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'The Place We Live'

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How did The Great Wave become one of the most famous images in the world?

When Hokusai's The Great Wave was first issued, in about 1830, Japan's contact with the outside world was strictly regulated. It was only in 1859 when Japan, under pressure from America and other powers, opened a few of its ports that Japanese prints began to be exported to Europe. They were quickly discovered and celebrated by European and American artists like Whistler, Van Gogh and Monet. The Great Wave inspired Debussy's symphonic sketches La Mer and has become one of the most iconic images of the power of the sea.

The excellent commentary on Hokusai's "The Great Wave" can be found at:

The History of the world in 100 objects podcast

 

via: Brain Pickings

Portrait of Grace

It was night at JFK, and the boarding of the giant A380 seemed to never end, when recognizing the silhouette of Grace Coddington seating front row reminded me that Paris Fashion Week was about to start.

 For all who saw the The September Issue, and fell under her charm, Grace seems to possess the disillusionment of a true philosopher, while being more of an artist than most photographers, more of an artist in fact than most artists who’d rather have their new summer house featured in Vogue than their last show reviewed in Art Forum (although, of course, both are necessary). 

I was lost in my reflections on Grace, assuming that under these conditions, a First class solitude must be complimentary, when I was suddenly brought back to shared reality by a “Can I see your invitation ? ”. I was then urged with the herd to the standing row, by a flight attendant who had the fierce insensitivity of a PR assistant, Paris. 

Text and Drawing Jean-Philippe Delhomme

via: Purple Diary

“You get ugly when you get old,” Martin Amis said at the 2011 Hay literary festival in Mexico. “It’s all perfectly simple. Everything seems fine until you’re about 40. You look in the mirror with your old habit of thinking, ‘While I accept that everyone grows old and dies, it’s a funny thing, but I’m an exception to that rule.’ Then it becomes a full-time job trying to convince yourself that it’s true.”

 

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'In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States'

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"I’ve been using the word filter as a noun, but it’s also a verb. A filter lets some wavelengths of light through and certain kinds of information to seep in." James Welling

James Welling at Regen Projects

 

'NYC_Night Snow', featured on Gestalten

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