#Lisa Guggenheim

[adamwatchesmovies]

Blood Diner (1987)

Though Blood Diner is called a horror comedy, it’s never scary. It is plenty bloody, however. With abundant dark laughs and a self-aware sleaziness that gives the film a lot of personality, this is one I could see the right audiences calling a new favorite.   Brothers Michael and George Tutman (Rick Burks and Carl Crew) are the owners of a wildly popular vegetarian restaurant. The restaurant’s secret? The special ingredient is meat. What kind of meat? Human. See, as children, they witnessed their beloved uncle Anwar Namtut (Drew Godderis) die in a police shootout following a ritualistic massacre. They've resurrected him as a brain in a jar and seek to fulfill his mission: resurrecting the ancient Lumerian goddess Sheetar. To bring her back to life, they need to collect body parts from a variety of immoral women, put together a “blood buffet” made from organ meats from other immoral women, and then have Sheetar devour a virgin. As the bodies pile up, detectives Sheba Jackson (LaNette LaFrance) and Mark Shepard (Roger Dauer) investigate.

Based on that synopsis, would it surprise you to learn this movie has more topless women than an hour of Naked News? Sheetar’s new body must be pieced together from sleazy women, the kind that would participate in a naked cheerleading competition, or go back to someone’s place after speaking with them for less than 5 minutes at a bar. It isn’t enough that they chop up a whole group of women and stitch them together in a new beautiful body; they need more ladies of ill repute to fillet and feed to the unsuspecting guests who will attend the resurrection ritual. The buffet recipes only calls for a few choice bits so the rest of the evidence must be disposed of by sneaking it into the regular menu items at the Tutman restaurant. Good thing the customers are so busy stuffing their faces they don’t notice the disappearing patrons or the multiple instances of the boys walking into the dining area covered in blood, hands full of dripping intestines!

You can tell everyone involved in Blood Diner was having a good time. The actors are having conversations with a brain in a jar, wounds that would be fatal and horrific are made ridiculous and laugh-out-loud funny. The special effects and gore are pretty good, but not so good that you’re disturbed by any of them and once in a while, the visuals are as cheesy as the rest of the plot - giving you another reason to laugh. There’s something delightful about the fact that these two numbskulls are picking up all of these hussies but also have to befriend a gentle virgin (Lisa Elaina) and get her to go on a “romantic date” that involves wrestling and culminates in this awesome ancient Lumerian dinner that she’ll "definitely love"!

As much fun as Blood Diner is, there are a few parts here and there that could’ve been ironed out. There are one too many references to Nazis, there's a death in Bronson Cave that feels a little too random and the ending - while delightfully weird - can’t make up its mind about what it wants to do with the music. There’s a band playing, but they keep getting interrupted by the movie’s soundtrack. Otherwise, Blood Diner is pretty great. There are many memorable scenes, gags, and characters. The one I’ll remember best has nudity in it (not for the reasons you think) but a runner-up has to do with a rival vegetarian restaurant owner who has an unfortunate encounter with the brothers - it doesn't go the way you think it will.

Blood Diner is the kind of movie I can’t give more than a 3.5/5 rating to, but could see myself re-watching again before some 5-star movies. It’s weird and quirky, distinct, unapologetic and consistently gruesome - in a funny way. (January 2, 2023)

[inoppositionflorien]

I'd be great at violence and other crimes, I'd like to think. If that was a job, I mean.

Unfortunately the legal jobs that get characterized often as being "violence and crimes as a job" contain very little violence and crimes by weight and also have a degree of forced conformity that I don't think I'd do well with. So I guess we'll never know if I'd be good at them.

The point is I think museums should legally be able to assemble heist teams to heist other museums's shit. This could solve essentially no problems, create many new ones, and destroy a bunch of priceless artifacts, but also it would be very funny and those priceless artifacts were stupid anyway.

