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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Jann Haworth: Guys and Dolls and Teaching the Band To Draw
Jann Haworth is an American born artist and sculptor of international renown and influence. She was the co-designer of the Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band LP cover art along with Peter Blake for which she received a Grammy award … Continue reading
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Tagged British Pop Art, Jann Haworth, Mark Jenkins, Peter Blake, pop art
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Art Is The Mother Of Intention
In 1968 Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention released their seminal recording ”Were Only In It For The Money” which parodied the cover LP art of Apple Records ”Sergeant Pepper’s” Beatles release. The record cover art was part of … Continue reading
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Artist Sleight of Hand
Sir Peter Blake was the co- designer of the Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band LP cover art with collaborator wife Jann Haworth. This cover art imagery has been one of the most widely adopted, copied and parodied designs in … Continue reading
Vinyl Art Recycling: His Masters Voice
This is original pop art in terms of material being used. Or, it can be categorized as a craft project within a low level science fair. Anything can be termed ”art” if the creator labels it as such, thereby blunting … Continue reading
Sinclair Lewis: Main Street to Mean Streak
Sinclair Lewis ( 1885-1951) was an American fiction writer acclaimed for his novel Main Street as well as Babbitt, Elmer Gantry, and It Can’t Happen Here. Lewis was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. He provided … Continue reading
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Tagged Babbitt, Elmer Gantry, It Can't Happen Here, Main Street, Mark Jenkins, Sinclair Lewis, Theodore Dreiser
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Charlie Chaplin: Weapon of Mass Creation
Modern Times was Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr’s final silent film and marked the curtain call and definitive farewell to the beloved Little Tramp character he created. It signaled the end of Chaplin’s period where pantomimic art would be the central … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Chaplin, Film history, Mark Jenkins, Modern Times, Paulette Goddard
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Safer To Be Irresponsible than Obsolete
Ardent defender of the faith , paired with a bitter ambivalence towards technology and new media, is a recurring characteristic of Morley Safer’s public pronouncements .Safer is a celebrity broadcast journalist of ”60 Minutes” television fame. Safer has been spreading fear-mongering … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloggers, Blogging, Citiozen Journalism, Jay Rosen, Jeff Greenwald, Mark Jenkins, Morley Safer, new media
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Eisenstein, Mickey Mouse and the Synthesis of Ecstasy
Iconic Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein had a strong attraction with American cartoon animation and he in turn influenced their work. His cinematic technique of ”Juxtaposition” opened up non linear possibilities in the story-telling of the animated cartoon. He was a … Continue reading
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Tagged Cartoon Animation, Mark Jenkins, Sergei Eisenstein, Walt Disney
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Hugh Harman: Walt About Mice and Men
Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising are virtual unknowns in the world of cartoon animation today, even among animation fans, yet this creative partnership was one of the most influential forces in animation history. They began as collaborators with Walt Disney … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, Bosko, Cartoons, Hugh Harman, Mark Jenkins, Oswald, Rudy Ising
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