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Catalina Parra, "Imbunche gigante (Giante imbunche)," 1977. From the exhibition "Radical Women," on view at the Hammer Museum in 2017. (More details here.)

I've been dwelling on imbunches as I re-read José Donoso's "The Obscene Bird of Night" (El obsceno pájaro de la noche), which features a storyline inspired by this monster of Chilote folklore.

The New York Times reviewed the novel in 1973 after it came out in English.

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A presentation drawing for "Military Home Barrack No. 1" by an unknown English artist, c. 1880s.

From the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Make the cowboy Mexican again. A man in a vaquero ensemble brands a steer. From a sketch by Franco-American illustrator Edward Jump (1831?-1883), as published in "American Agriculturist," 1870.

Found on the blog JPTAK Science Books.

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Unknown, Rabbits in waves, edo period

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Victor Burgin, "US 77," 1977.

From this roundup of Burgin's work published in the Guardian in 2020.

Having worked at Time Inc. many years ago, I deeply appreciate the irony of this piece.

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The Eyes of Sibiu are the iconic eyebrow dormers on the roofs of Sibiu's houses in Romania. Built mostly between the 15th and 19th centuries, the eyes, which were used as a ventilation system for the houses' attics, have given Sibiu the nickname of "The City Where Houses Don't Sleep"

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Jacob van der Heyden, "Feeling," Plate 5, from "The Five Senses," n.d.

As spotted via the Art Institute of Chicago's Chrome extension.

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"Frida," a new doc by Carla Gutiérrez, enters the crowded field of Frida Kahlo biography. In my latest for the L.A. Times, I have a look.

Photo: Leo Matiz / Fundación Leo Matiz.

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The U.S. really needs more imaginative playground design.

【展示・販売のお知らせ】

3/29〜4／9渋谷のbunkamura gallery でグループ展に参加します。

公園遊具のプリントも販売します。

★川越　タコ公園　ed10

★在廊は

4/6pm・4/7pm・4/9pmを予定してます。

I will participate in a group exhibition at bunkamura gallery in Shibuya from March 29th to April 9th.

I also sell prints of park playground equipment

#bunkamura #park #playground

#art #photoart #公園遊具　#shibuya #contemporaryart #タコ公園　#タコ山 #川越　#埼玉

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A sculpture by Bhutanese artist Pema "Tintin" Shering, from the upcoming exhibition "Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now" at the Rubin Museum in New York City. Opens March 15, 2024.

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Plowing through a FOIA request and just made my own Jenny Holzer.

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Imogen Cunningham: Three Dancers, Mills College, 1929

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To apply for a work visa in the United States is to set out on a biblical odyssey through a glacial, bureaucratic process renowned for its voracious appetite for complex and expensive paperwork. About a dozen years ago, comedian Julio Torres began that process. And, to help make ends meet as he waited — there is a lot of waiting — Torres, who is from El Salvador, took just about any menial job he could find.

He served as a translator for parent-teacher conferences and worked as a personal assistant for busy professionals in New York City, where he still lives. At one point he interviewed for a magician’s assistant position only to find out that his potential employer was not a magician but a saxophone player whose gimmick consisted of having a plastic phallus pop out of his instrument. “He had it in a case next to him and he didn’t show it to me,” says Torres of the penis sax, with some regret. He did not get the job.

My profile of Julio Torres is in the LA Times.

Photo by Daniela Spector.

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Nippon-Life Stadium, home of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (1960)

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This is not a Frank Stella. It's a block print made by Brazilian artist Lygia Pape a couple of years before Stella started work on his Black Paintings.

"Tecelar (Weaving)," 1956 is on view in a terrific presentation of Pape's '50s-era prints at the Art Institute of Chicago.

I get into the ecology of ideas and what it means to be first in this week's newsletter.

"Lygia Pape: Tecelares" is on view through June 5, 2023. Find all the deets on the Art Institute's website.

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Flor Garduño: El arbol de Yalalag, Mexico, (1983)

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Posters by Rafael Tufiño (1922-2008) from the permanent collection of the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico.

See them all, along with other works, at this link.