In fact I think museums should all be allowed to steal anything from anywhere if they can get away with it, and it should be very easy to legally become a museum, with the main conditions being you can't sell your collection and have to display some percentage (maybe 5 or 10%?) of it where it can be seen by the public (for at most a small fee, maybe like $20 tops). Heist wars. "Come to the Guggenheim, we stole davinci's older, better woman-with-an-emotion painting and threw the Mona Lisa in the trash like the trash it is." "Welcome to the National Museum of Brazil, featuring three insects and a bust from the British museum, one of the Benin Bronzes, the liberty bell, Two Thirds of Bill Paldorski from the US's vinyl collection, and a terracotta soldier replica we made because the one we had got heisted by the Museum of Gabon. Also some stuff from Brazil, but you're not here for that." "Welcome to the Monument Museum. We were founded three years ago specifically to display the Statue of Liberty, and six days ago, as you may have heard, we successfully heisted it. It will be available for public viewing after we've reassembled it. In the meantime check out our Battle of May Island memorial stone and Minaret of Sinan Pasha Mosque, both of which we heisted for practice"

This would clearly be a superior world to live in.

[billfarrah]

Things I would love (need) to see giffed

- Mary Jayne asking Varian if he knows how to drive and his offended reaction and “I’m from New Jersey”

- Episode 3 staircase scene/Thomas watching Varian give his speech at the table

- Overhead shot of Thomas walking back to the villa in episode 3

- Petit singing and dancing outside the party (also episode 3... it seems episode 3 is a fave among everyone here)

- Varian and Thomas putting their arms around each other after the boat takes off in episode 6

- Lisa Fittko. Just... all Lisa Fittko.

- Peggy Guggenheim slay

- Lisa and Paul in bed together

God bless all the gifmakers who have provided content to this extremely tiny fandom thus far. You’re my heroes. I stay hoping we get more people invested along the way.

[thefrogofrainbows]

HELP I’m trying to make a playlist where the cinematic score and soundtrack of Across The Spider Verse line up but it’s been a while since I watched it and I forgor. I’ve gotten this so far:

-Across The Spider-Verse (Intro)

*Self Love

-Spider Woman (Gwen Stacy)

-Vulture Meets Culture

-Spider-Man 2099

-Guggenheim Assemble

-The Right To Remain Silent

-Across The Titles

-My Name Is… Miles Morales

-Back Where It All Started

-Spot Holes 1

*Silk And Cologne

-To My Son

*Hummingbird

-Miles Sketchbook

*Mona Lisa

*Another Dimension

-Under the Clocktower

-Rio and Miles

*Nonviolent Communication

-Creation of The Spot

But I’m not 100% on these, and I can’t remember anything beyond this. Anyone out there got any ideas?

(For clarity, songs from the score use - while songs from the soundtrack use *)

(Also please let me know if I’m even using “score” and “soundtrack” right)

[afaimsarrowverse]

250(ish) Favorite Arrowverse Episodes: Part 9: 50-26

Picked from „Arrow“, „Black Lightning“, „Supergirl“, „Legends of Tomorrow“, „The Flash“, „Barwoman“ Season 1+2 and „Superman & Lois“ Season 1+2. I did consider kicking „Superman & Lois“ of this list, but since it pretended to be part of the Arrowverse for its first two seasons I left it on here.

  50.  The Last Children of Krypton (Supergirl 2x2)

22, Written by: Robert Rovner, Caitlin Parrish, Directed by: Glen Winter

 "A Kryptonite-charged cyborg almost killed Kara! Almost killed me!"

 49.  Prochnost (Arrow 8x5)

165, Written by: Benjamin Raab, Deric A. Hughes, Directed by: Laura Belsey

 "That is the thing about teaching. It's not about what you want to say. It's about what they need to hear. Remember first thing I taught you?" "Living is not for the weak." "Your children are not weak, Oliver. They're also not children. Whatever it is you have to say, they can handle it. If you do not, they will never learn to be heroes."

 48.  State V Queen (Arrow 2x7)

30, Written by: Marc Guggenheim, Drew Z. Greenberg, Directed by: Bethany Rooney

 "Oliver. Is it okay if I call you 'Oliver'? Surprised to hear from me, right? Not as surprised as I was. You see, I find this not unattractive blonde, getting all up in my business. And what does she have on her? A Queen Consolidated I.D. badge. Now, I think to myself, why does that name ring a bell? Oliver Queen. He tried to buy off me last year, just before the Hood put me in a padded cell. Ipso facto, Arrow."

 47.  Lian Yu (Arrow 5x23)

115, Written by: Wendy Mericle, Marc Guggenheim, Directed by: Jesse Warn

 "You won. Your son has his father back, and he learned exactly who his father was. Just like you learned who your father was right here... on these very same waters."

