Industrial designer Ignacio Pilotto came up with this colorful idea. Love it!
BUSY BEE
I am working away on a paper about this gorgeous structure: the Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamp, France designed by none other than Le Corbusier. I am a little terrified since I haven't written an architecture paper since Art History 101, but I am keeping my fingers crossed and my head down. I promise to be back in action here just as soon as I am done. Until then, hope you are enjoying this brisk sunny day!
THE NEW YORK TIMES & OBAMA
NYTimes photographers Damon Winter and Doug Mills did a wonderful job capturing the poignancy of Obama's campaign in film.
ELLSWORTH KELLY: READYMADE COLOR
Yesterday I re-found the Ellsworth Kelly postcards I bought at the MoMA Color Chart exhibition this spring. Gorgeous! If you didn't get to see the show, do yourself a favor and go check out the online exhibition (it makes me feel bad for those 7 to 10% of men with color blindness, or as my friends joke "people who can't see shapes"). Then today, while researching my paper on Robert Rauschenberg, Kelly came up again! This time for his use of "ready-made" colors - colors inspired by a gum-paper notebook bought in a Parisian stationery store. They're like caffeine for the eyes!
the goods, all by Kelly, from top to bottom:
"Spectrum of Colors Arranged By Chance 2"
"Study of 64 Panels for "Colors for Large Wall"
"Spectrum of Colors Arranged By Chance"
GLAMOROUS!
It's overcast and wet out here in New York today and I thought you all might be needing a little sparkle in your life. For some reason I LOVE photographs of huge lit up signs (they make me feel all happy and shiny inside).
FEELING MUCH BETTER
Hooray! My presentation is finally done! Now I just have to start the paper . . . .
Even better? America finally made a smart decision about our future! I can't wait until January 2009 when the country will be back in the hands of someone who knows that "nuclear" only has one "u" in it. Today is the start of something special: progress!
(More artsy stuff later, I promise; I just had to share my enthusiasm with you all. Also, find this lovely poster here).
MUST! FOCUS!
I am in the throes of madly writing about Robert Rauschenberg's series of White Paintings (as seen above) and all I want is the sweet release of writing about a straight forward painting! This guy may look lifeless, but for an art historian, its like a freakin' encyclopedia of references. I have got 3 outlines and about 2.5 inches of bindered material to bring together into something coherent. . .
Gah! Give me a chocolate chip cookie and a nap, stat! It's going to be a long one . . . .
(I will post something more colorful once I finish this presentation . . . aka tomorrow.)