in Seattle Kelly Mark

For this exhibition of over 20 works on paper, Kelly Mark utilizes the now-outdated graphic design tool of dry transferable lettering and patterns known as “Letraset” named after its manufacturer. Popular with designers in the 1970s and 80s, Letraset transfer sheets were available in a large range of typefaces, symbols, graphic elements, and patterns. These graphic elements were transferred to paper by hand-rubbing the vinyl forms down in order to simulate typeset headlines or to add patterns to illustrations. Although still available, this tool has largely been replaced by digital design and the computer...

Chinese Space Babies

YouTube - Robert Caro "Lyndon Johnson: The Roots of a Presidency"

 

Alasdair Gray, Glasgow Piranesi

Alasdair Gray is best-known as one of Scotland's foremost novelists, the author of groundbreaking works including Lanark and 1982, Janine. However, he is also an artist: as well as illustrating his own works, he is a remarkable portrait painter, and his odd, brilliant murals can be found on the walls of private and public buildings in his native Glasgow. A collection of his artwork, A Life in Pictures by Alasdair Gray, is newly published by Canongate...

The Official Website of Alasdair Gray

farewell Gregory Isaacs

YouTube - GREGORY ISAACS : Tune in

YouTube - Gregory Isaacs --- Mr Cop

YouTube - Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse (Live at Reggae Sunsplash 1983)

YouTube - Gregory Isaacs - Babylon Too Rough

Circle Line Manhattan

the late Arthur Penn's fascinating Mickey One on TCM tomorrow night...music by Stan Getz...