Three Things: Quiet Moment Edition
After a week like last week, and looking ahead to the weeks to come, I know I (and I suspect many others) could use a few quiet moments of reflection. Let’s write about such a moment.
Larry Sultan, Mom Touching Wallpaper, 1986, from Pictures from Home series. Photograph. www.larrysultan.com
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, “The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born” Might Not Hold True For Much Longer, 2013. Acrylic and transfers on paper. www.njidekaakunyili.com
Martin Brigden, Thought, 2015. Photograph. Via Flickr.
Three Things: The Gathering Edition
As we all gather for our respective Thanksgiving celebrations, let’s keep our pen and paper at the ready. This week I’m interested in a gathering of people, in whatever form that takes. (Happy Thanksgiving!)
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Something Split and New, 2013. Acrylic, pastel, color pencils, charcoal, marble dust, collage and transfers on paper. www.njidekaakunyili.com
Eugene de Salignac, Painters on the Brooklyn Bridge Suspender Cables, 1914. Photograph. Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA.
Dead Paper, summer: boiled hotter than hell, 2011. Collage. Via flickr.
Three Things: The Reclining Conversation Edition
This week, I’m focusing on two characters, in conversation. Specifically: two reclining characters in conversation. In a physically relaxed state. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the conversation itself has to be relaxed; that’s for you to decide and conjure up yourself.
Hope Gangloff, Clothes Swap / Brooklyn, 2008. Acrylic on canvas. www.hopegangloff.com
Heinrich Kühn, Mary Warner and Lotte in the Meadow, ca. 1908. Photograph (autochrome). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York.
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Nwantinti, 2012. Acrylic, charcoal, colored pencil, collage and Xerox transfers on paper. www.njidekaakunyili.com