 46.  Going Rogue (The Flash 1x4)

4, Written by: Geoff Johns, Kai Yu Wu, Directed by: Glen Winter

 "Believe me. It took much more than seeing Oliver do the salmon ladder for me to trust him. I've seen firsthand what this life can do to people. It's a lonely path. Don't make it any lonelier than it has to be."

 45.  Shogun (Legends of Tomorrow 2x3)

19, Written by: Phil Klemmer, Grainne Godfree, Directed by: Kevin Tancharoen

 "Guys, bottom line is, if the Shogun has the A.T.O.M. suit, it's not just Masako and the village we have to protect. He can use it to conquer the whole region."

 44.  Tricksters (The Flash 1x17)

17, Written by: Andrew Kreisberg, Directed by: Ralph Hemecker

 "I've had 20 years to come up with the perfect trick. It's going to be my masterpiece. My Mona Lisa. My Breaking Bad season five."

 43.  Crucible (Arrow 2x4)

27, Written by: Andrew Kreisberg, Wendy Mericle, Directed by: Eagle Egilsson

 "Sooner or later, we all go through a crucible. I'm guessing yours was that island. Most believe there are two types of people who go intro a crucible; the ones who grow stronger from the experience and survive it, and the ones who die. But there's a third type: the ones who learn to love the fire. They choose to stay in their crucible because it's easier to embrace the pain when it's all you know anymore. That's why I'm on the clock to help this city. Before it becomes used to living like this."

42.  Moonshot (Legends of Tomorrow 2x14)

30, Written by: Grainne Godfree, Directed by: Kevin Mock

 "We're both scientists. We're both obsessed with achieving the impossible. You dedicated your life to learning how to shrink yourself down to the size of an atom, and I spent mine learning the secrets of the Speed Force." "I became the Atom to help people."

41.  All Star Team Up (The Flash 1x18)

18, Written by: Grainne Godfree, Kai Yu Wu, Directed by: Kevin Tancharoen

 "I thought that Wells was a great man and I was so wrong."

 40.  The Reverse-Flash Returns (The Flash 2x11)

34, Written by: Aaron and Todd Helbing, Directed by: Michael Allowitz

 "There's nothing you can do about it. This is his origin story, and it's going to happen no matter what you do."

 39.  Flashpoint (The Flash 3x1)

47, Written by: Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Brooke Roberts, Directed by: Jesse Warn

 "You know what you have to do. You have to take me back to that night and let me finish what I started." "You go to Hell!" "You're taking both of us there! Now who's the villain, Flash?! Now who's the villain?!"

 38.  Doomworld (Legends of Tomorrow 2x16)

Written by: Ray Utarnachitt, Sarah Hernandez, Directed by: Mairzee Almas

"Well, it looks like you losers managed to remember who you are. I should've wiped you from existence when I had the chance! Do you have any idea how infuriating it is to know that Merlyn was right?! Lucky for you I believe in some fates worse than death, like me destroying the Spear and cementing this reality for all time."

37.  Enter Flashtime (The Flash 4x15)

84, Written by: Todd Helbing, Sterling Gates, Directed by: Greogry Smith

 "Well, I'm sorry, Jay. If this is the only way to save everyone in the city, I have to."

 36.  Infantino Street (The Flash 3x22)

68, Written by: Andrew Kreisberg, Grainne Godfree, Directed by: Michael Allowitz

 "Piece of advice: stop trying to beat Savitar at his own game. Your goodness is your strength. Call me sentimental. Think the Flash should remain a hero."

 35.  Pilot (Superman & Lois 1x1)

1, Written by: Greg Berlanti, Todd Helbing, Directed by: Lee Toland Krieger

 "You think your mom wanted us to move to Smallville and live on the farm?" "It's a simpler life. More time with each other, be part of a community, and now this? I think she felt like this family needs Smallville." "As much as the world needs Superman?"

 34.  Aruba (Legends of Tomorrow 2x17)

33, Written by: Phil Klemmer und Marc Guggenheim, Directed by: Rob Seidenglanz

 "Guys, I think we broke time."

 33.  Pilot (The Flash 1x1)

1, Written by: Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Geoff Johns, Directed by. David Nutter

 You can do this, Barry. You were right. I am responsible for all of this. So many people have been hurt because of me, and when I looked at you, all I saw was another potential victim of my hubris. And yes, I created this madness, but you, Barry, you can stop it. You can do this. Now run, Barry, run!"

