Whimsical Ramblings

A collection of things that delight my eyes.

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KILLMONGER.

Croquis+Cintiq+Photoshop. TUMBLR: http://oliviersilven.tumblr.com/ All Artwork Copyright Olivier SILVEN

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‘Ampliat aetatis spatium tutissima virtus omne solum forti patria est, ut piscibus aquor’ (Flemish, 1592).

Hand-coloured engraving with gold leaf border by Jacob Hoefnagel after Joris Hoefnagel.

Image and text courtesy MIA.

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The official Obama portaits unveiled today. President Obama’s portrait was done by Kehinde Wiley, and Michelle Obama’s portrait was done by Amy Sherald, making the two artists the first African-American artists to be commissioned for portraits at the National Portrait Gallery. 

“What I was always struck by when I saw his portraits was the degree to which they challenged our ideas of power and privilege,” Obama said.

The juxtaposition of contemporary urban culture with centuries-old postures and wallpaper-like backgrounds make for bold paintings, of which Obama’s is Wiley’s most famous to date. 

For her portrait, Michelle Obama chose Baltimore-based artist Amy Sherald. Sherald is another African-American artist known for her unique style, and her portraits also tend to underscore themes of social justice. She often paints black skin tones in gray as a way to take away the assigned “color” of her subjects. Sherald’s work is less about realism in composition and more about shape and color; like Wiley, the choice of Sherald ushers in a new era of presidential portrait … The former first lady said she was thinking about the impact Sherald’s work will have on “girls and girls of color.”

“They will see an image of someone who looks like them hanging on the walls of this great American institution … And I know the kind of impact that will have on their lives because I was one of those girls,” she said.

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Antonio Portella :: Allegory of Photography, 1902 | via la-gaufrette

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Mushroom Mugs, by Marisa Silver on Etsy

See our ‘mugs’ tag

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Achilles wished all Greeks would die, so that he and Patroclus could conquer Troy alone. Took divine intervention to bring them down.

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Odd Fellows Rods, ca. 1860 Carved, assembled, and painted wood 70 × 4 ½ × 7/8 in. (177.8 × 11.43 × 2.22 cm) The Michael and Julie Hall Collection of American Folk Art

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my girl crush, Cassandra Pentaghast

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Victorian era tattoo, by Sutherland Macdonald

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“Stunning diamond-winged tiara (Valkirie tiara) by Cartier commissioned by the late Mary Crewe-Milnes, Duchess of Roxburghe, in 1935. (The tiara will go on display for the first time at V&A Dundee via DuVallon’s cabinet).”

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I WANT ONE

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“A reconstruction of the living-room at 221B Baker Street” by Ronald Searle. From the Sherlock Holmes Catalogue of an Exhibition Held at Abbey House, Baker Street, London May - September 1951. (source)

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JANELLE MONÁE - FEM THE FUTURE  Brunch 

West Hollywood, California at Catch LA 

March 2, 2018 

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if anyone feels sad tonight please hold this thought for a minute:

the bees in my yard are now so familiar with my walking pace and usual route that they sometimes stop and wait for me to pass when our paths intersect.

polite bees.

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The Paintings of Soey Milk

Soey Milk was born in 1989 in Seoul, Korea and moved to the USA at the age of eleven. She graduated from the Pasadena Art Center in 2014 and is currently based in Los Angeles, California. Working primarily with watercolors and oil paint.

Every little thing matters and every emotion is communicated with the figure I’m painting. Looking back at previous work, I can tell exactly what stage of thought I was in. Every piece has a different memory and marks a specific part of my life.

For more check out her Facebook.

Let’s make #CrossConnect the most popular hashtag on Twitter!

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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974): interiors