Lehman died in 1969, his foundation donated some 3,000 of his artworks to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, on Fifth Avenue. The museum has called that Lehman collection &#8220;one of the most extraordinary private art collections ever assembled in the United States.&#8221; The Robert Lehman wing of the museum opened in 1975.</p>
<p><em>The collection being sold by Freeman&#8217;s is also not part of the personal collection of Dick Fuld, the former CEO of Lehman, and his wife, Kathy. The Fulds sold a group of 16 artworks through Christie&#8217;s last November for around $13.5 million below the $20 million the auction house guaranteed the couple.</em> Kathy Fuld is on the board of the Museum of Modern Art.</p>
<p>Still, the 283 lots that Freeman&#8217;s will be selling early next month do include any number of iconic images by many familiar artists. For instance, there is a group of 10 Berenice Abbott photographs of New York City street scenes (as well as one of the Flatiron Building) on which Freeman&#8217;s has placed a seemingly modest price range of between $6,000 and $10,000. There is a set of nine Walker Evans photographs of the Brooklyn Bridge, priced at $1,000 to $1,500. There is a Christo print of wrapped buildings in lower Manhattan ($1,000 to $1,500) and a signed Alexander Calder print ($800 to $1,200). There is a 1973 David Hockney print of spring flowers in a vase that Freeman pegged at between $7,000 and $10,000.</p>
<p>A Roy Lichtenstein print, &#8220;I Love Liberty&#8221; from 1982, is estimated to fetch between $15,000 and $25,000. The Lichtenstein is one of the few lots being sold subject to a reserve price, or floor, so that if a minimum bid is not received the artwork will not be sold. Most of the collection, however, will just be sold without a price floor, which may be why Freeman&#8217;s has put relatively low price ranges on a number of the pieces.</p>
<p>There are also a number of prints by artists such as Jim Dine, Louise Bourgeois, Claes Oldenburg, Wayne Thiebaud, Yaccov Agam, Alex Katz, Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson, Frank Stella, Robert Indiana, and Andy Warhol. In many ways, the collection is very typical of what Wall Street banks and law firms use to line the many walls of their offices. There are also a slew of works by lesser-known artists as well as French, Indian, and Chinese artists.</p>
<p>Although the dollar amount is relatively small, selling the collection is a bit of a coup for Freeman&#8217;s. Usually, one of the three titans in the auction art market, Christie&#8217;s, Sotheby&#8217;s (BID), or Phillips, would be expected to sell such a collection. But Kelly Wright, an art advisor to Lehman, conducted a beauty contest earlier in the year and Freeman&#8217;s was selected. &#8220;We are very excited about it,&#8221; Henry said. &#8220;This is a very important provenance in the art world and there are number of top quality artworks being sold in good condition.&#8221; Of course, Freeman&#8217;s will get its pound of flesh. The auctioneer will add 25% on the first $20,000 of the hammer price of each lot, and 20% on the portion from $20,001 through $500,000.</p>
<p>In its glossy and colorful 250-page catalog, Freeman&#8217;s does acknowledge, briefly, the circumstances that led to the sale: &#8220;The company&#8217;s history ended abruptly in September 2008, when it was forced into bankruptcy during the recent financial crisis.&#8221; Not quite as dramatic sounding as the fall of the Medici, a previous patron of the arts whose banking empire was undone by fiscal mismanagement, but nevertheless a sign of our times</p>
<p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/09/news/companies/lehman_art_auction.fortune/?postversion=2009100914" target="_blank">money</a></p>
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<link>http://madriddailypassion.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/made-in-usa/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jasr</dc:creator>
<guid>http://madriddailypassion.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/made-in-usa/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, Real Madrid was beaten by Utah Jazz in the match of the NBA European Tour that took ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">A few days ago, Real Madrid was beaten by Utah Jazz in the match of the NBA European Tour that took place here in Madrid. Why not having a walk through typical American places, shops and flavours?</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-161" title="Woman in the Bath" src="http://madriddailypassion.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/woman-in-the-bathroom.jpg?w=300" alt="Woman in the Bath" width="300" height="299" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">We can start out by visiting <strong>Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum</strong>, where we will find in its permanent collection some canvases by some of the most important American artists. Maybe the famous <em>Woman in the Bath</em> by Roy Lichtenstein, or Richard Estes&#8217; <em>Nedick&#8217;s</em>, where the master of photorealism shows a fast-food shack with the Coca-Cola sign in amazing detail.</p>
<div id="attachment_162" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 234px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-162" title="Peggy Sue's" src="http://madriddailypassion.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/peggy-sues.jpg?w=224" alt="Source: peggysues.es" width="224" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Source: peggysues.es</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">After contemplating this work, we can&#8217;t help booking a table at <strong>Peggy Sue&#8217;s</strong> restaurant, which imitates the style of the American cafes of the 1950&#8217;s, in pink and light colours. We listen to Aretha Franklin&#8217;s and Chuck Berry&#8217;s music from the jukebox while we taste, for example, a hotdog, onion rings, a strawberry milkshake and, of course, hamburgers. Or would you like a Mary Lou with bacon? Another place to eat hamburgers in Madrid is the <strong>Home Burger Bar</strong>, always served with a homemade coleslaw.</p>
<div id="attachment_163" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 272px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-163" title="Taste of America" src="http://madriddailypassion.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/taste-of-america.jpg?w=262" alt="Source: telva.com" width="262" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Source: telva.com</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">If we want to get deeper in American food, we shouldn&#8217;t miss visiting <strong>Taste of America</strong>, a unique food shop where we can find anything, from the traditional American apple pie to all kinds of sodas, pop-corn, chocolates and sauces, including Newman&#8217;s Own, with a picture of a smiling Paul Newman, which are one of the most famous products in the United States to season salads and pasta.</p>
