Carlton Arms, by Elbow Toe. Opening tonight, at Thinkspace, in L.A. (Image courtesy of Elbow Toe.)
- Crayon sculptures.
- R.I.P. Bettie Page.
- Let the drama, whining and second-guessing begin!! The Whitney chooses curators for the 2010 Biennial.
- Harry Belafonte withdraws Martin Luther King Jr. documents from Sotheby’s auction after King’s estate issues a statement saying that it believed that the items had been “wrongly acquired.” (Arts Journal.)
- Paul Klee’s Twittering Machine. Clever. (MoMA’s Twitter.)
- Art21 is talking controversy. Today’s post is all about artists stuck in various Freudian stages: chocolate Jesus, piss Christ, poo Virgins.
- Late addition: Speaking of controversy: The LAT’s Christopher Knight on the MOCA Mess on KPFK, opening up with some cattiness towards the New York Times. Mee-ow!
- Anaba has a nice round-up of pix from the Marlene Dumas show at MoMA. There’s even more images on his Flickr feed. Related: La Smith’s review.
- Art and mental illness: Exploring the Martín Ramírez case.
- Happy holidays from Paul McCarthy. Plus: Just in time for Christmas…the alcohol calorie counter. (Flaming Pablum.)
- Mad Scientist laser-etched wood blocks.
- The world’s robot density is highest in Europe.
- Better than fish-wrap: Recycling the New York Times into wallpaper.
- Photo Essay: Art by contemporary Indian artists at the Serpentine, in London.
- Cooper, the cat with his own Flickr page. Cooper has some beautiful shots (like this awesome POV, in which he’s attacking the Christmas tree), but I’m very disappointed to learn that he watches Jay Leno. Sorry, Cooper, I don’t care if you don’t have opposable thumbs and shit in a box. You have no excuse.
- 3-D Graff of the Day: Ovbal in Mexico.
- More graff flicks from Basel. Plus: Video of a Shepard Fairey wall in Miami getting reworked.
- Nothing like authoritarian diktat: China to trim tall buildings around Guangzhou in an effort to earn UNESCO World Heritage status.
- A Frank Lloyd Wright chair, purportedly stolen from Johnson Wax, was almost sold on e-Bay. (The Skyline.)
- The burger ring.
- Your moment of Olafur Eliasson rapping.
That Cat is wearing a Cat Cam- invented in Germany for the famous Mr. Lee, cat photographer extraordinaire.
I would say, perhaps due to his german background, that Mr. Lee is a more avante garde photographer than Cooper.
http://www.mr-lee-catcam.de/cc_index_en.htm
I was frankly disappointed that I did not see any 6′x6′ C Prints of Mr. Lee’s work in Miami last week…