 32.  Fellowship of the Spear (Legends of Tomorrow 2x15)

31, Written by: Keto Shimizu, Matthew Maala, Directed by: Ben Bray

 "Now that the Spear is whole, it will try to lure each of us to use it. It will draw on our weaknesses, our desires, our regrets. It will promise each of us that we can re-make the world just as we want it."

 31.  Flash Back (The Flash 2x17)

40, Written By: Aaron Helbing, Todd Helbing, Directed By: Alice Troughton

"Just one thing that occurs to me, I don't need you, do I? Not this you certainly. Oops, you probably should have thought of that before you came back here. Shame... you ran all the way back here just to die."

30.  The Last Temptation of Barry Allen Part 1 (The Flash 6x7)

121, Written By: Jonathan Butler, Gabriel Garza, Directed By: Chad Lowe

 "My name Is Iris West-Allen, and I once met a young man - a superhero - who I called the Streak. The world has come to know him as the Fastest Man Alive, the Scarlet Speedster. The Flash. But no matter what title you choose for him, he'll always be remembered as the protector of our amazing city and it's citizens, as a beacon of hope for us all, and as the man who sacrificed himself again and again so we could live. Today we say goodbye to him. Today we say goodbye to him, not because he was taken but because he gave himself willingly. And in the end, that's what makes him deserving of the greatest title of all: Hero."

 29.  The Once and Future Flash (The Flash 3x19)

65, Written by: Carina Adly MacKenzie, Directed By: Tom Cavanagh

 "Cisco told me – or showed me – that you all haven't been a team in a long time. And I know that I'm the reason for that. Iris' death shouldn't have driven me away from you all. I mean, it should've driven me closer. This isn't what she would want. But I'm here now to tell you that no matter what happens in the past, I will not abandon you."

 28.  The Adventures of Supergirl (Supergirl 2x1)

21, Written by: Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Jessic Queller, Directed by: Glen Winter

 "You know, what's funny is, on Krypton, by my age, I'd be a spinster. I know it seems like I should have everything figured out by now, but I don't. Last year, was all about figuring out how to be Supergirl, and now... now it's time I figure out how to be Kara."

 27.  Nora (The Flash 5x1)

93, Written By: Todd Helbing, Sam Chalsen, Directed by: David McWhirter

 "My name is Nora West-Allen, and I'm the fastest woman alive. When I was a child, my father disappeared in something impossible. Then I grew up and became the impossible. Now I'm trying to live up to the legacy he created so that one day, I'll stop him from ever disappearing. I'm XS. How schway is that?"

 26.  The Brave and the Bold (Arrow 3x8)

54, Written by: Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Marc Guggenheim, Grainne Godfree, Directed by: Jesse Warn

 "Sometimes bravery isn't enough; sometimes the world requires us to be bold."

[byneddiedingo]

Jeanne Moreau in Eva (Joseph Losey, 1962)

Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Stanley Baker, Virna Lisi, James Villiers, Ricardo Garrone, Lisa Gastoni, Checco Rissone, Enzo Fiermonte, Nona Medici, Alexis Revidis, Peggy Guggenheim, Giorgio Albertazzi. Screenplay: Hugo Butler, Evan Jones, based on a novel by James Hadley Chase. Cinematography: Gianni Di Venanzo, Henri Decaë. Production design: Richard Macdonald, Luigi Scaccianoce. Film editing: Reginald Beck, Franca Silvi. Music: Michel Legrand. 

Jeanne Moreau, as was so often the case when she was cast in a movie, is the best thing about Joseph Losey's Eva. She plays a high-class prostitute who makes the messy life of Welsh novelist Tyvian Jones (Stanley Baker) even messier. He has hit the jackpot with his best-selling novel, now made into a movie, and is living it up in Venice when he meets Moreau's Eve Olivier. The rest is the old familiar story of the undoing of a man who has already started to come undone, so there's not much plot to follow in Eva. There are some glimpses of Venice and Rome in winter, denuded of tourists, and some interest to be had in watching how the inevitable occurs, but apart from capable performances, Eva doesn't have much else to recommend itself. 

[objecteiespai]

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Willem de Kooning

Willem de Kooning, "A Tree in Naples", 1960 olio su tela 203,7 × 178,1 cm New York, The Museum of Modern Art, The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection, 1969

© The Willem de Kooning Foundation /SIAE, 2024

“Willem de Kooning: L'Itàlia” at Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia, opening April 17th and on view through September 15th.

