Tag Archives: seattle art museum

seattle: ball and chain

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: a number of years ago (20? 25?) there was a wonderful guerrilla action by a group of bohemian seattle artists. after the then-new Seattle Art Museum installed that awful “hammering man” sculpture in front of their new … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged art chantry, Jason Sprinkle, john lydon PIL, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mary Kathleen Brooks, Parkland Washington, PIL Seattle, Public Image Limited, seattle art museum, Seattle Cultural History | 1 Comment

bubble-a-tors and cultural heir-i-tage

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Art

by Art Chantry: celebrating the 50th anniversary of the seattle work’s fair – and also celebrating the sensitive way that seattle preserves it’s cultural heritage…. if any of you remember the infamous “ball and chain” that was attached to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged 1962 Seattle World's Fair, art chantry, Bubbleator Seattle World, Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Parkland American Legion, s fair, seattle art museum, Seattle World`s Fair, Wright Park Tacoma | Leave a comment

roadside architecture: sweeping out the old twerps

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Dave

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i say – “fuck frank gehry and philip johnson and rem khoolhaus, etc. etc. ad naseum.” i say those guys are total ass clowns wasting everybody’s time and dime on their masturbatory fantasies of power. … Continue reading →