Artists
Sound Sculptures
As I’ve said before, one never knows where they might find art. This posting started with the weekly check of my older son’s college, UVA’s Pictures of the Week. There was a lecture at the Architecture School given on March 19th by Bill Fontana, who is a pioneer in the art of Sound Sculptures. This is incredibly interesting to me, not just the subject, which I think is fascinating because sound, similar to smell can evoke such deeply alluring and long forgotten memories, but the pathways of me finding this post. Some uncanny things are more than just coincidental — I believe. If you know anything about me, you know…
Artistic Humor
What’s the best medicine for a hectic week, being sick, and just an stressful month in general — besides a cocktail? Humor! I have a million and one things I could post but I can’t think of anything that would bring more of a smile than these funny yet clever, trompe l’oeil murals on the Visual Funhouse blog, which explores everything that has to do with optical illusions. You can get lost in this site, it’s so distracting and fun. This one is a little “tongue and cheek” for the way I may be feeling right now. Another fascinating thing is how artists use everyday objects to create something completely…
Think Outside of the Airport!
When I first saw this image in the Washington Post, I thought these were modern-day, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, but no, they are the architectural diagrams of airport terminals. This is something I have seen but take for granted every time I fly. However, I thought this was so creative to recognize that these airport silhouettes could be conceived as artistic designs. Charles Cohan, a printmaker and art professor in Hawaii, who travels quite a bit, noticed these shapes in the back of many airline magazines. He’s collected 62 and has made 90 plates. This collection, on exhibit at the Curator’s Office in Washington, DC, displays diagrams of 43 airports. He’s on…
