Culturedarm

Where the strands of culture entwine, Culturedarm brings together fresh finds, old classics and ephemera in the fields of music, literature, television and film.

[weepingwidar]

Andrew Cranston (Scottish, 1969) - If You Know Your History (After Barrie Cooke) (2024)

[thunderstruck9]

Andrew Cranston (British, 1969), If you know your history (after Barrie Cooke), 2024. Acrylic on canvas, 160.4 × 100.8 cm.

[vintagehomecollection]

A dramatic print covers the walls of the dressing room. The delicate porcelain basin and fittings add appealing contrast to the room's exotic look.

Southern Interiors, 1988

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[culturedarm]

Setting aside his trumpet, Nate Wooley weaves a 'strange funeral mass for a fictional everyman' out of phrases culled from John Berryman, Joseph Mitchell, Wendell Berry and a Kafka biography by Reiner Stach, with Mat Maneri and Megan Schubert serving as narrators.

https://culturedarm.com/nate-wooley-henry-house/

[zegalba]

Gab Bois: Film Collection (2022)

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[pierppasolini]

Queer (2024) // dir. Luca Guadagnino

[electricraccoonincident-deactiv]

– David Lynch, Dark Deep Darkness (2009)

[culturedarm]

'No one wants to think about dentistry as being a practice of touch' laments Marianna Maruyama as the production of Hessel Veldman inhales like a suction device, on 'Viktorija' from Salt which gestures towards sensuousness without gleeking.

https://culturedarm.com/marianna-maruyama-hessel-veldman-salt/

[jinxproof]

Milla Jovovich THE FACE (1994) ph. Juergen Teller

[bienenkiste]

“She Could Have Been A Cowboy”. Photographed by Anja Niemi

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[filmaticbby]

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
dir. David Lynch

[lamus-dworski]

‘Magic of the Slavs’ cycle by Zofia Stryjeńska (Polish, 1891-1976).

Pictures from a French edition, 1934, via Agra Art.

The cycle shows some of the most notable Slavic rituals of pagan origins that had survived to the modern era in the rural customs. Original Polish title, ‘Gusła Słowian’, uses the archaic Polish word ‘gusła’ - a hard-to-translate concept comprising magic and rituals (mostly of shamanic nature) along with superstitions. Mrs Stryjeńska created 8 plates for this cycle. The illustrations include also the artist’s interpretations of old-Slavic gods (lesser/local deities as well as the major gods and goddesses).

On the plates above:

Svetovid’s Oak Tree

Śmigust (read: Śmigus-Dyngus)

Wianki (wreaths)

Kupala Night

Oczepiny (rite of a passage of a bride)

Dożynki (harvest festival) 

Walking with turoń (read: kolędowanie)

Drowning of Marzanna’s Effigy 

[9th picture is a cover art of the French edition of the booklet]

Full sets of this cycle are extremely rare, because in the past the booklets were often decompleted, and the illustrations hung on the walls as decorations.

[everythinghappenstoday]

Gerhart Richter

[mattiasdrawings]

Mattias Gunnarsson Studio work 2020 - 2024

Instagram: mattiasgunnarsson

[anthonyhurd]

Another work in progress for my June solo show at ThinkSpace projects in Los Angeles. Will be showing about 20 new works. Details coming as the dates get nearer.