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Expresionismo abstracto

1946 - ...

Término que se aplica a un movimiento de la pintura estadounidense que tuvo lugar entre la década de los cuarenta y la de los cincuenta. En ocasiones se denomina “escuela de Nueva York” o, en un sentido más limitado, “action painting”, aunque se acuñó por primera vez en referencia a la obra de Vasili Kandinsky en 1929. Resulta complicado encasillar las pinturas de esta generación de artistas, que desarrollaron su actividad en Nueva York a partir de la década de los cuarenta y que se conciben como protagonistas del expresionismo abstracto, en un estilo cohesionado: sus diseños varían desde las superficies lisas cubiertas de color de Barnett Newman hasta el tratamiento impetuoso de las figuras de Willem de Kooning. No obstante, a todos ellos les unía un interés, en distinto grado, por el uso de lo abstracto para transmitir un contenido muy emocional o expresivo. Aunque inicialmente el término designa solo a un pequeño núcleo de artistas, las características del expresionismo abstracto pueden reconocerse también en las esculturas de David Smith e Ibram Lassaw, entre otros, en las fotografías de Aaron Siskind o en la pintura de Mark Tobey, así como en las obras de artistas de menor renombre, como Bradley Walker Tomlin y Lee Krasner. Sin embargo, la mayoría de los artistas pertenecientes a este movimiento rechazaron las etiquetas críticas y solo compartieron, en todo caso, un sentido común de propósito moral y alienación respecto a la sociedad estadounidense.

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El Museu d’Art de Girona presenta l’exposició més extensa sobre l’Informalisme

 La mostra reuneix més de 60 obres de 41 artistes, molts d’ells pocs reconeguts, i dona relleu a les dones

Un altre art. Informalisme a Catalunya 1956-1966.

Dates: Del 27 d’octubre de 2023 al 30 de juny de 2024

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L’informalisme esdevingué el corrent artístic més influent a l’Europa de la postguerra, cap a mitjan anys cinquanta del segle passat, fins ben entrats els anys seixanta, mentre l’expressionisme abstracte nord-americà conqueria el món. Com a resposta a la devastació de la guerra, l’informalisme s’anà definint entre el nihilisme, l’irracionalisme i l’existencialisme com un art que entre la desfiguració i l’abstracció cercava, més enllà del surrealisme, un nou alliberament de les formes tradicionals que havien conformat l’art anterior. A Catalunya, i a Espanya, sota la dictadura franquista, que aspirava a recobrar les llibertats individuals i col·lectives, l’informalisme triomfà com la forma artística més propera a les llibertats que es vivien en les democràcies occidentals. Fins a l’arribada de l’art pop a finals dels seixanta i l’art conceptual als setanta, l’informalisme fou, durant més d’una dècada, el corrent hegemònic en la pintura catalana més innovadora.

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Actualitat art contemporani;

Juan Uslé

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[greensparty]

BEST DOCUMENTARIES OF 2023

Documentary as a genre can encompass any medium: feature film, TV mini-series, or even podcasts. Here are my picks for the best Docs of the Year:

Honorable Mentions:          

Geddy Lee Asks: Are Bassists Human Too?  Sam Dunn

A Compassionate Spy  Steve James

10. Albert Brooks: Defending My Life Rob Reiner

9. Personality Crisis: One Night Only  Martin Scorsese / David Tedeschi

8. Little Richard: I Am Everything  Lisa Cortes

7. Lynch/Oz  Alexandre O. Philippe

6. The Lost Weekend: A Love Story Eve Brandstein / Richard Kaufman / Stuart Samuels

5. A Disturbance in the Force Jeremy Coon / Steve Kozak

Who would have thought a deep dive into The Star Wars Holiday Special could be so fascinating?

4. Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie Davis Guggenheim

Guggenheim has made a pop culture-soaked doc that is also delving deep into a man facing the realities of a debilitating disease. About time Michael J. Fox got the doc treatment!

3. Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman Morgan Neville

David Letterman visits Dublin and learns about Ireland from the locals while also talking with Bono and The Edge about U2’s history and it’s every bit as engaging as it sounds!

2. Chasing Chasing Amy  Sav Rodgers

This is really two docs: one about Kevin Smith’s Chasing Amy from the perspective of 2023 and one about director Sav Rodgers’ own trajectory and the influence the film had on them!

