#MaterialCulture

[lindastylesart]

Expressive form with multiple orifices, matt contrasted with gloss, pewter, adjusted barium and a multitude of concoctions, including vitrified organic/weathered/reactive surface slips H 36 x W 18cms x D 26 Ceramic 2020 The linear marks start as random shapes (of life), gradually evolving into sometimes recognisable depictions of objects drawn on objects. Each stage can take an age, ceramics being a slow methodical process of love, devotion and endurance. Ceramic 2022 #slow #artpottery #esoteric #offbeat #ceramics #domestic #construct #habitualritual #assemblage #decorativearts #form #surface #materialculture #practice #contemporary #geology #fire #earth #air #water #alchemical #elemental #fire #fire #automaticprocess (at Des Models de Linda - ART) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpTV_hFLjfE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ashmoleanmuseum]

MUSEUM SECRETS: An Ancient Egyptian Family Feud

A mother with a grudge, a two metre long will and a bit of sibling rivalry - no, we're not talking about our latest family dramas or that new Netflix series. We're talking about Naunakhte, a woman who lived in a small village called in ancient Egypt, and the story of a family argument that still sounds familiar over three millennia later. In today's episode of our Museum Secrets, learn more about Naunakhte's will and what it reveals to us about daily life, love and family in ancient Egypt. Listen here, or wherever you find your podcasts: ashmolean.org/museum-secrets

[davidwfloydart]

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts... #greedypeople #greedoverpeople #selfobession #greedy #happinesseverywhere #happinessoverload #materialism #materialculture #selfobsessed #capitalismkills #capitalismsucks #mememe (at Catalina Foothills, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP8_XOhrmrxRCsLRVEYeofnHuUEpwfv32tcwc00/?utm_medium=tumblr

[found-fabricated]

Work in progress - tumbler with thorn bunch bound on. Oxidised silver, silver with patina, hawthorn, vintage Irish linen thread and driftwood. For the upcoming Land(ed) exhibition in Cork. #vessel #workinprogress #hawthorn #binding #linenthread #landscapecapture #oftheland #gathered #collected #fabricated #made #materiality #materialculture #visualpoem #poetics #visuallanguage #visualart #assemblage #contemporarycraft #contemporarymetalwork #contemporarysilver #tablescape #flotsamandjetsam #metalsmith #silversmith #interiors #moderninteriors #contemporaryirishart #irishartist #stuartcairns https://www.instagram.com/p/BzawpVwApKg/?igshid=reef2a8dsfak

[drawdownbooks]

Visions By: Issue No. 1 / Available at www.draw-down.com / VISIONS By people, about Material Cultures. A biannual magazine focused on exploring #materialculture and its infinite meanings by giving free voice and space for people with something to share and add. Contents of this first issue include BLOBJECTS, GOOD VIBES, PULSATING SHIELD, FLUIDS, and TOYS. Designed by Oficina de disseny (Diego Bustamante, Katharina Hetzeneder, Ariadna Serrahima) / Cover affixed with a removable iron-on patch #design https://www.instagram.com/p/BvHT2uBnHxA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3ecfnuoou3g1

[librarycompany]

Dr. Lindsay DiCuirci’s Colonial Revivals: The Nineteenth-Century Lives of Early American Books (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018) traces the labors of a nineteenth-century cultural network of antiquarians, bibliophiles, amateur historians, and writers as they dug through the nation's attics and private libraries to assemble early American archives. The collection of colonial materials they thought themselves to be rescuing from oblivion were often reprinted to stave off future loss and shore up a sense of national permanence. 

However, Dr. DiCuirci argues that instead of revealing a shared origin story, these historical reprints testified to the inveterate regional, racial, doctrinal, and political fault lines in the American historical landscape. #LCPFellowFriday

[sassy-cicero-says]

Here's a closer look at a couple of the #Roman coins in the @classicsutas Museum. Neil, the curator, picked out some nice examples from the late Republican and early Imperial periods for us. #Classics #numismatics #materialculture #artefacts #RomanRepublic #RomanEmpire #imperiumromanum #teaching https://www.instagram.com/p/Boc1UmIFCPo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1do9p901flzpj

[theurbnsloth]

My New Approach to Getting Paid to Look at Art

2022 is the year we get paid because there has to be something better than wondering when the next paycheck will come in. In 2022, we're leveling up and taking the leap- Who's with me?✋🏾

So I’m sort of in a pickle between wanting a career and wanting to retire in my 20s. It would work out if I worked on Wall Street or the sciences because I can find funding as a Black woman in STEM but not so much in Humanities as a graduate student. I’m making it in the art world so young and immediately see the challenges many of us in the liberal arts face, and several have overcome before me-…

[theurbansloth]

My New Approach to Getting Paid to Look at Art

2022 is the year we get paid because there has to be something better than wondering when the next paycheck will come in. In 2022, we're leveling up and taking the leap- Who's with me?✋🏾

So I’m sort of in a pickle between wanting a career and wanting to retire in my 20s. It would work out if I worked on Wall Street or the sciences because I can find funding as a Black woman in STEM but not so much in Humanities as a graduate student. I’m making it in the art world so young and immediately see the challenges many of us in the liberal arts face, and several have overcome before me-…

[lindastylesart]

