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Daisy Parris

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Daisy Parris

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Matt Lipps-Children (Library)

Egypt. The Pigeons House, 1954 // Trésor de l'Egypte par Samivel. Editions Arthaud

David Hammons, Bliz-aard Ball Sale, performance, 1983

In these photographs, which document a performance in New York’s Cooper Square, American artist David Hammons (b. 1943) is seen amongst other traders selling snowballs in different sizes to passers by. Like many of Hammons’ works, the performance employs an everyday object to convey a political message. The absurdity of trying to sell snow on the street is a comment on the art market and the often arbitrary valuation of art in contrast to the very real and difficult financial conditions of many working-class Americans.

Christian Marclay, Lids and straws (One Minute), 2015

“One Minute is an animation created out of sixty still photographs of straws and lids found on the street. These leftovers from a variety of takeaway drinks resemble the hands and face of a clock. They are animated to spin mechanically at one second intervals, endlessly looping. Instead of recording time it records a small detail of everyday life in the urban landscape.”

Ceal Floyer, Ink on paper (Video still), 1999

“This video by British artist Ceal Floyer (b. Pakistan 1968) is a demonstration of artistic discipline. The artist performs what seems to be a very straightforward action: she places the felt tip of a marker pen onto the centre of a piece of blotting paper and leaves it there until all the ink is drained from it. The disc of wet ink expands almost imperceptibly. The process appears to be rather simple, but the effort and concentration needed to realise such a work is enormous. The artist has said: “Art is just a manifestation for ideas”. This work is the precise execution - the manifestation - of a very beautiful idea: instead of using a marker to leave gestural traces, the pen and the paper are used together to produce a form that generates itself.” (JP)

Mona Hatoum, + and -

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Anthony Record

upennmanuscripts

This plant on fol. 42r of LJS 419 is not the Oddish we need nor the one we deserve right now, and I for one am terrified. Those hollow eyes are the stuff of nightmares! This herbal seems to have a penchant for that.

Manuscript description and digital images can be found here at OPenn, and you can download an ebook version here.

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Subway folks.

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“Flight of the Chilly Foxes”

In a galaxy far far away, Obi-Wan Kenobi gets blazed and shows off his stick, while an angry Anakin wants to go home and rethink his life. Music: Snoop Dogg - Smoke Weed Everyday

#star wars #obi-wan kenobi #ewan mcgregor #anakin skywalker #snoop dogg #weed #whatwouldfreudsay #my edit