The industrial part of town is often a lot more interesting…though I can make it boring.
Seattle Photos-Balance Study
Color
Seattle Photos-Monet’s ‘Haystack 1891’ At The Museum
The painting is Monet’s ‘Haystack, 1891‘ at the SAM. Full series here.
‘In a series comprised of over 20 paintings, Monet recreated haystacks during varying weather conditions and at different times of day. Here, a single stack of wheat sits in a sundrenched, late-summer field framed by poplars and rolling hills.’
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Seattle Photo-Husky Sunday
That’s a good-looking dog
Seattle Photo-Sunday Color
From The Atlantic Video: ‘Watch A Photographer Turn Downtown L.A.’s Graffiti Into Abstract Art’
Mick Victor walks down the streets and alleyways of L.A. with camera in tow, his focus eventually drawn to some forms, shapes, colors or configuration.
Some of those abstract photos here.
Check outΒ Ron Scubadiver for good composition, abstract, travel and everyday people photos. Β There’s a nice mix over there.
Vivian Maier,Β the mystery street photographer from Chicago.
Don’t get caught tagging Roman walls or you’ll be conjugating til’ dawn:
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Would you be willingΒ to undermine property-rights and the rule-of-law in order to celebrate ‘graffiti-art’?
NY Curbed had 5Pointz coverage here.
A NY Times beat reporterΒ shared in the suffering of those graffiti artists whose 5pointz canvas was whitewashed in preparation for demolition by owner Jerry Wolkoff.
‘One street artist, who would give his name only as Just, had at least two works painted over. He spent hours early Tuesday gazing at the whitewashed buildings, leaning against a red-brick wall across the street. Then he bought himself a tall glass of beer, which he sipped slowly from a brown paper bag.
βHeartbreaking,β he said. βThis is not just about graffiti β itβs about the unity of people who met here from all over the world.β He paused and took a drink. βThatβs what really hurts.β
Three photos and some backstory here.Β 5pointz had become something of a graffiti mecca, arguably more than the sum of its parts:
Heather MacDonald At The City Journal: βRadical GraffitiΒ Chicβ
So, Youβre Telling Me Whatβs Cool?-Theodore Dalrymple At The City Journal: βBanksy In Neverlandβ What are these people doing with art?: Β Often combining them withΒ a Left-of-Center political philosophy as they areΒ at NPRΒ for popular consumption. Β On this site, see:Β From ReasonTV Via Youtube: βKen Burns on PBS Funding, Being a βYellow-Dog Democrat,β & Missing WalterΒ Cronkiteββ¦Repost-From NPR: Grants To The NEA To Stimulate TheΒ Economy?
From Grist.Org Via The New Republic Via The A & L Daily: βGetting Past βRuin Pornβ InΒ Detroitββ¦Marketplace aesthetics in service of βwomenβ:Β Doveβs Campaign For Real Beauty: Pascal Dangin AndΒ Aestheticsβ¦Β Roger Scruton In The City Journal: Cities For LivingβIs ModernismΒ Dead?β¦Brasilia: A Planned City
Goya, that modern, had to make a living from the royal family:Β GoyaβsΒ Colossusβ¦Goyaβs Fight WithΒ Cudgelsβ¦Goetheβs Color Theory: Artists AndΒ Thinkersβ¦NASA Composite Image Of The Earth AtΒ Nightβ¦