Tag Archives: Jim Henson

giants: part metal packets

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Dave

Apparently, size does matter.They are giants. twelve feet high; a haunting reminder of the ancient nephilim said to have wandered the earth in a remote past. But these are mythological monsters transformed into autonomous structures that do feed a certain … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Aldous Huxley, Auguste Rodin, Brancusi, contemporary sculpture, david altmejd, david cronenberg, Jerry Saltz, Jim Henson, Jorge Luis Borges, Kiki Smith, Louise Bourgeois, Michelangelo | Leave a comment

Kermit & Coffee

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Dave

Early Jim Henson from the late 1950′s early 1960′s featuring a primitive version of muppet Kermit The Frog as spokesman for Wilkins Coffee. The expressions and speech synchronizations are well articulated, and insulate the impact of the slapstick violence. An … Continue reading →