Prodigies
Paintings of anomalous humans set in anachronistic styles, by James G. Mundie [Link]
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December 19, 2006
December 12, 2006
L'Illustration Tahitian du Leon Carre II
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December 11, 2006
L'Illustration Tahitian du Leon Carre
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I took the day off to recover from jet lag, and decided to spend some time browsing through the vast piles of paper ephemera at our local antique mall. After only a few minutes of digging, I was thrilled to discover this gorgeous Art Deco illustration of a Tahitian princess and her retinue, done by French artiste Léon Carré for a 1927 issue of the weekly news magazine, L'Illustration.
The text at the bottom reads, Elle passait les beures de grand soleil à l'abri sur une plate-forme ombragée. My French is excremental, so if anyone would be so kind as to translate that into English for me, I'd be most grateful.
Update: my friend Jonathan informs me that the above translates: she spent the hottest hours of the day under a shelter on a shady platform.
December 5, 2006
London 2006: Museums
I'm alive and still in England through this weekend. Here are a few highlights of what I've been up to museum-wise in the past week or so:
Power & Taboo: Sacred Objects from the Pacific at the British Museum [Link]
Sixties Fashion at the Victoria and Albert Museum [Link]
Graphic Designer, Alan Fletcher, at the Design Museum [Link]
Back to work. More later. - Mr. BH