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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Lindy Hop: Moonbeams and Swing Fiends
Lindy Hop was the name given to an original form of urban dancing of Afro-American creation. Its categorized as swing dancing , yet Lindy Hop was an innovative variant that took the genre to a new level. The Harlem ghetto … Continue reading
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Tagged Django Reinhart, Frankie Manning, Lindy Hop, Mark Jenkins, Swing Dancing
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Snow White Tweets and Seven Gullible Children
British writer Caryl Churchill’s ten minute playlet ”Seven Jewish Children”( 7JC) is an artistic achievement that has multiple interpretations. It is art imposed over a political and religious context whereby the audience is drawn into the relationship between church, state, and … Continue reading
Statue of a Soul on Ice
This unusual statue has been produced by an artist who is both anonymous and somewhat mysterious as to origin and identity. The statue was initially observed slap-shotting on a frozen pond before stickhandling its way inside the showroom of ArtPizzaz … Continue reading
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Tagged ArtPizzaz, Eldridge Cleaver, Mark Jenkins, sports statues, Statues
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Florine Stettheimer: Feminine Observations From The Idle Class
Florine Stettheimer was among the most original American painters of her generation. Her lengthly creative peak began in 1916 until her death in 1944 which occurred while painting. Stettheimer viewed art as ”an entirely private pursuit”. There was no existing … Continue reading
Starfleet Explores Left-Hand Planet of the Arts
At an outer perimeter of Delta Quadrant is a planet inhabited uniquely by a left handed civilization with human resemblances. They are Artemoids, so named after the Greek God of the arts, Artemis. Artemis’s moon is named Apollo, after the … Continue reading
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Tagged DaVinci, Left-handedness, Madame Pickwick, Mark Jenkins, Star Trek
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DaVinci: Captain of the Enterprise 7824.7 to 1
The Treaty of the Tribbles crumbled. The Klingons, now aided by the Vogons, began burning art at public gatherings. Kirk was asked to lead an expeditionary force, temporarily vacating the captaincy of the Enterprise. Starfleet originally planned to promote … Continue reading
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Tagged Geek Art, Jackson Pollock, Leonardo DaVinci, Mark Jenkins, Rembrandt, Spock
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Giclee More Pricey Than China's Quick Draw McGraws
Celebrity painter Bob Ross could speed- paint a landscape in 30 minutes for his ”The Joy of Painting” television series.This rapidity was achieved primarily through a modular approach implemented with a variant of the ”wet on wet” technique. But, could … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Ross, Chinese Art, Giclee Art, Mark Jenkins, Speed-Painting
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Behind the Great Wall to Your Wall
The Great Wall of China would be the largest wall surface to hang paintings in the world. Its 5500 square miles long of wall could be filled with Chinese ”hand-made” factory reproductions in less than a month. Chairman Mao could … Continue reading
James Whistler: Grey and Black and Dandy All Over
Who Am I? What artist , period of painting and paintings best reflects myself? Five women and five men will be posthumously featured over the next several months. A five dollar gift certificate will be mailed to each participant who … Continue reading
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