Medium scale bowl with a floral theme, an homage to the flower farms and their general demise. Manganese overload and violet lustres abound, frosted mother of pearl and the dark opulence of the interior entirely meant, as is the prowling golden fox. Multi aspect horizons, 80's retro decals, quite often cut, alterered and assembled in addition to all other effects. H 22.5 x W 21 x D 17cm Ceramic 2022. #longandryle #collect #somersethouse #slow #artpottery #esoteric #offbeat #ceramics #domestic #construct #habitualritual #assemblage #decorativearts #form #surface #materialculture #practice #contemporary #geology #fire #earth #air #water #alchemical #elemental #fire #automaticprocess (at Des Models de Linda - ART) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpTUP2BLjLI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ashmoleanmuseum]

Passover

This potsherd from 475 BC was found on the island of Elephantine, close to the border between Egypt and Nubia, which was home to a small, close-knit Jewish community at the time.⁠

It reads; “To Hoshaya. Greetings! Take care of the children until Ahutab gets there. Don’t trust anyone else with them! If the flour for your bread has been ground, make a small portion of dough to last until their mother gets there. Let me know when you will be celebrating Pascha (Passover). Tell me how the baby is doing!”⁠

Besides a wonderfully evocative peek inside a daily conversation, the sherd contains one of the earliest non-biblical references to #Passover. Passover commemorates the liberation of the ancient Israelites from Egypt and is observed annually by Jewish people all over the world. This year, Passover begins tonight and ends on Sunday 4 April.⁠

You can find out more about this sherd and many other fascinating objects relating to Judaism in our collection in 'The Jewish Journey' by Rebecca Abrams, available in our online shop -> https://www.ashmolean.org/jewish-journey

[rosemarysealavender]

“UNESCO issued a statement calling on Russia to respect the “1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its two (1954 and 1999) Protocols, to ensure the prevention of damage to cultural heritage in all its forms.” Sarah Cascone, ArtNet, 25 Feb, 2022.

[phillyarchives]

Happy Mother’s Day!

Featured here is a 1935 illustration by Johnny Gruelle of Raggedy Ann offering some keen advice on the value of a mother’s wisdom: “The truths received at a mother’s knee endure throughout Eternity.”

You can see this document and much more by visiting NARA’s online catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23902328.

Want to learn more about Raggedy Ann and the records we hold? Check out one of our previous posts celebrating the 100th anniversary of Raggedy Ann here: http://phillyarchives.tumblr.com/post/128557567264/happy-100th-anniversary-raggedy-ann-john-b

Want to learn more about our holdings? You can check out our online catalog (www.catalog.archives.gov) and make an appointment to view our holdings at the National Archives at Philadelphia by calling (215) 305-2044 or emailing philadelphia.archives@nara.gov.

This post was written by Megan Kelly, Research and Writing Intern with the National Archives at Philadelphia.

#HappyMothersDay #MothersDay #Mom #RaggedyAnn

[carlosbritosuisse]

#materialculture #consumptionsociety #dolls #travel #norway #scandinavia #cruiseship #sealovers #northernlights #travelblogger #influencer #cbsbrito #cbsway (à Hurtigruten MS Nordnorge) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTzA3ZXIHfN/?utm_medium=tumblr

[meccacon]

My baby ❤️🖤💚💚💚👨🏾‍🎓 Repost from @jnzoma • The first thing the young King said when I asked about his new drip: "I feel powerful!" Powerful like generational wisdom, Black veterans, Marcus Garvey, African diasporic connectivity, Black ownership... buying the block...Powerful like graduating at the top of your class at an elite university, poised and ready to take over the world! 🙌🏿❤✊🏿 Turkana bone necklace 🇰🇪. Baye Fall leather bracelet 🇸🇳. #nogimmicks #intentionality #oldshxt #newwave #ndomboltak #materialculture #madeinkenya🇰🇪 #madeinsenegal🇸🇳 #wanjasafricanboutique #fortheculture (at Baobab Fare) https://www.instagram.com/p/COh3vVklMB7/?igshid=lpspi0cv2o3f

[jacquelinesurdellthings-blog]

very very very excited to share that my solo exhibition opens — JUNE❌6TH❌2021 — at Patricia Sweetow Gallery in San Francisco 💖 ~✨save the date, friends✨~ * I am absolutely fucking stoked to have the opportunity to share this work IRL 💜😭🙏🏼... it’s gotta be experienced...**felt**➕ I will be at the opening in SF {come hell or high water} ________________ ••••••••••••••••• #Repost @patriciasweetowgallery with @make_repost ・・・ 🔜 Join us in June as we take a deep dive into material culture 🪢🧶 with Jacqueline Surdell 🗓 Opening June 6th ✔ Image: Sacrifice of Columbia: Destruction (after Thomas Cole) | 2020 | cotton cord, nylon cord, fabric, printed polyester shower curtain, American flag jacket, steel battle rope anchor, steel chain, canvas tarp, acrylic paint drips, wood armature | 86 x 96 x 12 inches DM @patriciasweetowgallery for info #patriciasweetowgallery #sacrificeofcolumbia #weavingknotting #upcomingexhiition #materialculture (at PATRICIA SWEETOW GALLERY) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNLVwkSljoL/?igshid=1rni0lpg82hz4