<div id="attachment_164" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-164" title="Manhattan" src="http://madriddailypassion.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/manhattan.jpg?w=300" alt="Source: esmadrid.com" width="300" height="197" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Source: esmadrid.com</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">We go on shopping and we get to the heart of the Golden Mile to visit <strong>Tommy Hilfiger&#8217;s</strong> shop and continue to the Salesas Quarter, where, a year ago, the Newyorker designer <strong>Marc Jacobs</strong> opened his shop in Madrid, a shop with large windows which used to house a Mini dealers shop. Pure glamour&#8230; Now we&#8217;re talking about glamour, is there a best way to end the day than drinking a genuine Manhattan cocktail? A very cosmopolite cocktail prepared to perfection in <strong>Bar Chicote</strong>. Have a good journey!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The more the merrier]]></title>
<link>http://eurovisionbyjaz.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/the-more-the-merrier/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>JB</dc:creator>
<guid>http://eurovisionbyjaz.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/the-more-the-merrier/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As unreliable as it is, I often check Wikipedia for any new additions to the Eurovision 2010 article]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>As unreliable as it is, I often check Wikipedia for any new additions to the Eurovision 2010 article; who the hosts might be, where and when etc…but recently I have been growing apprehensive about the lack of nations coming forward to confirm their participation. In addition, there are multitudes that cannot seem to make their minds up (pardon the 1981 reference!) about whether or not to come at all. Currently sitting at 26, the number of confirmed countries at the moment is sufficient for the old days of one final – but not the three-day extravaganza that we now know and love! For example, I currently see that Austria, Monaco and Italy are still refusing to participate despite my ESP-like demands that they come back (seriously, what is Italy’s problem? They left on such a high note!), which is no real surprise. But to make matters worse, Luxembourg will NOT be there, the Czechs have already withdrawn and Estonia and Andorra are considering doing the same. If things continue like this ESC 2010 will be a very sad affair indeed. On a more positive note, I am happy to see that countries who failed miserably this year have got straight back up on the horse for another go – and why shouldn’t they? I’m talking to you, Finland/ Germany/ Malta! Plus Lichtenstein is set to make its debut which I am v. excited about, and San Marino are considering returning after money troubles forced them to miss out in 09. I know this has been a rather boring post, but look out soon for my exposé (ooh) on Eurovision’s most successful/ most enthusiastic competitors of the last decade! xx</p>
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<link>http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/mel-ramos/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>delapeinture</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[      Lucky Lulu Blonde, 1965.Huile sur toile,122&#215;101cm.   Avec Ed Ruscha et Wayne Thiebaud, Me]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>Lucky Lulu Blonde, </em>1965.Huile sur toile,122&#215;101cm.</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Avec Ed Ruscha et Wayne Thiebaud, Mel Ramos fait sans doute partie des représentants les plus significatifs de la Côte Ouest, cette « Arcadie tropicale » selon l’heureuse formule de Robert Rosenblum, parce que, vue de New York, la Californie des années Soixante, c’est surtout le paradis ensoleillé des images. Images rutilantes d&#8217;Hollywood et de ces publicités géantes qui s’étalent le long des highways bitumées, mais, plus largement, images qui attestent d’un goût inné pour l’émancipation, fille naturelle d’une société dévoreuse de loisirs.<br />
      De fait, Mel Ramos, lui-même inlassable producteur d’images, en participant sans complexe à la liquidation des valeurs puritaines issues de la première Amérique, et tout en intégrant la double référence des objets de consommation de masse et de l’entertainment (mot finalement intraduisible en français),  assume pleinement la composante sexuelle de cette libération.</p>
<p>      A l’évidence, la sensualité, pour ne pas dire le sensualisme, de Ramos, s’inscrit dans le contexte évolutif de la West Coast School, qui, sous la férule de son chef de file Richard Diebenkorn, dès le début des années Cinquante a toujours accordé une place privilégiée à la figure humaine en tant que support à part entière de plasticité. Mais, pour me limiter au pop art, il suffirait d’établir un parallèle entre les compositions contemporaines du Newyorkais Lichtenstein et du californien Ramos autour d’un même thème &#8211; la bande dessinée -  pour mettre en lumière des différences qui, dépassant le simple aspect formel, traduisent finalement   des divergences profondes quant aux aspirations d’un même courant. Le premier, développe à partir de la fameuse exposition chez Léo Castelli en 1961, une représentation aseptisée sur le mode de la sérigraphie  en  limitant  le chromatisme aux couleurs primaires et en insistant sur les contours, sans oublier les bulles entérinant l’ineptie de l’intrigue. Dans l’esprit de son auteur, il s’agit naturellement de vider l’image de tout contenu émotionnel. Démarche purement conceptuelle (du moins pour ces années soixante car après, c’est autre chose) qui trahit d’ailleurs, dans son refus de la matière et de la corporéité, un je ne sais quoi de puritanisme masqué sous le voile de la dérision.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Vicky, 1964," src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/vicky-1964.jpg" alt="Vicky, 1964," width="300" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Fig.1. <em>Vicky</em>, 1964.</p>
<p>     Ramos quant à lui, s’il partage avec Lichtenstein l’agrandissement du format pour inciter le spectateur à voir autrement  cette imagerie de série, rejette résolument le postulat de la standardisation pour manifester un attachement évident à une conception plus traditionnelle du métier(fig.2). Les  super héros, <em>Captain Midnight</em> ou <em>Batman</em>,  qu’il met en scène  comme de nouvelles icônes (selon l’expression consacrée), libérés de la surcharge des bulles et amplement traités à coup de pinceau-brosse dans une gamme chromatique qui déborde des simples couleurs primaires, révèlent, par l’intérêt accordé à la riche facture, une approche bien plus matiériste que conceptuelle.  </p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Fig.2 Hawkman" src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/fig-2-hawkman1.jpg" alt="Fig.2 Hawkman" width="253" height="289" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Fig.2. <em>Hawkman</em>, 1962.</p>
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<p>      Au cours de l’année 1963, Ramos qui poursuit son travail sur les supports  de la mythologie populaire américaine, va rapidement délaisser le modèle masculin du super héros pour se consacrer exclusivement (et pour longtemps !) à la figuration féminine, en l’occurrence, la représentation fantasmée de reines exotiques telles que  <em>Fantomah</em>, <em>Sheena</em> , ou <em>Pha, white goddess</em>. Erotisme primaire et bon marché que celui de ces rondeurs  exacerbées, à peine dissimulées sous des tenues de pacotilles(fig.3).</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img title="devil doll" src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/devil-doll.jpg" alt="devil doll" width="307" height="351" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Fig.3. <em>Devil doll</em>, 1963.</p>
<p>      Si l’on souhaite envisager ces  toiles comme une contribution à l’entreprise de distanciation chère au pop art, ces héroïnes de cabaret un peu miteux – mais qui ne sont ni plus ni moins que la transcription fidèle de ces innombrables illustrés pour garçons attardés – doivent naturellement être appréhendées sous l’angle de la dérision, notion certes un peu usée aujourd’hui mais qui demeure bien l’un des ressorts majeurs du mouvement. On aurait en effet quelque peine à oublier l’antienne : puisqu’il ne reconnait plus à l’art des musées la moindre légitimité, le pop art entend bien accorder à la plus banale expression  de la société de consommation, le statut d’œuvre d’art à part entière. En transposant ainsi d’insignifiantes couvertures ou vignettes de comics sur  des toiles de chevalet, noble support de la peinture à l’huile, Ramos répond donc parfaitement au double critère de réévaluation-transgression.Mais, à y regarder de plus près, la facture de ces héroïnes dénotant un soin nouveau accordé au modelé, atteste d’une évolution qui  contraste singulièrement avec le traitement de leurs homologues masculins, où l’on devinait aisément, derrière la touche un peu nerveuse de la brosse, un semblant d’impatience. De toute évidence, au-delà du propos critique, Ramos éprouve un  plaisir non dissimulé à peindre des héroïnes dont l’unique aventure se résume au striptease à venir.<br />
       Ainsi, avant même les œuvres de la maturité, la peinture de Mel Ramos avec la série des comics, semble s’inscrire sous le signe d’une certaine ambiguïté, et ce, en raison même du caractère explicite de sa démarche : « Mes travaux sont très proches du dessin publicitaire car ils s’écartent de l’intellectualisme et disent directement ce qu’ils ont à dire».Franche revendication d’une lecture de l’immédiateté, au fond peu novatrice elle-même, mais qui va désormais entretenir une relation particulière avec le pop art, dont les enjeux, relèvent précisément du regard distancié. <br />
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<p>      Parce que la contribution la plus efficace –et la plus tapageuse – de Mel Ramos au pop art, en tout cas, celle que la critique puis l’histoire de l’art ont définitivement retenue quelque soit l’évolution ultérieure de l’auteur, ce sont ces ravissantes filles nues, plantureuses et peu farouches, playmates  de calendriers de charme et systématiquement combinées à des objets de consommation de masse, de nature essentiellement alimentaire. Combinaison qui répond à un double schéma quasi invariable : d’une part, la superposition de la figure féminine (toujours isolée, sauf dans les œuvres plus tardives) qui se détache sur un fond, parfois très coloré, pour ne pas dire, rutilant, où s’inscrit le nom du produit commercial et dont la typographie répond fidèlement à celle de la marque déposée ( fig.4 ). Sur ce dernier point, la comparaison avec l’œuvre de Robert Indiana met en lumière une approche bien différente quant à la réappropriation des lettres dans la peinture. Lorsque l’auteur des innombrables variations de <em>Love</em> modifie les caractères ou coupe les mots, c’est pour leur accorder, au delà  de la simple charge polémique (qu’est-ce que l’art, etc.), une autonomie signifiante de l’objet représenté. Chez Ramos au contraire,  le soin extrême apporté à la retranscription de ces marques commerciales, tend rapidement à une lecture littérale ou le deuxième degré ne va pas nécessairement de soi.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img title="Fig. 4 Chiquita 1978" src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/fig-4-chiquita-1978.jpg" alt="Fig. 4 Chiquita 1978" width="296" height="337" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Fig.4.<em>Chiquita</em>, 1964.</p>
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<p>      D&#8217;autre part, l’imbrication dans le produit alimentaire lui-même de la playmate, qui en jaillit littéralement, opère comme le prolongement franchement explicite de tous nos  appétits (outre <em>Chiquita</em>, voyez aussi <em>Candy</em>, fig.5, mais aussi <em>Miss Corn Flakes</em>, fig.6).</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Candy 1965" src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/candy-1965.jpg" alt="Candy 1965" width="310" height="360" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Fig.5. <em>Candy</em>, 1965</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Miss Corn Flakes fig.6" src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/miss-corn-flakes-fig-6.jpg" alt="Miss Corn Flakes fig.6" width="345" height="400" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Fig.6. <em>Miss Corn Flakes</em>, 1964.</p>
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<p>    Le nu d’atelier et ses conventions de pruderie se trouvent irrémédiablement balayées par l’intrusion festive du nu intégral, dont l’emploi désormais systématique, constitue finalement un cas sans précédent dans l’histoire de la peinture. Aux yeux des collectionneurs(les premiers à s’enthousiasmer) et de la critique (plus méfiante au début), Mel Ramos semble en effet ajouter une catégorie bien particulière au genre: le nu californien.<br />
      Invention pour la peinture seulement, parce que ces jolies filles aux formes épanouies, qui n’éprouvent aucune réticence à afficher les marques du bronzage (ultime coup de grâce au nu traditionnel) et qui manifestent un consentement absolu à nos desseins les plus intimes, ce sont évidemment les créatures de Playboy, fondé par Hugh Hefner dès 1953, magazine qui reste pour Mel Ramos, la source quasi unique de ses emprunts formels (voir l’appendice de cet article). </p>
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      Ramos, que les origines latines semblent prédisposer à un certain regard sur le beau sexe, aurait-il tout simplement succombé au plaisir d’une narration visuelle née de la sollicitation de ses désirs? Et l’option de l’hyperréalisme, retenue ici, qui s’approprie les techniques du support publicitaire, avalise-t-il seulement le discours polémique et distancié ? On à peine à le croire. Ainsi, avec <em>Banana Split</em>, lorsqu’il installe confortablement une playmate dans une coupe de fruits et de chocolat fondant, comme faisant partie du dessert, Ramos néglige la moindre référence à un produit commercial, pour satisfaire exclusivement l’instrumentalisation de la femme en tant qu’objet de consommation à part entière.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img title="Banana split fig.7" src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/banana-split-fig-7.jpg" alt="Banana split fig.7" width="340" height="294" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"> Fig.7. <em>Banana Split</em>, 1971.</p>
<p>   Que dire en effet des séries ultérieures qui semblent entériner la vacuité du propos sous le prétexte décidemment trop fallacieux du détournement, comme ces standards revisités (le terme un peu cru reflète bien les préoccupations de Ramos) de la peinture des musées. Mais  ces pastiches criards de Vélasquez, Boucher, Ingres (fig.8) ou Modigliani, s’ils dénotent une incontestable habileté, aboutissent à l&#8217;expression parodique de l&#8217;auteur lui-même.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Ingres fig.8" src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/ingres-fig.jpg" alt="Ingres fig.8" width="375" height="215" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Fig.8. <em>Nude brunette</em>, 1965</p>
<p>      Dans les années quatre-vingt, Ramos n’éprouve plus aucun besoin de justifier par une quelconque entreprise de distanciation critique son inclination naturelle à l’endroit des jolies femmes. Avec son <em>Nu descendant un escalier</em> (fig.9), tableau procédant d’un retour somme toute prévisible au nu d’atelier puisque l’escalier en question correspond à celui de son studio de travail, Ramos, tout étourdi de sa propre virtuosité, semble nous dire «  voyez comme j’ai encore progressé ! Je suis celui qui peint le mieux les plus belles femmes du monde et je vous invite aujourd’hui à compter les poils de sa magnifique toison pubienne… ». Sollicitation au demeurant très agréable mais qui n’a plus grand-chose à voir avec le mouvement du pop art, en dépit des assertions de Robert Rosenblum qui, en inscrivant le tableau dans la filiation du fameux nu de Duchamp (en fait, c’est surtout Gerhard Richter, mais peu importe) s’obstine à cautionner par le petit jeu des références culturelles,  un tableau qui relève surtout du kitch absolu. <br />
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Leta fig.9" src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/leta.jpg" alt="Leta fig.9" width="233" height="320" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Fig.9. <em>Nude descending a staircase</em> , 1989.</p>
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<p>     Dès lors, faut-il s’étonner qu’au terme de son parcours, Mel Ramos, devenu une sommité très prisée du marché policé des galeries et des musées, succombe à une autre tentation : celle de l’autocitation, sous la forme, non plus d’une énième représentation picturale toujours aussi léchée et impeccable, mais de la reproduction en trois dimensions de ses  icônes favorites? Aboutissement d’un rêve obsessionnel de teenager, qui s’étalent sur plusieurs décennies, ces poupées inscrites dans la fibre de verre pour l’éternité, (fig.10)  comme le seraient des fleurs artificielles, par un renversement des valeurs au fond bien prévisible, sollicitent de leurs charmes un public , désormais oublieux des fondements du pop art, à qui Mel Ramos semble glisser à l’oreille : « Encore plus difficile ! ».Ou plus consommable ?       </p>
<p style="text-align:center;"> <img class="aligncenter" title="chiquita, fig.10 " src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/chiquita-3.jpg" alt="chiquita, fig.10 " width="263" height="400" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Fig.10.<em>Chiquita banana</em>, 2007.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">      ANNEXE : LES MODELES DE MEL RAMOS</p>
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<p>      Mais quelle est donc cette « fange visuelle », selon la malheureuse expression de Robert Rosenblum, qui depuis quarante ans, sert de supports aux icônes du pop art californien pour que la critique d’art manifeste une indifférence toujours aussi marquée à l’égard de l’identité de ses modèles ? Ostracisme au demeurant bien désolant, qui prétend se justifier par la trivialité du support , en l’occurrence les playmates du fameux calendrier du magazine <em>Playboy</em>.<br />
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      Sans m’étendre ici sur la pudibonderie inhérente à l’histoire de l’art, phagocytée par l’inepte  notion du bon goût &#8211; ce qui ne manque pas de piquant concernant la vocation du pop art !- je voudrais simplement conclure par un hommage appuyé à l’adresse de ces jolies femmes des Sixties, pourvues d’une plastique avantageuse et devenues aujourd’hui de paisibles grand-mères nostalgiques d’une époque révolue, où l’érotisme savait encore cultiver le plaisir du désir plutôt que son accomplissement.</p>
<p>      Sharon Rogers, Carrie Enwright, Maria Mc Bane, Gale Olson, sans oublier la plus attachante de toutes, parce que dotée d’un charme si naturel, Sally Duberson, je vous salue!<br />
      Ceux qui prétendent, au nom du sacro-saint regard distancié de la sociologie de l’art, vous réduire à la quintessence de la vulgarité, ont décidément oublié le sel de la vie. </p>
