Saturday, May 30, 2009

Pocket Globe


Nathaniel Hill, 1754

made up of twelve hand coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, New Holland, Dimens Land and New Zealand part delineated,
North-West America as Unknown Parts, each interior hemisphere twelve hand coloured engraved half gores and a polar calotte, the exterior
of the case covered with fishskin.
(here)

Friday, May 29, 2009

Thursday, November 13, 2008

är den dålig så slänger vi den, funkar den så äter vi den


är den dålig så slänger vi den, funkar den så äter vi den, Johan Hedbäck, 2008

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Electric Chairs






From the top:
Electric Chair 1967 (Collection of the National Gallery of Australia)
Electric Chair 1964 (Tate Collection)
[no title] 1964 (Tate Collection)
from the Death and Disaster Series
(here and here)

Friday, March 21, 2008

Stations of the Cross


First Station, Barnett Newman, 1958


Second Station, Barnett Newman, 1958


Third Station, Barnett Newman, 1960


Fourth Station, Barnett Newman, 1960


(Four of fourteen. All from Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection)

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Thursday, January 10, 2008

The Host


from The Host (Gwoemul), Joon-ho Bong, 2006 (here)

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Solstice




Solstice in the Newgrange passage tomb at sunrise (from the interior towards
the entrance, and sunlight on the floor of the inner chamber),
Ireland, December 21, 2007, taken from webcast (here)