This week feels like a surreal sort of week. Let’s focus, though, on making our subjects a bit more youthful. And zoomorphic. Yep, that sounds surreal enough to me.
Anonymous, Untitled. Postcard circa 1900-1920, from the collection of James Birch. Published in Babylon: Surreal Babies, by Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2010.
Anne Siems, Shelter, 2013. Oil on panel. www.annesiems.com
Jane Long, Underneath, from Dancing with Costică series. Digital photomontage. www.janelong.photomerchant.net
Summer is the time for road trips and getaways — and with it, sleeping in hotels and motels. Let’s pack a bag, jump in the car, train, boat, or jet, and spend a few days in another place, enjoying the new view from our foreign beds. Here are three such views to prompt some plots.
Edward Hopper, Western Motel, 1957. Oil on canvas. Yale University Art Gallery, Connecticut.
Pablo Picasso, Postcard to Jean Cocteau, St.-Raphaël, 1919. Ink and watercolor on card.
Walker Pickering, Motel Bien Venido, 2010. Photograph. www.walkerpickering.com
