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Inspired by Borges' classic short story "The Library of Babel" about an impossibly huge library.

I applied to do a solo show at the Harold Washington Library. I hope to exhibit the series there. Babel is about the current erosion of reliable consensus and knowledge by AI and current political actors.

I am deep into weaving tiles for the Library of Babel series. The first piece will be a 40" tall column vase called Tower of Babel. I'm spiraling 1" hexagons up the column in the color of brown leather-bound books. There will be a crimson hexagon too.

This picture was painted during the Freudian and Jungian psychology craze. How many different ways can the ambiguously juxtaposed symbols in this painting be interpreted?

Emerging from the top of the grey shallow fireplace is a little locomotive. Perhaps it has traveled down a chimney & broken through the shallow back wall of the impossible fireplace. The locomotive is spewing smoke behind it. The smoke trails toward the direction of where a chimney should be.

The image shows a clear, simple interior with a wood floor, moulded paneling on the lower half of the putty-colored wall, a white marble fireplace, and a large gold mirror that reflects mostly shadow above the mantle with two empty brass candlesticks on either end and a dark mantle clock.

Today’s ArtDrop is a surrealist oil painting by René Magritte from 1938 called ‘Time Transfixed’. It is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

JWST version of the Pillars of Creation. But with Googly eyes on the pillars.

Pillars of 👀

🔭🐡🧪🎨

The Physics Behind the Design of a Typical Coffee Mug SciShow explains how the design of typical coffee mugs is questionable at best, particularly since coffee sloshes more than other liquids.

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The painting's center is mostly shadowy black browns with indistinct hands and ruffled clothing. The picture lightens again toward the right with her face reflecting the warm glow of the flames in profile. Behind her comfortable chair, the wall is an ombre of tonal ochre to the dark floor.

Today’s ArtDrop is an oil on canvas by Gustav Klimt titled ‘Lady by the Fireplace.’

The image shows the a lady reclining in front of an implied fireplace. She is in profile facing left where a red ochre glow emanates.

Two children are sitting with their hands tucked into alternate sleeves for warmth. Dad is just sitting on his stool and staring off into space in the direction of the floor. Mom is on the right side of the fireplace spinning thread and smiling sweetly at Gramps.

This page must be about the health benefits of gathering around a cozy fireplace with loved ones. In the image, a five-person family sits on stools in a circle around a hearth. Gramps is poking the fire and probably telling a story that starts with, “In my day…”.

The Latin version is known as Tacuina sanitatis (XIV century) 0-aspetti di vita quotidiana, veglia,Taccuino Sanitatis, Ca or 'Health notebook (XIV century) 0-aspects of daily life, vigil,Health notebook, Ca’.

Today’s ArtDrop is an illustration from a 14th-century Latin translation of a 10th-century Arabic health manual. The artist is unknown.

it's him.......

Passed the MOCA test...

...like some invincible fucking Einstein...

...or something...

Sorry for the late upload, this week’s podcast is now live. We discuss Constable vs Turner, Caravaggio (and for some reason, rats in art 🐀).

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Frank Gehry No Longer Allowed To Make Sandwiches For Grandkids

Frank Gehry No Longer Allowed To Make Sandwiches For Grandkids

Painting detail: a lizard looks up, reaching with one foot, mouth open and little teeth showing. This one reminds me of a Bosch creature.

Painting detail: an orthopterid peeks out between two arched pieces of grass. Below it is a large, light pink flower.

Painting detail: a hairy caterpillar, maybe some kind of tussock moth. It's lale brownish green with black bands, a bristly head, and several distinct tufts of hairs down its back.

Painting detail: a stag beetle on a striped green squash.

Some of my favorite Guys from the MFA's Rachel Ruysch exhibit 🎨

🙄Aww. Aint that kewt. Widdle guy got a participation trophy today. 🙄

One of the most beautiful artworks is Leonardo da Vinci’s (1452-1519) cartoon (c1506), now in the London National Gallery. A cartoon is the original name for a preparatory drawing for a painting. Such is the beauty of the work it has been treasured ever since it was created!

a kind of architecture
- Wind walkers -

Yes, as the content warning indicates this is a *nude* figure study.

Her clothing is scattered over a cream and brown geometric rug. A cupboard door is ajar in the shadows to the left. To the far right, a red cloth is draped over a chair. A glimpse of decorative items are displayed on the mantel in front of the lowest part of large mirror.

Kneeling on a swaddle of light blue fabric in front of and facing the hearth is a woman warming herself with her arms wrapped in front of her. Ingres would have loved this image because her back is the star of the show. We do not see more than a partial thigh and one upper arm.

We see a domestic interior with a roaring fireplace at the center of the painting. The fireplace has an iron door and pull drawer for coals. In addition to the light cast from the glowing fireplace, there must be a large window the right because bright daylight is streaming in from that direction.