<p>      Mel Ramos, sans nul doute le plus ingrat, prétend vous avoir inventées? Mais c’est vous-mêmes  qui avez inventé Mel Ramos!</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img title="Sally_Duberson_" src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/sally_duberson_3.jpg" alt="Sally_Duberson_" width="239" height="354" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Sally Duberson, Miss janvier 1965</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img title="Sally duberson 1965 3" src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/sally-duberson-1965-3.jpg" alt="Sally duberson 1965 3" width="257" height="307" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Lola Cola</em>, 1972</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img title="Sally_Duberson_2" src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/sally_duberson_2.jpg" alt="Sally_Duberson_2" width="229" height="339" /> </p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Sally Duberson </p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img title="0_mel_ramos_3" src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/0_mel_ramos_3.jpg" alt="0_mel_ramos_3" width="255" height="320" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>A.C Annie</em>, 1971 </p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img title="Sally duberson 1965" src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/sally-duberson-1965.jpg" alt="Sally duberson 1965" width="156" height="339" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Sally Duberson</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img title="Playmate" src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/100_1587.jpg" alt="Playmate" width="232" height="329" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Micronite Mary</em>, 1965</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img title="Toni Ann Thomas 1963" src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/toni-ann-thomas-19631.jpg" alt="Toni Ann Thomas 1963" width="272" height="296" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Toni Ann Thomas, Miss février 1963</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Miss fruit salad 1965" src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/miss-fruit-salad-1965.jpg" alt="Miss fruit salad 1965" width="333" height="389" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Miss fruit salad</em>, 1965</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"> <img class="aligncenter" title="Sharon Rogers" src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/356_1964_01_sharon20rogers.jpg" alt="Sharon Rogers" width="305" height="337" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"> Sharon Rogers, Miss janvier 1964.Voir fig.6: <em>Miss Corn Flakes</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"> <img title="Maria Mc Bane" src="http://delapeinture.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/jpg1" alt="Maria Mc Bane" width="250" height="316" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"> Maria Mc Bane, Miss mai 1965.Voir haut de page:<em>Lucky Lulu Blonde</em></p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">The first official drawing competition organized by SW was an amazing experience not only for the participant artists but also for the public. The paintings that made it into the semifinal stage of the art forgery competition  were truly remarkable and such a joy to the eye.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Unfortunately, there was no gallery to exhibit them all for a while after the competition ended, so it would be quite a challenge for one to admire them inworld. Not only that you have to thoroughly search for their locations, but some of the paintings are nowhere to be found.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">That being said, i thought i should display the semifinalist paintings here except for the winning ones which have been already posted on the blog.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">Enjoy!</div>
<p>The first official drawing competition organized by SW was an amazing experience not only for the participant artists but also for the public. The paintings that made it into the semifinal stage of the Art Forgery Competition  were truly remarkable and such a joy to the eye.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, there was no gallery to exhibit them all for a while after the competition ended, so it would be quite a challenge for one to admire them inworld. Not only that you have to thoroughly search for their locations, but some of the paintings are nowhere to be found.</p>
<p>That being said, i thought i should display the semifinalist paintings here except for the winning ones which have been already posted on the blog.</p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
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<h3><strong>Portrait Category</strong></h3>
<p>Itis Me: Eye (Escher)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-222" title="Itis Me - Eye Escher" src="http://smallworldsartscene.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/itis-me-eye-escher.jpg" alt="Itis Me - Eye Escher" width="500" height="170" /></p>
<p>Oscy Cavanagh: Lady with Ermine (Da Vinci)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-223" title="Oscy Cavanagh - Lady with Ermine" src="http://smallworldsartscene.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/oscy-cavanagh-lady-with-ermine.jpg" alt="Oscy Cavanagh - Lady with Ermine" width="500" height="170" /></p>
<p>Rabbit Smith: Blue Rose (Ji)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-224" title="Rabbit Smith - Blue Rose Ji" src="http://smallworldsartscene.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/rabbit-smith-blue-rose-ji.jpg" alt="Rabbit Smith - Blue Rose Ji" width="488" height="250" /></p>
<p>Patrick Nagel the Second: Mirage Editions Commemorative #1 (Nagel)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-225" title="Patrick Nagel the Second - Mirage Editions Commemerative 1 Nagel" src="http://smallworldsartscene.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/patrick-nagel-the-second-mirage-editions-commemerative-1-nagel.jpg" alt="Patrick Nagel the Second - Mirage Editions Commemerative 1 Nagel" width="488" height="250" /></p>
<p>Kitty Latina: Madonna Litta (Da Vinci)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-226" title="Kitty Latina - Madonna Litta (Da Vinci)" src="http://smallworldsartscene.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/kitty-latina-madonna-litta-da-vinci.jpg" alt="Kitty Latina - Madonna Litta (Da Vinci)" width="500" height="170" /><strong></strong></p>
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<h3><strong>Landscape Category</strong></h3>
<p>Idda Ratherbehome: Venice Twilight (Monet)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-227" title="Idda Ratherbehome - Venice Twilight (Monet)" src="http://smallworldsartscene.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/idda-ratherbehome-venice-twilight-monet.jpg" alt="Idda Ratherbehome - Venice Twilight (Monet)" width="436" height="153" /></p>
