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Tag Archives: Robert Crumb
bootleg cover
by Art Chantry: this is a cover of a bootleg rolling stones recording from back in 1973. they were just taking break on their legendary monster tour following the release of “Exile” and this is a tape of a concert … Continue reading
like the highlands?
Who can like the highlands? At least that was the question asked by Dr. Johnson after Boswell had dragged him from Edinburgh to Inverness to Skye and back from the Lowlands. Boswell could, and soon set about immortalizing the tour… … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word
Tagged Charles H. Bennett, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone Shakespearian scholar, Frederick A. Pottle, James Boswell, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Robert Crumb, Samuel Collings, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Rowlandson
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truckin’ to a nostalgic seedy past
by Art Chantry: ok, i gotta thing or two to say about this classic piece of american graphic design here. to begin with, it has NOTHING to do with ‘trucks’. when robert crumb drew this (i think it was in … Continue reading
rand
by Art Chantry: robert crumb sez his piece about the philosophical work of ayn rand (paul ryan’s idol).one of the many things she and charles manson shared was a belief in the philosophical system of “egoism” (which is not to … Continue reading
fake psych vibe
by Art Chantry: this is a primo example of what i’m talking about when i mention “fake psych”. there was a period of time back in the mid to late 1960’s where the businessheads in america saw what “them kids” … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend, Marketing/Advertising/Media
Tagged Acey Lehman, Acy Lehman, Alton Kelley, art chantry, Art Deco style, Bob Fried, Cal Tjader, Heinz Edelmann, Jo Grey illustration, John Acord, Lee Conklin, Marvin Hayes, Marvin Hayes illustration, Milton Glaser, Peter Max, push pin studios, Rich Griffin, Rick Griffin, Robert Crumb, Stanley ''Mouse'' Miller, The Association, victor moscoso, wes wilson
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hubris of perfection
by Art Chantry: saul steinberg was such an odd case. he is one of the very few professional cartoonists (aka, “graphic designer”) who managed to make the transition form commercial artist to fully accepted fine artist. his work landed in … Continue reading
trash-culture-ville
by Art Chantry: most of us out there in trashcultureville are very familiar with the legend of the “cheap thrills” record cover. how the band asked robert crumb (their buddy) to draw the cover art. the record company used what … Continue reading
collect the gag panels on them
by Art Chantry: this is something else i collect – little corporate booklets of cartoons. basically, big business likes to commission gag comix from cartoonists and publish them in their magazines and advertising. they think that means they ‘support the … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged art chantry, charles addams, chuck jones, corporate booklets cartoons, Hallmark Cards, jackie onassis, Madame Pickwick, National Lampoon Rodriguez, Norman Rockwell, Robert Crumb, ronald searle, Salvador dali, Shepard Fairey, spain rodriguez, Winston Churchill
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hunger: pangs of freedom
The hunger for pure immanence. Or when the blending of realism and idealism becomes a kind of performance art, a “shock of the new” to use the Dadaist phrase, a disruptive force that effectuates art through the banal “ready-made” activity … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word
Tagged Charles Baudelaire, David Blaine, Franz Kafka, Gandhi fasting, gilad shalit, Giovanni Succi, Hana Shalbi, Khader Adnan, lotte lenya, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Milena Jesenska, Robert Crumb, Shalit deal, Sharman Apt Russell, Slavoj Zizek, Walter Benjamin
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but can they turn you on
Jesse Marinoff Reyes: TALKIN’ ‘BOUT THE BEAT G-G-G-G-GENERATION: Here’s a small sampling of how Jack Kerouac and the Beat writers were presented in their time, and from the relatively recent past. Dig it man. More inspiration from the archives… Some … Continue reading
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