artistlibrarian

art + design librarian | primary account | also at artdesignonline

[lustik]

Johanna Havimäki.

Artists on tumblr.

[redlipstickresurrected]

Articulated Figure with a Papier Mâché painted Head, Jointed Fingers, original Stand. From France c. 1860-1880

[redwoodcollective]

So around November a friend gave me a deer carcass for a project I’m in the process of cultivating. I left it hang in a tree over winter to dry out. Today, I went to take it down…but to my surprise, I found new life forming in the heart of death. 

[buttella]

THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME

[itscolossal]

Hilarious Matchboxes Depict Cats Making Questionable Decisions

[thisistheuncannyvalley]

Hans Bellmer, The doll, 1933.

[inritus]

Viernes santo. Bercianos de Aliste, 1971. Photographed by Rafael Sanz Lobato.

[andrusmagnus]

Art Nouveau Bat Brooches

[kellyblevins-deactivated2019110]

“Batsy” by: Kelly Blevins 24" x 20", charcoal on paper, 2014 www.kblevins.com

[centuriespast]

The Venus of Dolní Věstonice is fired silt and clay. This ceramic figurine was created in a rudimentary kiln structure about 30,000 years ago. It is one of the oldest known ceramic objects.

[grupaok]

Nancy Graves, Vertebral Column with Skull and Pelvis, 1970

[redlipstickresurrected]

Eugène Delâtre (French, 1864-1938, b. 5th Arrondissement, Paris, France) - La Mort en Fourrures (Death in Furs), c. 1897  Etching, Aquatint in Colors, Montmartre Museum, Paris, France (+click for larger)

[animals-riding-animals]

bat riding bat

[collectorsweekly]

Antique taxidermied fruit bat.

[artistlibrarian]

The Man Who Spent 60 Years Turning an Indian Forest into a Fantastical Sculpture Garden

On the outskirts of Chandigarh, Nek Chand created a garden filled with glittering sculptures of gods, goddesses, and other mystical beings.

[thecringeandwincefactory-deacti]

Walter Potter (English), Monkey Riding a Goat c. 1870.

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Object of the Week: Portable Shrine, probably Nevers, France, 1700-1725. 58.3.218. 

This eighteenth-century French shrine depicts three scenes from the life of Jesus Christ using seashells and flameworked figures.

[redlipstickresurrected]

Lauren Kalman (American, b. 1980, Cleveland Heights, OH, USA, based Detroit, MI, USA) - 1: Crime Hood 5, 2014  2: Crime Hood 2, 2014  3: Crime Hood 6, 2014  Mixed Media