... these are a few of my favorite things, October-November 2014

Some stuff I particularly enjoyed ...

Konstantin Kalynovych / The Alchemist.  I'm happy to own a print, meticulously done.  Artist's site: kalynovych.net/

metroplastique.com/bijoux-talismans/208-mineral.html

Koralie (Metroplastique) / Mineral Talisman Earrings from "Collection Composite."  I had to get just to admire.  More here: metroplastique.com/

librairieminima.com/album/la-boutique-minima/

librairieminima.com/album/livres-miniatures/2/

Catherine Prats & Kimihito Okuyama / Librairie Galerie MiniMa.  I've been dreaming of a shop exclusively for miniature art and books.  Edition L'atelier du lierre: librairieminima.com/pages/l-atelier-du-lierre/l.html

Subcultural Girl.  Ballpoint pen, 2014.

Shohei Otomo.  More here: backwoodsgallery.com/shohei-otomo-prints/.  Artist's site: hakuchi.jp/

phlegmcomicnews.blogspot.com/2014/08/totems-moss-norway.html

Phlegm / Totems.  Artist's site: phlegmcomicnews.blogspot.com/

 

I recommend his book of pen and ink drawings, which includes a nice poster of 'Civilisation': phlegm.bigcartel.com/product/phlegm-book

Michel Leiris / Nights as Day, Days as Night (1988).  Original: Nuits sans nuit et quelques jours sans jour, Paris: Gallimard, 1961.

mhpbooks.com/books/la-boutique-obscure/

Another dream journal ... Georges Perec / La Boutique Obscure: 124 Dreams (2013).  Original: La boutique obscure. 124 rêves, Paris: Denoël/Gonthier, 1973.

 

And another of sorts ... Alfred Jarry / Days and Nights, various from Atlas Press.  Original: Les Jours et les nuits, roman d'un déserteur, Paris: Mercure de France, 1897.

taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/art/all/01102/facts.hieronymus_bosch_complete_works.htm

Stefan Fischer / Hieronymus Bosch: Complete Works (2014).  Look inside: 
taschen.com/pages/en/community/video/37396.leaf_through_hieronymus_bosch_the_complete_works.htm

taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/popculture/all/01129/facts.winsor_mccay_the_complete_little_nemo.htm

I'm also looking forward to 2 upcoming releases from Taschen: Winsor McCay: The Complete Little Nemo and van Eyck: The Complete Works.

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Kimika Warabe / とびだす! うごく! -たべもの, Tobidasu! Ugoku! Tabemono (2008).  My sister gave this mini pop-up book to my nephew, and he loved it.  I must say, it is a very cute book.

Panos Cosmatos / Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010).

 

Susan Sontag / Promised Lands (1974).

Asif Kapadia / The Warrior (2001).

John Coney / Space is the Place (1974).  I like to rewatch it from time to time.

These days, a lot of newly remastered Sun Ra.  More info: the-temple.net/sunradisco/list.php

La Femme / Psycho Tropical Berlin (2013).  More info: lafemmemusic.com/

Melt-Banana / Charlie (1998).  More info: geocities.jp/azaplink/mb/mxbx.html

Pierre Schaeffer / L'œuvre musicale, various from INA/GRM/EMF.

The Lykes of Us / '7:30 Said' (1967).  More info: cicadelic.com/lykesofus.htm

Hieronymus Bosch - Christ Carrying the Cross

***Oh, a certain propertizing logic comes into play, and it's almost irresistible to create my own image database, particularly of favorite artworks.***

Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Gent/Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent

This painting always fascinated me since I was a child.  It's a masterpiece of grotesque and horror vacui.  And Bosch is tops on my list of favorite artists. 

Two other versions are attributed to Bosch.  Scholars differ on the date(s) of this version. 

The Royal Library, Windsor Castle

Leonardo da Vinci's 'Study of Five Grotesque Heads' was done roughly around the same time. 

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

James Ensor's 'Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889' (1888) comes to mind.  There are also affinities in the oeuvre of Otto Dix - another favorite artist - and George Grosz. 

There are quite a few good books on Bosch, but most are out of print.  Larry Silver's 'Hieronymus Bosch' (Abbeville Press, 2006) is a recent one, scholarly with copious and clean reproductions.  I'm trying to get hold of a mint copy of Jos Koldeweij/Paul Vandenbroeck's 'Hieronymus Bosch: The Complete Paintings and Drawings' (Abrams, 2001).  I didn't jump on it when it first came out.  If you or someone you know have it, you're always welcome to donate it to me ;).