Tag Archives: Harvey Kurtzman

the high art of low-fi visual culture

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Dave

Art Chantry.We would like to welcome Art Chantry as a contributor to the Madame Pickwick Art Blog. Art is  renown in graphic design work, and is what could be termed a unique, singular personality and a compelling figure who happens … Continue reading →

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feast and famine of pure reason

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Dave

At age twenty-two in 1937, the Museum of Modern Art purchased “Feast of Pure Reason” , and Jack Levine became known as the school of Boston Expressionism. It seems hardly justified that his work would fall almost totally out of … Continue reading →

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HOT LIPS: Holy Grail of the Flirt

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Dave

“Can I have your picture so I can show Santa what I want for Christmas?” …First buy an ice cream and find a hot girl, then say “I’m sorry to bother you, but your melting my ice cream!” …”What do … Continue reading →

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Cheerfully Yodeling In the Canyon

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Dave

The Tijuana Bibles. Likely more wholesome than a Calvin Klein billboard or American Apparel print ad, at least based on the theory that appealing to the prurient interest is a socially redeeming value. There’s a certain wacky innocence to them,in a … Continue reading →

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