Posted by on under religious painting, liberal news, actis, origin of species, artt, archetypes, news reporter, lefty, satan, god | 
Mother Jones shared the joy of "One Nation Under God," an epic religious painting by contemporary artist Jon McNaughton. You can scroll over the painting to ID the various folks, ranging from historical figures to symbolic characters such as the "Liberal News Reporter" who embodies how "most of the media today are biased towards the left and try to shape the thinking and actions of Americans in that direction." My favorite is the "Professor" gripping his copy of "Origin of Species." According to McNaughton, the Professor "represents the liberal lefts control of our educational system." Hidden in the shadows is none other than... Satan! "One Nation Under God" by Jon McNaughton...
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Posted by on under boing boing, acrylic sheeting, gauge wire, s allen, car door, wasp, light bulb, great stuff, typewriter, sculpture, 1980s, wings, seattle |
This gorgeous wasp sculpture, c.1980s by artist S. Allen, is for sale at Seattle's Great Stuff shop. It's 24" (h) x 34" (d) x 38" (w). The price is $4,500. "Centered around an industrial light bulb and hundreds of typewriter and printer parts, car door handles, sprockets and springs all assembled with fine-gauge wire; wings made from reclaimed 1/8" acrylic sheeting." Wasp Sculpture (Thanks, Michael-Anne Rauback!)...
Tagi: boing boing, acrylic sheeting, gauge wire, s allen, car door, wasp, light bulb, great stuff, typewriter, sculpture, 1980s, wings, seattle
Posted by on under hard drives, warrant, target |
...apropos of bloggers being bullied into parting with their hard drives: check out this nifty doormat, available at Target for 18 bucks and some change....
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Posted by on under boing boing, source image, obama, shoop, thumbnail, designers, photo |
Designers make eyes 'pop' by whitening the whites, but sometimes the results just look odd--especially if the source image is an arty sort of thing. So I wonder if this unflattering shot of President Obama betrays a measure of shoop--if not quite so much as granted to System Lord Condoleezza Rice--or is just a trick of the light. The close-up is a cellphone photo of the mag itself, on which I superimposed a thumbnail of it from Ebony's website....
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Posted by on under boing boing, bernard maybeck, william merrit chase, artts, golden dawn, joaquin miller, esoterics, utopian movements, miller william, merrit, savanna, john muir, fabia, art show, friday evening, northern california, ly, 19th century, paintings, valentine |
Northern California artists Savanna Snow, who I've previously featured on BB, and Michael Eli have a magickal show opening Friday evening at Oakland's Art At The Oakbrook gallery. Titled "A Golden Dawn," the show runs until April 19, with an artists' discussion on April 10. (Click the lovely invite below to see it larger.) A preview of the show is also viewable on Flickr. Savanna writes: This show of paintings & installation of a Hermetic Lodge seeks to place the viewer at the dawn of a New Romantic era. These two artists offer up a mediation on the Magical Order & past Utopian movements of late 19th century California. All the exhibited pieces were created via collaboration utilizing only found materials, these elements wrought from nature directly correlate to the history they evoke. Key figures such as Joaquin Miller, William Merrit Chase, Bernard Maybeck, John Muir & Ordonez De Montalvo are some of the Esoterics represented by the artists. "A Golden Dawn" preview (Flickr, thanks Korin Faught!) Savanna Snow (artist site) Previously:Savanna Snow's "Charming Cobras" paintings Los Angeles: Faught, Ramos, Fabia, Snow, and others in Valentine's ......
Tagi: boing boing, bernard maybeck, william merrit chase, artts, golden dawn, joaquin miller, esoterics, utopian movements, miller william, merrit, savanna, john muir, fabia, art show, friday evening, northern california, ly, 19th century, paintings, valentine