1. 20 Days in Mariupol  Mstyslav Chernov

Filmed from the front lines in the besieged city of Mariupol after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, this doc is at times hard to watch, but it’s one of the most powerful docs ever made about the brutal impact of war.

[zainabk-grad604-51]

Week 2: 20 Creatives

For our week 2 SDL, we were also asked to collect work from 20 creatives, with 10 specifically being from NZ.

International Creatives

NZ Creatives

Based on last week's event research, I researched 5 more international creatives. I then researched 10 New Zealand creatives who have worked with a variety of media and subject matter.

The international creatives were chosen based on their contribution to many significant art and design movements throughout history, and the NZ creatives' work are more diverse, focused on different media and subject matters, both internal and external.

References

Shot Marilyns. (2023, May 12). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_Marilyns

Andy Warhol. (2023, August 19). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol

Frida Kahlo. (2023, August 10). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Kahlo

The Weeping Woman. (2023, April 10). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weeping_Woman

(n.d.). April Greiman. Readymag. https://readymag.com/designstories/april-greiman/timeline/

Cowan, K. (2019, October 21). Paula Scher on falling in love with typography, timeless identities and what it takes to become a great designer. Creative Boom. https://www.creativeboom.com/features/paula-scher/

Georgia O'Keeffe. (2023, August 14). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O%27Keeffe

Paul Rand. (2023, July 11). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rand

(n.d.). Jazzways. Paul Rand Design. https://www.paulrand.design/work/Jazzways.html

Yayoi Kusama. (2023, July 23). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yayoi_Kusama

Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now | (n.d.). Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now. Guggenheim Bilbao. https://www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en/exhibitions/yayoi-kusamaGuggenheim Museum Bilbao (guggenheim-bilbao.eus)

Jacqueline Casey. (2023, October 28). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Casey

(n.d.). Jacqueline Casey, Coffee Hour, Massachusetts Institute of Technology poster, 1979. SFMOMA. https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/2014.650/

(n.d.). Max Huber, Imballaggio 1952. Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/28194468@N03/5527596698

(n.d.). Max Huber. Archivio Grafica Italiana. http://www.archiviograficaitaliana.com/designers/4/maxhuber

Lisa Reihana. (2023, July 25). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Reihana

(n.d.). In Pursuit of Venus. Lisa Reihana. https://www.lisareihana.com/in-pursuit-of-venus

(n.d.). Song Cycle. Digital NZ. https://digitalnz.org/records/1851489

Ralph Hotere. (2023, May 28). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Hotere

Joseph Churchward. (2023, July 20). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Churchward

(n.d.). Joseph Churchward. The Designers Intitute. https://designersinstitute.nz/initiatives/black-pin/2009/joseph-churchward/interview/

(2019, March 21). Featured Artist: Joseph Churchward. American Aiga. https://www.americanaiga.com/blog/joseph-churchward

Jane Brenkley. (2023, March 24). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Brenkley

(n.d.). Newspaper Article 1999 – Norsewood artist Jane Brenkley. Knowledge Bank NZ. https://knowledgebank.org.nz/text/newspaper-article-1999-norsewood-artist-jane-brenkley/

(n.d.). Table. Te Papa. https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/183238

Len Lye. (2023, July 26). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Lye

(n.d.). Grass 1961. The Len Lye Foundation. https://www.lenlyefoundation.com/sculptures/grass/48/

Robyn Kahukiwa. (2023, May 28). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robyn_Kahukiwa

(n.d.). Robyn Kahukiwa Prints. New Zealand Fine Prints. https://www.prints.co.nz/page/fine-art/CTGY/Artists_Kahukiwa_Robyn

New Zealand History. (n.d.). Hinetitama by Robyn Kahukiwa. https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/hinetitama-robyn-kahukiwa

(n.d.). About. Johnson Witehira. https://www.johnsonwitehira.studio/about

(n.d.). Whakarare. Johnson Witehira. https://www.johnsonwitehira.studio/whakarare

Murray Ball. (2023, May 30). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Ball

Hunt, E. (2017, March 12). Footrot Flats creator Murray Ball dies aged 78. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/12/footrot-flats-creator-murray-ball-dies-aged-78-cartoon-new-zealand

Rita Angus. (2023, August 3). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Angus

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Week 8: What makes Art, Art?

Hey everybody! Here is week 8's sources.

