Saturday, July 9, 2011

air zaire



































































i have been fascinated by zaire ever since i spent a semester in college studying its former ruler mobutu. air zaire is long gone but it had some great graphics from back in the 70s. these are a few i've found online.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

cy twombly







back in 2009 the art institute here in chicago had a showing of twombly's work entitled: the natural world, and i thought it was beautiful and inspiring. the mix of drawing, painting, calligraphy, graffiti all on such a large scale is a feast. twombly died july 5 in rome.

from the times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/arts/design/cy-twombly-an-art-who-emphasized-mark-making.html 

Sunday, July 3, 2011