Hair Feathers

Currently have two different feathers in my hair. And I'm loving it.

Tyndall Coat

I would like this for the many cold days ahead

Educational: Scarpa

UVa hosted guest lecturer, Lawrence Scarpa, today. A very well known man in the Architecture world. Like any good artist, Scarpa is looking at architecture in new ways and redefining many aspects of the profession.

Is it the fourth?

Thomas Jefferson is a big deal here at the University of Virginia. He was not only the founder of the University but did a few other more impressive things with his life.

I stumbled across his last words this morning. Mr. Jefferson, all I have to say is, you would.

"Is the the Fourth?"
-Thomas Jefferson (1743-July 4th, 1826)

Ikea Cooking and Art

Ikeas new cookbook has taken recipes and turned them into beautiful designs of food.

caralee

hobo caralee-body

caralee can i have you?

I Want These

Skinny ultra-lounge pant
J. Crew

Early Geometric Krater

I've been studying the progression of art from the Mycenaean Period through the Literate Age. Until this point in my Western Art History course not much has caught my collector eye until now. The decoration that develops in the Early Geometric Age is definitely my thing. Maybe one day I'll be collecting these. (c 800BC)

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New Architecture

In class, I have been perplexed by two unrelated topics, but those that have bothered me as I think about being 'green' and Architecture today.



Deyoung Museum, San Francisco

Going Green
Everyone is concerned with 'going green'. People want organic food, fuel efficient cars, green houses. The human idea of leaving a mark on this world is being revamped. Modern architecture focuses on the human body. With this ever increasing concern with the world, is and will architecture be changing its curiosity from the form and function of the human to the form and function of nature? Are architects able to meld these two stars into one statement? The possibilities are endless.


Maison de Verre, Paris

Attention Span
In the last several decades we have become obsessed with simplicity. We enjoy sounding smart as we quickly draw and explain Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier or the Farnsworth House by Mies Van Der Rohe. Two planes, a couple lines, and then a quick one-liner statement and we've quickly summed up some of the most well known architecture. We feel our architectural knowledge is complete. But, what about the Maison de Verre. It offers the Modernist language without the one minute explanation. Do we so value instant gratification and lack an attention span that architecture of complexity loses value? I do not know if this is true. I am only beginning to ask these questions.

"No More Boring Art"

Article on Baldessari's exhibition at the MET by Calvin Tomkins.

Read the abstract on the New Yorker website.

"Baldessari once said, regarding his work from the late sixities, "So much of my thinking at that time was trying to figure our just what I thought art was. "And had he figured it out? I asked him. "Not a clue," he said, with another big laugh. "Not...a...clue."

Regarding his early paintings.
"There was a deadpan comedy about those literal pictures of a desperately uninteresting town- the image of provincialism as a front for considerable intelligence and wit."

Regarding his students:
"Students had to show a high level of talent and self-confidence to get into the program."

After Konrad Fischer offered him a solo exhibition:
"I told Konrad I wasn't sure he understood my things," Baldessari recalls, "and he said he only liked work he didn't understand."

Life Adjustment Center

Artist: Ryan McGinley
Gallery: Ratio 3
Exhibition Dates: October 29th - December 11, 2010

Loafers

I as well have invested in some shoes... Sperry's Avery Slip On Loafer. Although not as exciting as the frye find, they will serve their classy casual function well. The name loafer doesn't bode well for the appearance of these shoes, though. The connotation is that the word loafer is also associated with someone who does nothing with their time. I intend to do much with my time, as my pair of loafers allow me to leave my home and venture outside.... Thus making this indulgence completely worth it.

Chelsea Studded Frye Boots

Yes, we all lust after the rich sexy boots Frye makes. And I've now got these at my disposal.

I'm midway through a wardrobe upheaval, trading out my folksy clothes for more urban attire. The past week I took two bags of clothes to goodwill and today another bag sold to a consignment store. It's a refreshing change.