Flower X-Rays from Steven Meyers

from Xray-art.com:

Bathsheba Grossman

I discovered Bathsheba Grossman's stuff about 5 years ago... amazing 'mathematical' sculptures. My favourites, though, are the accurate 3-d crystal models of the galaxy, large scale structure of the universe etc-. These are great for contemplating either your cosmological insignificance or the awe-inspiring majesty of the universe you find yourself breathing in-and-out in. (depending on your exact level of optipessimism). I think i'm going to buy a few.

David Palmer

Yes i know these are just swirls of blue paint- but you've got to admit they are pretty cool. ...
"David Palmer’s single brushstroke paintings transgress the classical caricature of brushstrokes by painters such as Roy Lichtenstein and James Nares. Palmer’s single brushstroke work takes action painting into a new territory where Pollock’s metaphor of the artist as nature meets the realm of artificial perfection. At the antipode of instant but timeless accumulation of painting drips, Palmer’s extreme abstractions are a single movement of energy . The fusion of paint and body “climaxes” in spins that turn paint into erotic feelings"

... um.. yeah? that's what i was thinking too. Wasn't i just talking about Lichtenstein last week and how he was caricaturing classical brushstrokes and how that scene needed transgressing? and stuff? Cool. Erotic! Like that Anais Nin story about that party where everyone goes nude but painted in a single color- and one dude finds out his sexy wife is screwing around because she ends up getting a tell-tale blue smudge on her brown.

File Under FICTION

This is a great design - the primary texts of the 'great' religions of the world embedded in a solid chunk of wood (recycled of course). Note that the tops of the books are in a neat line- indicating their moral equivalence.

As the "Dire Straits" song goes: "If two men say they're Jesus- at least one of them must be wrong." (my italics).

Anyway- it could be yours for only $2500! (You could pay somebody to read it all to you for that price). Makes you want to dust off those power tools and make your own. Here for more info.

Grass Chair: I'm-a-gettin' me one for Hanukah!

The "Terra Grass Chair"- Ok so it soes seem a little overpriced: 75 pound stirling (can't find it on my keyboard) for interlocking bits of cardboard ... but still.. obviously i'd want 2. I suppose you could plant anything in it- reminds me of Jeff Koons (kitch-porn) "Puppy" which seemed to have a sprig of the 'evil weed' sprouting from it's ear when it was set up in Sydney 10yrs ago.

Things Go Better with Batman: even Russian Literature

This is great! Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment" as a Batman comic: full comic here. Read on to discover how a fixed belief in Utilitarianist morality can ruin you life!

House Plans- click plans to enlarge

Poliform

Over the last 10-15 years i have become obsessed with architecture/furniture design. I blame the 1994 Ikea Catalogue- (remember the opening of 'Fight Club'?- that's me!) cheap, nasty but with a nordic minimalist streak. Now i'm hooked on the heavy stuff- Le Corbusier lounges, Eames recliners along with newer stuff: USM Haller Systems ($15,000 for a black metal shelf), Minotti sofas etc etc.


Poliform is beautiful stuff. Everything is either stainless steel, black, white or wood. These two photos have inspired our house extension- which hopefully will commence in the next month or two. The 'black' fits well into the existing art deco house.

Pocoyo

The BAFTA Award winning Pocoyo (not to be confused with 'TroTro' the whinging donkey) is one of my favourite shows on TV- and i'm not actually kidding! My 2 year old son loves it too.. we often watch it in the mornings on our little kitchen TV. Unfortunately, another parent (nameless) wiped most of the episodes off the hard drive so the ones that remain are especially priceless. Each episode is a little work of art. There's a fascinating blog by one of the animators- interesting to see how the characters have evolved- particularly Pato, the exploding duck.

Maira Kalman

"I'm trying to figure out two very simple things- how to live, and how to die- period. ...and i'm also trying to have some meals and have some snacks."

Maira Kalman

Amongst other things, Maira is a children's book author- there are now a few of hers on my amazon wish list (for the kids) including "What Pete Ate A-Z".

Nostalgia - A Pain in the Nost

When i was about 12, my Dad bought me this book back from one of his travels: "Spacecraft: 2100-2200" - a big picture book full of amazing painting of spaceships... i spent hours looking through it. I gave the book away a few years later but have regretted it ever since. Obviously there are now quite a few online fan sites dedicated to this series! My favourite spaceship was "The Bee".

Current Objects of Lust

Poulsen light, Beolab 8000 loudspeakers, Eames Recliner.

Mr Tibbles is Concerned

Stripgenerator allows you to generate cool cartoons... this one commemorates the death of our goldfish a few months ago.

Two Four Six Eight Rasterbate?

This amazing website lets you upload an image, converts it into a pdf file for you to print out on A4 pages- you then need to reassemble to make your own massive poster.... great for parties or communist party tea rooms or just for the plain egotistical! tip: don't muck up the order of the pages otherwise it turns into a boring jigsaw puzzle. The word "Raster" comes from the German meaning "To Rake".. and refers somehow to the parallel grid pattern used to digitize images- or something.

http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/