Definition: 

Oxford, english dictionary. “Art.” art_1 Noun - Definition, Pictures, Pronunciation and Usage Notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com, 2023, https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/art_1#:~:text=%2F%C9%91%CB%90t%2F,modern%2Fcontemporary%20art. 

Rules:

Foster, Cary. “Principles and Elements.pdf.” Microsoft Word - Vocabulary.doc, 27 Jan. 2006, https://massart.edu/sites/default/files/Principles%20and%20Elements.pdf. Accessed 24 Feb. 2023. 

Performance art:

Definition: Wainwright, Lisa S. “Performance Art.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 15 Apr. 2011, https://www.britannica.com/art/performance-art. 

Stanley, Courtney. “14 Of the Most Extreme Performance Art Pieces.” Culture Trip, The Culture Trip, 9 Dec. 2015, https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/14-of-the-most-extreme-performance-art-pieces/. 

(The dinner party) brooklyn, museum. “The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago.” Brooklyn Museum: The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago, https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/dinner_party/. 

(Take the money and run) Chappell, Bill. “For $84,000, an Artist Returned Two Blank Canvasses Titled 'Take the Money and Run'.” NPR, NPR, 29 Sept. 2021, https://www.npr.org/2021/09/29/1041492941/jens-haaning-kunsten-take-the-money-and-run-art-denmark-blank. 

(piss christ) Yood, James W. “Piss Christ.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 11 Aug. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Piss-Christ. 

(dropping the Han dynasty urn) Guggenheim, Bilbao. “Ai Weiwei, Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn, 1995.” Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 2023, https://www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en/learn/schools/teachers-guides/ai-weiwei-dropping-han-dynasty-urn-1995. 

(cut piece) “Moma Learning.” MoMA, 2023, https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/yoko-ono-cut-piece-1964/. 

 (time clock) Chen, Sueann. “‘Time Clock Piece’ (One Year Performance 1980-81) -Tehching Hsieh.” Sueann Chen, Sueann Chen, 27 July 2020, https://sueannchen.com/writing/timeclockpiecehsiehtehching. 

(shredded banksy) Pruitt-Young, Sharon. “A Banksy Piece Was Shredded at Auction in 2018. Now, It May Sell for Millions More.” NPR, NPR, 7 Sept. 2021, https://www.npr.org/2021/09/07/1034962331/banksy-shredder-girl-with-balloon-love-is-in-the-bin-auction-sothebys. 

(mattress piece) Smith, Roberta. “In a Mattress, a Lever for Art and Political Protest.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 21 Sept. 2014, https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/arts/design/in-a-mattress-a-fulcrum-of-art-and-political-protest.html. 

(the fountain) Tate. “'Fountain', Marcel Duchamp, 1917, Replica 1964.” Tate, 2023, 

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/duchamp-fountain-t07573.

Ill cite these in a bit

https://www.history.com/news/prehistoric-cave-paintings-early-humans

Fun Facts: 

Warhol: Strasnick, Stephanie. “5 Things You Never Knew about Andy Warhol.” Architectural Digest, Architectural Digest, 5 Aug. 2016, https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/andy-warhol-fun-facts. 

Van Gogh: “8 Fascinating Facts about Vincent Van Gogh: Aruma.” Aruma Disability Services, 4 July 2018, https://www.aruma.com.au/about-us/blog/8-fascinating-facts-about-vincent-van-gogh/. 

Magritte: atx, fine arts. “Interesting Facts about Rene Magritte: Q&A's.” ATX Fine Arts, https://www.atxfinearts.com/blogs/news/rene-magritte-facts. 

Koons: LaSane, Andrew. “25 Things You Didn't Know about Jeff Koons.” Complex, Complex, 20 Apr. 2020, https://www.complex.com/style/2013/07/things-you-didnt-know-about-jeff-koons. 

Chagall: “Top 10 Outstanding Facts about Marc Chagall.” Discover Walks Blog, 17 Sept. 2022, https://www.discoverwalks.com/blog/france/top-10-outstanding-facts-about-marc-chagall/. 

Rembrandt: Wedia. “6 Things You May Not Have Known about Rembrandt.” IamExpat, 22 Feb. 2019, https://www.iamexpat.nl/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/things-you-may-not-have-known-about-rembrandt. 

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Thank you for the tag @soaps-mohawk !!

