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A European Hillbilly and Bats Blaming Each Other
Azechi Umetaro, A European Hillbilly
Somehow I wound up digging around on sites with Japanese prints today. These could be incredibly common images, but they are all new to me. The authority on such things is lotusgreen and her incredible blog Japonisme, so go there for more, and visit her links.
Azechi Umetaro, A Mountaineer with Ice Ax over Shoulder, 1980
Azechi Umetaro, Mountain Man and Deer
Gountei SADAHIDE (1807-1873), young devil child
Gountei SADAHIDE (1807-1873)
Kaoru Kawano (1916-65), girl with red mask, 50s
Kaoru Kawano (1916-65), girl with flowers and butterflies, 60s
Ichiyusai KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) skeleton
Ichiyusai KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861), figures with bizarre heads
Last three: Ichiyusai KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861),
Bats Blaming Each Other
Other places I was surfing:
http://www.ohmigallery.com
http://woodblockprint.com.au
http://www.japaneseprints-london.com
http://shogungallery.com
http://www.ukiyoe-gallery.com
October 22, 2008
Victor Hugo, Shadows of a Hand
Victor Hugo, Marine Terrace with initials, 1855
Victor Hugo, Abstract composition (monstrous animal), ca. 1856
Victor Hugo, 'Planet' taches, ca. 1853-55
Victor Hugo, The cellist, ca. 1856
As promised, here some more of Hugo's drawings. I hadn't realized Shadows of a Hand: The Drawings of Victor Hugo was still available (reasonably priced too!) from the Drawing Center, so do yourself a favor and buy it before it's gone. Click on the image below to go to the Drawing Center site.
Previously:
--The Octopus Bearing the Initials V.H.
--Luc Sante, Victor Hugo, Andre Breton (scroll past Jules Renard [but actually, don't scroll past him])
Coming next:
--Three-Way Rorschach Test (Victor Hugo, Hans Christian Andersen, and Bruce Conner)
October 20, 2008
Freidrich Achleitner, o-i-study, 1960
From The Vienna Group: The Visual Works and the Actions, 1954 - 1960 (Springer 1998).
Also check out Atlas's recently-published translation of sixth sense by Vienna Group member Konrad Bayer.
Ceremony of the Chosen by Jose Hernandez
José Hernández, Diptico, Ceremonial del Enviado
(Diptych, Ceremony of the Chosen), 1974
I scanned the above image from a catalog. Click to see it much larger. The three images below come from the artist's website. I plan to follow his work closely.
October 19, 2008
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