<p>Babygirl Fran the Second: Half Dome, Yosemite (Bierstadt)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-228" title="Babygirl Fran the Second - Half Dome Yosemite (Bierstadt)" src="http://smallworldsartscene.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/babygirl-fran-the-second-half-dome-yosemite-bierstadt.jpg" alt="Babygirl Fran the Second - Half Dome Yosemite (Bierstadt)" width="436" height="153" /></p>
<p>Lily O’Sulivan: Boats Leaving the Harbor (Monet)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-229" title="Lily O’Sulivan - Boats Leaving the Harbor (Monet)" src="http://smallworldsartscene.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/lily-o_sulivan-boats-leaving-the-harbor-monet.jpg" alt="Lily O’Sulivan - Boats Leaving the Harbor (Monet)" width="500" height="170" /></p>
<p>Skky Kaizer: Storm in Rocky Mountains (Bierstadt)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-230" title="Skky Kaizer - Storm in Rocky Mountains (Bierstadt)" src="http://smallworldsartscene.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/skky-kaizer-storm-in-rocky-mountains-bierstadt.jpg" alt="Skky Kaizer - Storm in Rocky Mountains (Bierstadt)" width="500" height="170" /></p>
<p>Design Star: Starry Night (Van Gogh)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-231" title="Design Star - Starry Night (Van Gogh)" src="http://smallworldsartscene.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/design-star-starry-night-van-gogh.jpg" alt="Design Star - Starry Night (Van Gogh)" width="500" height="168" /><strong></strong></p>
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<h3><strong>Abstract Category</strong></h3>
<p>Pandoras Box: The Dream (Picasso)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-232" title="Pandoras Box - The Dream (Picasso)" src="http://smallworldsartscene.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/pandoras-box-the-dream-picasso.jpg" alt="Pandoras Box - The Dream (Picasso)" width="499" height="251" /></p>
<p>Uva Back: Puppet Show (Hussar)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-233" title="Uva Back - Puppet Show (Hussar)" src="http://smallworldsartscene.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/uva-back-puppet-show-hussar.jpg" alt="Uva Back - Puppet Show (Hussar)" width="500" height="170" /></p>
<p>Jupiter Moonchild: Inner Eye (Lichtenstein)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-234" title="Jupiter Moonchild - Inner Eye (Lichtenstein)" src="http://smallworldsartscene.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/jupiter-moonchild-inner-eye-lichtenstein.jpg" alt="Jupiter Moonchild - Inner Eye (Lichtenstein)" width="488" height="250" /></p>
<p>Shane Fahey: L’Acrobat (Picasso)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-235" title="Shane Fahey - L’Acrobat (Picasso)" src="http://smallworldsartscene.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/shane-fahey-l_acrobat-picasso.jpg" alt="Shane Fahey - L’Acrobat (Picasso)" width="488" height="250" /></p>
<p>Nelvea Moonchild: Son of Man (Magritte)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Women]]></title>
<link>http://cutiful444.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/women/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cutiful444</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Anouk Aimee Françoise Hardy Lichtenstein&#8217;s Muses: Janine Jansen Audrey Hepburn]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Anouk Aimee</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-113" title="anoukaimee" src="http://cutiful444.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/anoukaimee.jpg" alt="anoukaimee" width="500" height="350" /></p>
<p>Françoise Hardy</p>
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<p>Lichtenstein&#8217;s Muses:</p>
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<p>Janine Jansen</p>
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<p>Audrey Hepburn</p>
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<title><![CDATA[PhotoEspaña – Galeries - Expos collectives - Marta Cervera, Fucares, Rafael Perez Hernando ]]></title>
<link>http://photoculteur.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/photoespana-%e2%80%93-galeries-expos-collectives-marta-cervera-fucares-rafael-perez-hernando/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>photoculteur</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[PhotoEspaña ce sont des expositions officielles et un programme Off très relevé, à tel point que le ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong><a href="http://www.phedigital.com/">PhotoEspaña</a></strong> ce sont des expositions officielles et un programme Off très relevé, à tel point que le Off et l’officiel ne sont pas réellement discernables. De nombreuses galeries participent à l’événement, que ce soit pour des expositions individuelles ou collectives.</p>
<p>Dans ce billet, on évoquera des expositions <strong>collectives</strong> qui se déroulaient dans trois galeries et que j’ai vues, comme certaines individuelles (billet <a href="http://photoculteur.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/photoespana-les-solos-en-galerie-ramette-polke-vieitez-garcin-malone-cowen-ruetz/">ici</a>), dès le premier jour à Madrid, le 21 juillet.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.galeriamartacervera.com/">Marta Cervera</a></strong> (Plaza de las salesas, 2) avait retenu sept artistes utilisant la photographie pour un programme très contemporain. <strong>Greta Alfaro</strong> présente certainement le programme le plus facilement interprétable. Le dispositif comprend une vidéo et plusieurs photographies de divers formats. Le film retrace le saccage d’une table bourgeoisement dressée en pleine nature par des vautours. Les photos témoignent de l’événement. Pour ma part, cela m’a fait penser à la crise financière, d’autres pourront y voir d’autres choses. Les autres auteurs m’ont moins convaincu, à commencer par deux artistes également représentés par la galerie, <strong>Adam Fuss </strong>montre un rond dans l&#8217;eau et <strong>Jay Heikes </strong>expose trois photos d&#8217;épouvantails dans l&#8217;obscurité à tête hideuse, presque des monochromes. Leurs travaux sont visibles sur le site de la galerie.</p>
