Happy Caturday!

It's Caturday!

This explains my lifelong love of cats...

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Finger Painting

Hats

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THIS Is My Kind Of Art

Photos taken yesterday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Independence Day Art - Jasper Johns "Flag"

Artist Jasper Johns painted at least 20 versions of his "Flag" series in the 1950s. The one above was purchased directly from Johns by writer Michael Crichton in 1973 (for next to nothing, I'm sure) - and sold at auction for $28.6 million in 2010 after Crichton's death.

NYC's Museum of Modern Art owns one of the "Flag" paintings (which I've seen), and the "White Flag" (below) is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Yes, But Is It ART?

I came across an art exhibition in Chelsea yesterday while walking up 8th Avenue (yes I was EXERCISING). Inside and outside the gallery were Fancy White People, sipping cocktails and talking about Fancy White People things. All the while this one girl sat in the corner of the storefront gallery, looking out onto the sidewalk.

Very weird...

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Texts (with Pics) From Mama Bunny

Mama Bunny was in NYC last week, and during her short stay she visited the breathtaking Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. And after her little field trip to the Cathedral, Mom texted me the following (along with the above picture) - knowing that I'm a big Keith Haring fan:

I looked it up on The Google, and this triptych was indeed Haring's last sculptural piece - completed just two weeks before he died in 1990. Here is another picture I found online:

Gorgeous.

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Van Gogh - The "Bacon Period"

Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" - done in delicious bacon. Seems a lot better than the boring, non-edible original version:

Thank Jeebus It's Not A Bunny

From Gothamist:

Not to be a downer about the giant yellow "stuffed" teddy bear that has just arrived in gray ol' New York City, but, wouldn't it be a lot nicer if it didn't look like it was getting electrocuted? It's just that... it looks like Paddington Bear is in the electric chair, or, best case scenario, getting a perm. 

In reality, the Urs Fischer piece (which will be on auction at Christie's next month) is supposed to be a bear leaning against a desk lamp. But what kind of careless child would put their beloved teddy bear under a hot lamp? The kind with an overactive imagination that was pretending the lamp was an electric chair, that's what kind. 

If you want to check it out in person, this guy is parked in front of the Seagram Building at 375 Park Avenue, between East 52nd and East 53rd streets.

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White Meat Monday Art Project

“What Came First?” by artist Kyle Bean — a chicken sculpture made out of eggshells.

via TDW

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Words Of Wisdom

I'll have to remember that...


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Wall Street Bull Covered in Yarn

Street artist Olek covered NYC's iconic Wall Street bull in this custom-made crocheted outfit sometime before the blizzard. Unfortunately for the bull, someone removed it after about two hours, so the horned creature was forced to endure the Snowpocalypse without his bull-shaped tea cozy.

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Oscar - International Superstar !

I have blogged many times about Rona Green - the fabulous Australian artist who creates fantastic characters, many inspired by the animal kingdom. This time Rona has really outdone herself - she created a character based on MY cat, Oscar!

I got the surprise of my life this week when I received a package from Australia - and it contained two fantastic tote/shopping bags. When I looked at the face on the bags, I recognized Oscar immediately and practically cried.

The note inside read:

Dear David,

A gift for you, inspired by a special someone you know - I hope you recognize him! I've re-named this alter ego I created "Osgar" - he wears a South American tattoo design on his chin.

All the best and take care.

Rona 

PS: These bags do not contain lead!

HOW FRICKIN AWESOME IS THAT?!?!?!?  Furthermore, the bags are a numbered, limited edition - and I got bags #1 and #2 !! Rona really brightened my entire week with this extreme act of fabulousness and kindness.

When I got back to the apartment I decided to try and get a picture of Oscar IN the tote bag - but there were no guarantees he would actually cooperate. I put the bag on the floor of my bedroom and Oscar immediately hopped in and started purring! It was like he knew it was "his" bag.  And YES - I realize I sound like a Crazy Cat Queen right now, but you'll just have to deal with it.

Furthermore - Rona said via email that her "Osgar" bags were a big hit in Oz and have sold out! But stay tuned to see how YOU might be able to get your hands on bag #2 ...

Please check out Rona's website HERE.

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Beautifully Bizarre

“Extremity” by Emilio Gomariz.

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Banksy's Homage to Keith Haring

Not sure where/when this happened, but this is apparently an homage by mysterious, anonymous street artist Banksy to my favorite artist - the late Keith Haring.

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Topsy Turner & a Rona Green Giveaway!

I got the bestest early birthday present a couple of weeks ago - all the way from Australia!  This is "Topsy Turner" (above), a gorgeous linocut (watercolor and ink) by DustBunny artist Rona Green.  Topsy is so beautiful in person that I literally cried tears of joy when I opened the package.

Rona is SOOOO sweet - she even sent some goodies for you all!  As you can see (below), to the left of Topsy are adorable round magnets (suitable for the refrigerator in your life), and to the right are some bookmarks (for you literate, book-reading types).

Simply leave a comment on this post WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS (even if you know that I have it already).  If you have a preference of magnet or bookmark, please let me know and I'll try to accommodate you.  First come, first served.

Thanks again to Rona for being so spectacular - and if you haven't already checked out her website, PLEASE DO SO.

Dust as Art

Dust, an exhibition by Ujin Lee, is a must-see for DustBunnies everywhere.

Via Whatevs.net

Happy Hump Day!

[[Using my best artsy-fartsy voice]] ...

"The yellow/gold really POPS in this photograph, don't you agree?"

That's A Lovely Chandelier ... but Wait ...

This chandelier - part of an art exhibition in Lisbon - IS MADE OUT OF TAMPONS!!!...

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