Sunday, May 18, 2008
Solar water heater
A Chinese peasant has made a solar water heater - using only beers bottles and hoses. The beer bottles lie on a board in rows, all connected by hoses which allow cold water to flow through them and be heated by the sun. "I invented this for my mother. I wanted her to shower at any time more comfortably," says Ma Yanjun, a carpenter, of Qiqiao village, Shaanxi Province. A real solar water heater is too expensive to me, so I came up with the idea of making one on my own. I hope this invention can be promoted nationwide, and allow mothers in undeveloped rural areas to have a hot shower. Ma has now helped more than 20 families in the village to make and install their own beer bottle solar water-heaters. He says he will build a public bathroom for the village using his invention when he has the money to buy enough beers. Via Szanalmas.Labels: durcheinander
Toby Keller #2
Russian popular iconography
"Apparently this is authentic old Russian decor."
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Wood works!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Yellow & Orange
In the 70's orange was known to have hypnotic properties, it was used abusively in advertising and packaging.
Labels: Photoshop
A new artist is born!
"808) In my apartment, I move vacuuming* depending on my moods.
809) This results, in recent times, a large accumulation of dust*.
900) This drawing is supposed to represent the accumulated dust in a corner of my apartment.
901) I realized afterwards that this image is reversible." Momo.
Checked the author of the comment on my 99.5 post. It is Momo, and found this amazing image (in his post of April 29). Bravo Momo!
Labels: Art by others
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Henri Gervex
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Shamsher
Labels: photography
A
Cabochon 3
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Blue Jay
Flow
Labels: sculpture
Noch mahl O.T.
couple
Monday, May 12, 2008
lost_in_translation
From the series of 7 photos, lost_in_translation, by the talented Austrian photographer Pilo Pichler. (Check out his website)
(Technik: Analoge Fotografie. Pigmentdruck. Grösse und Auflage: 70x70cm. Edition 7 (+1).)
I particularly like these two because of the prevalence of the composition (one diagonally, the other horizontally) over the subject. These photos are surprising, evocative and artistic (in the best sense of the word.
Labels: Art by others, photography
Horizontal 393
Labels: photography
Sunday, May 11, 2008
This is a kiss
Summer light
Page 5. Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated. New York. 1933.
Labels: text
parasite
Smile 6.2
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Spoiled
Jean Morisot. 1899-1967
Jean Morisot was a doctor with an immense natural talent for drawing, he used the pseudonym Jean de Sauteval and signed a number of erotic plates in this name.
Sometimes it's nice to be spoiled or to spoil someone.
Labels: Art by others
Friday, May 09, 2008
Domestic
Under the bridge
Making of Smile 6.2 #2
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Smile 6.2
Started a few days ago. Inside the mouth is a mirror. I'm just covering the corrugated cardboard with pieces of papel estraza using different patterns for the background and for the face. Raised a tiny bit the lips...
Labels: Collage
Rebar
This afternoon I found a weathered piece of rebar in the creek (I often go there and come back with loads of trash), Shaped it with a hammer on my anvil (a piece of rail track) hitting it with all my might. Rebar is tough steel and my hammer is not that heavy! Had a lot of pleasure doing it. I dedicate it to Martin Puryear who did some gorgeous circles.
Labels: sculpture
Bordel 1900
Vers 1876, Huysmans dit "que les filles perdues", "ces divines gouges", "ces lamentables pompoirs" meritent toute l'attention car "elles foisonnent dans nos villes et y ont droit de cité aussi bien que les filles honnetes",
Dans "Le peintre de la vie moderne" (Au delà du romantisme, Ecrits sur l'art), Baudelaire pense que l'artiste moderne est en droit de porter un interet pour "ces escalaves qui sont confinées dans ces bouges souvent décorés comme des cafés; malheureuses placées sous la plus avare tutelle, et qui ne possèdent rien en propre, pas meme l'excentrique parure qui sert de condiment à leur beauté".
Cité des delassements dans le boudoir de Katrin Alexandre
2/6/04 – Acquisition – Namur, Musée Rops – La Province de Namur a acquis chez Christie's Londres, Félicien Rops - Démangeaison - Pastel - 25,1 x 18 cm - Monogrammé en bas à gauche - Namur, Musée Rops - pour la somme de 24.000 £ (hors frais). Celui-ci fait partie de la série des "Cent légers croquis pour réjouir les honnêtes gens" commencée en 1878 pour le bibliophile parisien Jules Noilly. Ces "cent croquis" furent en réalité 114 et cette entreprise fut menée en trois ans, jusqu'en 1881. Ils furent dispersés aux enchères en 1886 avec la bibliothèque de Noilly.
Le pastel acquis par le musée de Namur provient de la collection Germain Seligman. Il représente une prostituée, nue à l'exception d'un bas noir à moitié ôté, se grattant les fesses (d'où le titre) ; elle se regarde dans un miroir dans lequel se reflète l'image d'un homme (sans doute un client) qui l'observe par une porte entrouverte. L'aspect leste du sujet ne doit pas cacher les multiples références de cette œuvre, de la Maja desnuda de Goya à la Grande Odalisque d'Ingres. Elle anticipe de quelques années les scènes de bordel de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Le musée de Namur conservait déjà plusieurs dessins de la même série. En 1998, il lui a consacré une exposition, accompagnée d'un catalogue.
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