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Abita Mystery House - Abita, Louisiana

One highlight of my trip to New Orleans was an excursion to Abita, Lousiana (home of the Abita Brewery), where I had the unique opportunity to experience the Abita Mystery House. This place blew me away. You need to go there to fully enjoy it, but I took a few videos and photos to try to convey its wonder.

#Louisiana #Abita #Dioramas #Outsider Art #Collections #Travel

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Orbits. Guide to the Planets. 1955. Cover art.

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“The largest flower in the world.” Grows in Sumatra, weighs about 15 pounds. Marvels of the universe, a popular work on the marvels of the heavens, the earth, plant life, animal life, the mighty deep. October 31, 1911.

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blown-up details from my Antonio Rubino post on 50 Watts (circa 1910-55, Italy)

Puppy love

#molly roth #drawings #dogs #love

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Gumbasia by Art Clockey (1955)

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Niki de Saint Phalle, House, 1972

clawmarks

Images from the Augsburger Wunderzeichenbuch (The Book of Miracles) - ca. 1552 - via Wikimedia

magictransistor

H.W. Wessolowski. Spawn of the Stars. 1930.

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“This artist sees right through your relationship shams.” Check out the Cut’s feature on Nicole Eisenman, and join Eisenman and our Artistic Director Massimiliano Gioni for a conversation tonight at 7 p.m. Image: Nicole Eisenman, Death and the Maiden, 2009 (detail). Oil on canvas. 14 ½ x 18 in (36.8 x 45.7 cm). Collection Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg