Best of the Spam Filter, June 2013

Mmmm. Spam ‘n’ beans.

Last time I did a post about the wacky and wonderful spam I get, it all seemed to be coming from Brazil.  Now all the links seem to be Polish.

Clyfford Still, Newly Revealed (Abstract Critical)

 

Clyfford Still, PH-191, 1951.  Source

A cracking new post about Clyfford Still over at Abstract Critical:

“We should not be surprised then, that many of the best Stills can feel closed in, have dark and earthen tones, and are marked by that ubiquitous “lifeline,” and yet suggest a transcending power and vitality…”

– Ken Carpenter

Click here to read the rest of the post.

Quote of the Day: Do Not Apologize for Living

Quilt by Linda Beach. Source

Do not apologise for living. The rest of the world can tell you that your life is not important enough to talk about. It is. And it’s how women become collective.

– The Amazing Kim, from this post at I Blame the Patriarchy

Artwork of the Day: Romaine Brooks

Peter, A Young English Girl, by Romaine Brooks. Source

Romaine Brooks (1874-1970) was a lesbian painter. Using a subdued palette, she painted many portraits of women in androgynous or masculine dress. Toward the end of her life she suffered from mental illness.

The Wiki has a detailed entry about her.

Britons, we need you

Lynn is a mother fighting to protect her son, who is in intensive care, and all other sick, disabled and vulnerable people in the UK.  They should not have to face the degrading process of being evaluated by ATOS – the company that decides dying people are fit to work.

With Lynn’s solution, vulnerable people need only get a note signed by their doctor – they don’t have to face ATOS at all.   It’s a simple, effective solution.

If you live in the UK, please do what you can to help protect the vulnerable. Please sign this petition.   Click over there and sign it now – it’s super easy and only takes a minute.

Thanks!

 

Quote of the Day: Abstraction and Utopia

In the urbanised consumerist mental environment of modern life the images of abstract art represent a mental window to a new state of being.

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Luke (@thebateauivre) June 13, 2013

So by creating a socio-political form in the spirit of abstract art's emancipatory ideal we could create a utopia of pure form and colour.

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Luke (@thebateauivre) June 13, 2013

Then we could reimagine social organisation in this liberatory aesthetic.

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Luke (@thebateauivre) June 13, 2013

Artwork of the Day: Naomi Tydeman

Wave Dancer by Naomi Tydeman RI.  Source

 

Naomi’s web site is here.  She has won the Turner Watercolour Prize for 2013.

Hat tip to Fountain Fine Art for the link.