1. Mona Lisa - Dominic Fike

2. Wildest Dreams - Vitamin String Quartet

3. Guggenheim Assemble - ATSV Soundtrack

4. In My Blood - Vitamin String Quartet

5. Sunflower - Post Malone

(Bonus Song: You Are The Music In Me because I'm on a HSM bender right now)

Rules: Post 5 songs that you never hit skip on!

1) Lady Gaga - Replay

2) Depeche Mode - Barrel Of a Gun

3) Natalia Kills - Marlboro Lights

4) Paloma Faith - Guilty

5) Lana Del Rey - Arcadia

Tagging anyone who wants to do it!

[lisabrooksphd]

She is the award winning author of Our Beloved Kin, and was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship, as well.

[antronaut]

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

[designatedtrash]

the only thing consistent about designated survivor is how inconsistent it is.

[blueiscoool]

Andy Warhol's 1964 Portrait of Marilyn Monroe Sells a $195 Million

One of Andy Warhol's iconic Marilyn Monroe portraits has become the most expensive 20th-century artwork ever to go under the hammer.

The 40-square-inch "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn," one of dozens of images the artist made of Monroe in the 1960s, sold for a record $195 million at Christie's in New York Monday evening.

Prior to the sale, Christie's had described "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn" as "one of the rarest and most transcendent images in existence." It has previously been shown at galleries including the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and London's Tate Modern.

The auction house had initially said it was expecting bids "in the region of" $200 million.

Warhol's colorful reproductions of Monroe's photo portrait -- originally a publicity still from her 1953 movie "Niagara" -- are among his most recognizable works, alongside his signature paintings of Campbell's soup cans.

Using a technique called silkscreen printing, which duplicates images on paper or canvas using a layer of fine-mesh silk like a stencil, he began creating them in 1962, shortly after Monroe's death. As with his depictions of other famous figures, including Elvis Presley and Chinese leader Mao Zedong, the Pop artist created numerous versions of Monroe's portrait in various different colors and configurations.

Among the best-known is "Marilyn Diptych," owned by British gallery group Tate, which saw Warhol print a grid of 50 portraits across two canvases. Elsewhere, the Museum of Modern Art's "Gold Marilyn Monroe" features a single image printed against a gold background, while "Shot Marilyns" saw the artist shooting portraits of the star through the head with bullets.

In 1964, he developed a "more refined and time-intensive" new process that was "antithetical to the mass production he was best known for," according to Christie's. That year, he used it to create a limited number of portraits -- a rare group of works to which "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn" belongs -- before abandoning the technique.

While a handful of paintings are thought to have attracted price tags in excess of $200 million in private sales (including works by the Abstract Expressionist painters Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock), the feat has only once been achieved at auction -- by Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi," which in 2017 sold for over $450 million. The previous auction record for a 20th-century painting was the $179.4 million paid for Pablo Picasso's "Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O)" in 2015.

The auction record for a Warhol work was previously held by "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)," which depicts the mangled aftermath of a road collision and sold for more than $105 million almost a decade ago. Several of the artist's other Marilyn images have also attracted huge sum at auction in recent years, with 1962's "White Marilyn" selling for $41 million in New York in 2014.

"Shot Sage Blue Marilyn," meanwhile, was owned by a succession of high-profile gallerists and collectors before being purchased by the late Swiss art dealer Thomas Ammann. The portrait was offered for auction by the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation Zurich, the charitable organization set up in his (and his sister's) name, which will use the proceeds to fund health and education programs for children worldwide, according to a press release.

n a press statement prior to the sale, Christie's chairman of 20th and 21st century art, Alex Rotter, described the work as "the absolute pinnacle of American Pop" and "the most significant 20th century painting to come to auction in a generation."

"Standing alongside Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus,' Da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa' and Picasso's 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon,' Warhol's 'Marilyn' is categorically one of the greatest paintings of all time," he added.

The artwork was one of four Warhols in the Ammanns' collection on sale at Monday evening's auction. One of his famous "Flowers" silkscreen paintings went for $15.8 million, and "GE/Skull," which he created in collaboration with the late Jean-Michel Basquiat, fetched over $4.6 million. Warhol's sculpture "Heinz Tomato Ketchup Box" meanwhile sold for more than $478,000.

Elsewhere, works by Robert Ryman, Alberto Giacometti and Lucian Freud also went under the hammer. Two of the biggest sellers were paintings by American artist Cy Twombly, "Untitled" and "Venere Sopra Gaeta," which fetched $21 million and almost $17 million respectively.