<p>Les quatre autres artistes<strong> </strong>sont seulement « en collaboration » avec la galerie, et du coup, le site web de la galerie ne montre pas leurs travaux.<strong> </strong>Il y a parmi eux des « pointures ».<strong> Jenny Holzer </strong>(son site <a href="http://www.jennyholzer.com/">ici</a>)<strong> </strong>montre en format géant un paysage urbain de nuit orné d’une « pensée » écrite en grand dessus comme «i feel you ». Pour mémoire, il obtenu le Lion d’or à Venise en 1990 ce qui n’est pas rien. <strong>Miranda Lichtenstein</strong> (son site <a href="http://mirandalichtenstein.com/">ici</a>) montre une danseuse en négatif noir et blanc. <strong>Meredyth Sparks </strong>montre un<strong> </strong> travail sur un poster de Bowie (elle est visible à la <a href="http://fondation-entreprise-ricard.com/galeries-mode-d-emploi/galerie/galerie-frank-elbaz/">galerie Franck Elbaz</a> depuis le 12 septembre 2009). <strong>Anthony Pearson</strong> montrait un diptyque symétrique quasi monochrome évoquant une éclipse.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.rphart.net/">Rafael Perez Hernando Arte</a></strong> (Orellana, 18) exposait sur le thème « entropies ». Le titre est un peu fumeux mais le programme est plus accessible, plus photographique que arty, que celui de sa consœur ci-dessus et plus concentré ce qui permet de mieux appréhender le travail de chacun. Les illustrations sur le site web de la galerie sont également de grande qualité (illustrations ci-dessous, par contre il ne marche pas avec Firefox).</p>
<p><strong>Linarejos Moreno</strong> montre de grands formats couleur avec des surimpressions fantomatiques dans un lieu où sont stockés des moules industriels étiquetés de jaune. Il y a aussi un amphithéâtre de fac où les sièges sont devenus des tableaux noirs couverts d&#8217;équations.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.rphart.net/sites/default/files/gallerix/albums/3/103/frame/stalker-cudng.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="458" /></p>
<p><strong>Jose Ronco</strong> présente de petits formats noir et blanc de lieux divers vides ou abandonnés, d’un grand classicisme.  <strong>Alexandro Garmendia</strong> expose des photographies géantes d&#8217;architecture avec un léger flou et du grain, un travail étonnant de texture. <strong>Xabier Idoate </strong>pratique l’impression numérique sur papier à dessin et ses créations sont à la marge de la photographie, tout près de celui d’un graphiste. Ses architectures urbaines repensées et multicolores vont du petit format à la fresque murale.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.rphart.net/sites/default/files/gallerix/albums/3/103/frame/AglomeradoHam01.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="442" /></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.fucares.com/">Fúcares</a></strong> (Conde de Xiquena, 12) montrait une exposition titrée <em>Fotos que ver en Madrid cuando aun no estas muerto… (de calor)</em> (des photos à voir à Madrid tant que tu n’es pas encore mort … (de chaleur). Beaucoup trop de photographes (une douzaine, pas moins) se pressent sur les murs exigus de la galerie et c&#8217;est dommage.</p>
<p>Vous pourrez ainsi voir les paysages désertiques d&#8217;<strong>Elger Esser </strong>et <strong>Howard Ursuliak</strong>. <strong>Vincenzo Castella</strong> montre des Polaroid et de grands déserts. En contrepoint, vous verrez <strong>Javier Ayarza</strong> et ses paysages verts voire bucoliques mais le texte en marge indique quels drames s&#8217;y sont déroulés et les coordonnées GPS du lieu: ça a quelque chose d&#8217;effrayant.</p>
<p><strong>Bleda et Rosa</strong> montre un très grand tirage couleur d&#8217;un vestige romain et indiquent dessous la définition de chaque élément d&#8217;architecture montré. Il y a aussi deux <strong>Candida Hofer</strong>, dont un petit format (j&#8217;ignorais qu&#8217;elle avait produit de petites pièces). <strong>Roberto Infantes </strong>montre une photo ornée de géométrie peintes à l&#8217;acrylique et cela produit son effet. <strong>Maggie Cardelus </strong>a aussi un usage très spécial de la photographie puisque son œuvre consiste en une superposition de photos finement découpées en arabesques: son site, original, montre ses travaux.</p>
<p>Je finis rapidement avec plusieurs auteurs inconnus ne bénéficiant de plus d&#8217;aucun accompagnement &#8220;pédagogique&#8221;: <strong>Angel de la Rubia</strong> (un LCD et deux photos), <strong>Rita Magalhaes </strong>(<a href="http://www.ritamagalhaes.com/">ici</a>),<strong> Jaime de la Jara</strong> (deux  grands formats couleur presque identiques d&#8217;un couloir enneigé et <strong>Stefan Thiel</strong> (un sous-bois enneigé et un château de sable).</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Österreich lockert das Bankgeheimnis]]></title>
<link>http://friedrichundpartner.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/osterreich-lockert-das-bankgeheimnis/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>friedrichundpartner</dc:creator>
<guid>http://friedrichundpartner.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/osterreich-lockert-das-bankgeheimnis/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Der deutsche Fiskus kann künftig leichter an Bankdaten und Steuerinformationen aus Österreich und Li]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Der deutsche Fiskus kann künftig leichter an Bankdaten und Steuerinformationen aus Österreich und Liechtenstein gelangen. War in beiden Ländern bisher ein eingeleitetes Steuerstrafverfahren notwenig, um an Informationen zu gelangen, so reicht nun der begründete Verdacht auf Steuerflucht aus. Letzte Woche hat das österreichische Parlament einen entsprechende Lockerung des Bankgeheimnisses beschlossen. Mit Lichtenstein wurde in den letzten Wochen ein entsprechendes Abkommen geschlossen, dass ab 2010 in Kraft tritt.</p>
<p>Als Steuerberater beraten wir Sie gerne. Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf unserer Internetseite <a href="http://www.steuerkanzlei-friedrich.de/">www.steuerkanzlei-friedrich.de</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[A denture-free world with adult stem cells ]]></title>
<link>http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/a-denture-free-world-with-adult-stem-cells/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>David Granovsky</dc:creator>
<guid>http://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/a-denture-free-world-with-adult-stem-cells/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nova Southeastern University&#8217;s dental researchers at the College of Dental Medicine are growin]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[G8 force smaller countries to fight...]]></title>
<link>http://thepoliteer.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/g8-force-smaller-countries-to-fight/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>heedypo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thepoliteer.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/g8-force-smaller-countries-to-fight/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Members of the Group of Eight, the forum for the world&#8217;s most powerful industrialized n]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LOVING Lyn for Spring]]></title>
