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the blobs
Characterizing the idea of “otherness” is the ultimate divide and conquer, and in the case of the Arabs a metaphor for the word “backwards” homogenously spread over a large swathe of the globe and a sub-category for Islam in general. … Continue reading
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Tagged craig thompson habibi, Dr. jack Shaheen, Edward Said, Harrison Ford Raiders of the Lost Ark, Israel Shahak, Jean Leon Gerome, Madame Pickwick, Maimonides, MEK People's Holy Jihadis, michelle bachmann, Muslim Brotherhood, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Steven Spielberg, Thorstein Veblen
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munich
Not good enough for a moment of silence, but okay for forty years of silence. In short, it’s true. The problem is taking one singular event and framing it within a given context without the prior, antecendent activities and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron J. Klein, Abu Hasan Salamah, abu mazen, Ali Bushiki, Anwar Sadat, Arie Gluck, black september, Bob Costas, Boris Johnson Munich 1972 commemoration, Eric Rouleau, figure skater Irving Brokaw, George Jonas, Munich 1972 Israel athletes, Pinchas Zeltzer, spielberg munich, Steven Spielberg
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open wide
Jesse Marinoff Reyes: Universal, 1975 Directed by Steven Spielberg (b. 1946) Illustration: Roger Kastel (b. 1931) MAD January 1976 issue, #180 Illustration: “Mutz” aka Mort Künstler (b. 1931) Countdown to Summer Vacation… Well, there have been shark sightings (and attacks) … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media
Tagged bill gaines, Bill Gaines Gang of Idiots, jesse marinoff reyes, Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, John Williams Music, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mort Kunstler, Peel Slowly Blog, Peter Benchley, Richard Dreyfuss, Roger Kastel, Roy Scheider, Steven Spielberg
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bradbury: of rhedosaurus and varia
Jesse Marinoff Reyes: The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms* Warner Brothers, 1953 (poster art/design uncredited) Directed by Eugène Lourié (1903-1991) Visual Effects by Ray Harryhausen (b. 1920) Farewell to Sci Fi Master, Ray Bradbury (1920-2012). I’m very pleased to say that … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged al williamson, Eugene Lourie, jesse marinoff reyes, Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, jim warren, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Ray Bradbury, Ray Bradbury ( 1920-2012), Ray Harryhausen, Rod Serling, Steven Spielberg, wally wood
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the aesthetic extra: water in motion
The original fountain was the brainchild of Philip Johnson, the timeless romantic image using the beguiling nonessential effect that water in architecture has always been. Water as the aesthetic extra; Before the Lincoln center fountain, Johnson had installed a 120-foot … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft, Uncategorized
Tagged Andre Le Notre, Bellagio Fountains Las Vegas, John Seabrook, Lincoln Center Fountain, Mark Fuller WET, Philip Johnson, Philip Johnson Lincoln Center Fountain, Pierre Denis Martin, Revson Fountain, Reynold Levy Lincoln Center, Steven Spielberg, WET Lincoln Center Fountain
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seeing is believing
A Farewell to visionary concept artist Ralph McQuarrie—one of the true giants. It was McQuarrie’s storyboard images that helped George Lucas sell the idea and get funding for Star Wars from Alan Ladd Jr. at 20th Century-Fox after being turned … Continue reading
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Tagged alan ladd jr., George Lucas, george lucas star wars, Ralph McQuarrie, Steven Spielberg
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they never die in paradise apparently. just resting, waiting….
It is certainly one of the most enduring archetypes. One that even Jung could not extricate all the wrinkles, folds and complications from…. It’s called the hybridized biography. Imagined conversations of the mothers of famous men who happen to be … Continue reading
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Tagged amedeo modigliani, Carl Jung, Chaim Soutine, John Singer Sargent, Marc Chagall, mariana cook, Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, natalie david-weil, natalie David-Weill, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Stephen Marche, Steven Spielberg, valentin de Boulogne, Viktor Frankl
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from a position of privilege
This was a rather particular photo album, brought to public attention in June of this year. The mystery was solved. It was the work of Franz Krieger and was owned by someone in the fashion industry who needed money to … Continue reading
napoleon: grand alliance of a different kind
The greatest movie never made. That’s actually the title of a new book of images from Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon, or rather the director’s preparations for an ill-fated film on the French emperor. The three hour epic about the life of … Continue reading
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Tagged alex godfrey, Alison Castle, Chateaubriand, Chris Knight National Post, felix markham, francois pascal simon gerard, Jacques Necker, Jacques-Louis David, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Mme Germaine de Stael, Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, prince augustus of prussia, Raul Hilberg, Rene Chateaubriand, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg
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