shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 26 2007 | art, museum, new york, children's books
I really want to see this exhibit in December. I love William Steig (author of 'Shrek' and other classics like 'Sylvester and the Magic Pebble') and I had no idea his work was so influenced by his Yiddish/Jewish background.
Quoted: Hailed as the "King of Cartoons," William Steig had a long and acclaimed career as both a brilliant cartoonist and an award-winning author of children’s literature, including his 1990 picture book Shrek! ("fear" in Yiddish) .
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 19 2007 | books, art, new york, architecture
Fascinating paintings by an artist from the 1920s who was essentially 'predicting' what NY and other metropolises would look like in the future. All the buildings look a little like the Chrysler building and some of these are weirdly accurate.
Quoted: Pick up a reprinting of a 1929 book by Hugh Ferriss titled 'The Metropolis of Tomorrow.' Ferriss was the preeminent architectural draftsman of his time who, through moody renderings of skyscrapers, virtually invented the image of Gotham.
- shiwani | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 07 2007 | art, photography, new york
A Slate/Magnum slide show celebrating MoMA's 78th birthday. Some great photos in this one.
Quoted: The Museum of Modern Art in New York City opened on this day in 1929. Today the museum houses an astonishing share of some of the world’s most important works of modern art.
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