"Hide not your talents, they were made for use. What's a sundial in the shade?" - Benjamin Franklin
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I wonder if the “No standing” order applies to all people, or just zombies like the one pictured on the sign? Seen at 5 Pointz in Long Island City.
Not quite sure why we’ve got Martin Luther King Jr. with two hooded girls, the one on the right makes me think of Little Red Riding Hood. This street art was found in Montmartre by The Arts Adventurer on his trip to Paris last November.
I was running an errand when I saw this Davy Crockett image on the back of the car in front of me (below left), and wondered, who has a Davy Crockett mascot? When I looked at the picture on my computer, I could make out the “SHU” on Davy’s hat, and found out that it’s the official mascot of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT (below center). But when I was looking up “Davy Crockett mascot” on Google, I also found that this hero of the west also makes appearances at Texas Rangers games (below right). But what I found most odd – and humorous – is that my Google image search for “Davy Crockett mascot” had the number 1 result slot not taken by Davy Crockett, but rather this “American Triceratops of Doom” character (scroll down below the Crocketts). I like his American flag undies and the bloodied knife strapped to his thigh. I think Marvel Comics needs to pick up this character and get him on the big screen soon! This image was found on a MySpace page for a hardcore band named Davy Crockett – it’s amazing all of the random info one can learn by driving around town.
It’s not exactly the pet she was hoping for … street art graffiti found in the Chelsea neighborhood of NYC.
We went to the Gustav Stickley home at Craftsman Farms in Parsippany, NJ today … I was certainly familiar with his furniture but am now intrigued to learn more about the Arts & Crafts movement had some of the related philosophy. While it was beautiful and interesting, the interior was very dark – for a beautiful sunny day, you almost didn’t even know it once you were inside … I wouldn’t want to live there. Also, the tour guide often referred to him as “Gus” – I can’t imagine anyone ever called him that. Correct me if I’m wrong –
I guess reproductions of iconic art have a shelf life … like the time not long ago when I found Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” in the garbage. Today I happened upon someone throwing out their Robert Doisneau “Kiss” poster, below (original image can be seen inset, below right). Granted, there have probably been 20 million copies of this photograph made into posters, but there’s always something about art in the trash that feels a little disappointing. Maybe they’re replacing it with “real art,” like the company we profiled the other day, Artreka. More power to them if they are!
As I was riding my bike down Ridgewood Avenue in Glen Ridge, NJ yesterday, one could think that some of the recent street repairs were inspired by the paintings of Brice Marden …?
I saw these in a store window in the Chelsea neighborhood of NYC recently. I had always known them as Russian “nesting dolls,” but didn’t realize that the proper name for them is “matryoshka dolls.” Can you ID any of these guys, and figure out who they are? I assume #24 for the Nets is actually former Net Richard Jefferson, because it doesn’t really look like current Net #24 Kris Joseph. The baseball player for the Diamondbacks looks like Randy Johnson. The Oilers guy? Doesn’t look like the most-famous Oiler Wayne Gretzky, maybe it’s Mark Messier – what do you think?
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