<link>http://chicandyoushallfind.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/divine-devon/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chicandyoushallfind</dc:creator>
<guid>http://chicandyoushallfind.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/divine-devon/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lyn Devon&#8217;s latest is like Lichtenstein and Miss Havisham had beautiful, quirky clothing babie]]></description>
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<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-140" title="devondivine" src="http://chicandyoushallfind.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/devondivine.jpg?w=201" alt="devondivine" width="201" height="300" /></p>
<p><a href="http://www.lyndevon.com/">Lyn Devon</a>&#8217;s latest is like <a href="http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/" target="_blank">Lichtenstein</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Great-Expectations-Dover-Thrift-Editions/dp/0486415864/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1252703226&#38;sr=8-2" target="_blank">Miss Havisham</a> had beautiful, quirky clothing babies!</p>
<p>BTDubs, LA&#8217;s chic little emporium <a href="http://www.arcadeboutique.com/collections/collections.html">Arcade</a> had a good selection of her pieces last time I checked.</p>
<p>Images via <a href="http://www.style.com" target="_blank">Style.com</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Herre jisses]]></title>
<link>http://mina120kronor.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/herre-jisses/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thomasholmgren</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mina120kronor.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/herre-jisses/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Det måste vara en av de sämre insatserna jag sett ett svenskt herrfotbollslandslag göra. Såg ut lite]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Det måste vara en av de sämre insatserna jag sett ett svenskt herrfotbollslandslag göra. Såg ut lite som de svenska spelarna började känna på sig att de var nära en hjärtattack och inte vågade anstränga sig. Tänkte mig att det kändes lite för dem som det känns när man drömmer att man blir jagad och måste springa snabbt, men det går inte. Vet ni vilken känsla jag menar? Man försöker tvinga benen att röra på sig, men det går ju så klart inte eftersom man ligger i sängen. Aja, så såg det ut som de svenska spelarna kände sig.</p>
<p>Noterbart är dock att det råkar alltid vara Rasmus Elm som är inblandad på något sätt när det händer något offensivt nu för tiden. Det går aldrig att säga att det är hans förtjänst, men lik förbannat är han där. Jag tänker på till exempel; det enormt viktiga 1-1 mot Vitryssland i U21, framspelningen till Toivonen och det viktiga 3-1 mot Serbien i samma turnering, framspelning till Zlatan mot Ungern nu senast, och så nu då inkastet. Det är något speciellt med sådana spelare, de har det där lilla extra som man inte riktigt förstår. Det som kallas tur, men som händer vissa oftare än andra.</p>
<p>Min oro för Finlands äventyr i Lichtensteins vackra landskap var tydligen befogad. 0-1 till Finland på straff i 75:e var gött, men kvitteringen en minut senare var det inte. Att sedan Finland var en kalasträff i stolpen från 1-2 känns faktiskt mindre irriterande. Ibland är det bara skitkvällar, och det gäller att lära sig älska dem också, annars blir livet aldrig vad det kan vara.</p>
<p>Lika i matchen mellan Albanien &#8211; Danmark var ju för övrigt en liten tröst. Sverige etta och Danmark tvåa i gruppen hade varit gott, även om jag utan problem kan tänka mig det omvända med. Bara vi har en chans så. Ska bli kul att se matchen den 10:e här i Danmark. Senast såg jag den nu mera klassiska matchen på Parken här i Danmark. 0-3 till 3-3 för att sedan bli 0-3 igen. Herre jisses, vilken kväll det var.</p>
<p>80 kr förlorade i kväll alltså.<strong> Saldo just nu: 205,73 kr.</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ausschreibung "Der Kuss" Helmspark- Galerie im Möbelhaus Witt]]></title>
<link>http://digitalpopart.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/ausschreibung-der-kuss-helmspark-galerie-im-mobelhaus-witt/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>digitalpopart</dc:creator>
<guid>http://digitalpopart.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/ausschreibung-der-kuss-helmspark-galerie-im-mobelhaus-witt/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Helmspark- Galerie im Möbelhaus Witt Hittfeld bei Hamburg From: Johanna Renate Wöhlke Die Ausschreib]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Helmspark- Galerie im Möbelhaus Witt Hittfeld bei Hamburg<br />
From: Johanna Renate Wöhlke<br />
Die Ausschreibung für die Gemeinschaftsausstellung „Der  Kuss“ ist beendet, und die Entscheidung der Jury liegt  vor.<br />
<strong>Wir gratulieren Ihnen herzlich zur  Teilnahme an der Ausstellung!</strong><br />
Die Auswahl der 20 teilnehmenden Künstler war alles  andere als leicht; eine große Anzahl erstklassiger Arbeiten aus aller Welt  zeigte die vielen Nuancen, die dieses Thema bietet,  auf.<br />
Helmspark- Galerie  <span style="font-size:x-small;">Kunst für Genießer in Hittfeld bei Hamburg<br />
</span><a title="Permanent Link zu “Der Kuss” – die teilnehmenden Künstler" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.helmspark-galerie.de/?cat=4" target="_blank">“Der Kuss” – die teilnehmenden Künstler</a><br />
Eines der ausgewählten Objekt von Henning O. <a href="http://digitalpopart.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/derkuss.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-349" title="derkuss" src="http://digitalpopart.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/derkuss.jpg" alt="derkuss" width="300" height="261" /></a><br />
Die Vernissage ist am Samstag, 10. Oktober 2009, um 14:00<br />
Dauer der Ausstellung: Bis Ende Dezember 2009.<br />
Öffnungszeiten: Montag bis Freitag 10 – 18  Samstag 10 – 14<br />
<a href="http://www.helmspark-galerie.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/2009-Hittfeld-Kuss400x6001.jpg"></a></p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img title="Plakat Der Kuss" src="http://www.helmspark-galerie.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/2009-Hittfeld-Kuss400x600.jpg" alt="Plakat" width="400" height="600" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Plakat</p></div>
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