Art and Photography Blog

Mail in Your Art to a New Blog

MAiLmeART is a new blog by created by Darren Di Lieto, the founder and editor of LCSV4. Basically, people make art on envelopes and send it in. So far, the artwork has been incredibly vibrant and creative, typically displaying the address in a clever way. Once sent in, the works are shown on the MAiLmeART blog - eventualy to be shown at a gallery in London. Thanks to the IF team for this.

The about page explains: “In 18-24 months MAiLmeART will be holding an exhibition in London (venue to be confirmed). The show will include submissions from you guys and girls which will be on sale at the exhibition. The creators of items that sell at the show will receive 70% of the price their creations sell for, less the landlord’s cut. I can only offer 70% because I need to cover costs. The project will carry on and continue after the show with possibly another show the year after and the year after that.”

Photos of Abstract Designs from the Air - One

These are shots taken from the air that, to me, have a ense of abstract design. I may want to use some of these to set the stage for paintings. These were taken over the US west in May 2007.
     

Photos of San Francisco Skyline 2007

         

Photos of San Francisco May 2007 - Two

The first four were taken in Tiburon and the last two were at the SF Museum of Modern Art. Here are my San Francisco 2007 restaurant picks from that trip. The plates were taken at Guaymas Restaurant, a waterfront Mexican place in Tiburon with a view over to the San Francisco skyline and Angel Island. Wonderful cerviche. It is located at 5 Main Street, Tiburon, 415-435-6300.

       

Photos of San Francisco May 2007 - One

     

Great Soviet Poster Collection - Flickr

Here is a great collection of Soviet posters from 1917 – 1991 on Flickr. They include both propaganda and advertisements. What are your favorites? I find many of them surprising even the context such as kultura 43, 48, and 53.

Arts Beat Blog – New York Times

The New York Times now is offering a number of blogs on different topics. This is quite a switch from their initial position a few years ago. One of this is ArtsBeat thst is in their words, “the place to get your culture events coverage on NYTimes.com. Reporters and critics from The Times will be reporting from arts events from around the world.” It covers all the arts, music, visual arts, etc. Some of the posts I found included:

Anthony Tommasini, classical music critic for The Times, reporting from various events in London.

Venice Biennale - Randy Kennedy, an arts reporter for The Times, wrote from this year's Venice Biennale and Librado Romero contributed photography.

Jackson Pollock.Org - Good Dribbling Site

The second time I logged into StumbleUpon the site first sent we to Jackson Pollock.org. It is a site that lets you paint like Jackson POollock, spilling paint with your cursor. if you click the color changes. It is an interesting toy to play with. It appears that there is no way to save what you do except if you have a color printer.

Scott Wade’s Dirty Car Art Gallery

Scott draws great images in the dirt on car rear windows and then documents how the image degrades over time. I found this through StumbleUpon. I also found "Awesome Pictures" a forum/community where people post unique images and art pad where you can paint online.

Scotch Tape Art from Mark Jenkins

Here is some wonderful street art by Mark Jenkins made with scotch tape as seen in the blog, Powder Blue Orbit. I have been moving and getting tangled up in tape that gives me an enhanced appreciation of the effort here. It is seen in locations around the world including LA and Milan.