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Marcel Duchamp - Rotoreliefs 

Duchamp recognized that by spinning designs composed as sets of eccentric but concentric circles, a viewer would see the resulting pattern as a three dimensional form even through one eye alone, without the supposedly necessary benefit of stereoscopy! By the 1930s, Duchamp had constructed from his experiments a wonderfully whimsical set of 12 spinning images—from a goldfish in a bowl, to the eclipsed sun seen through a tube, to a cocktail glass, to a light bulb—in order to emphasize his discovery of these three-dimensional effects. Ironically, as another example of harmful separation between truly unified aspects of art and science, art museums almost invariably exhibit these discs as framed, static objects on a wall—whereas they have no meaning, either artistic or scientific, unless they spin.

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ratak-monodosico:

Always reblog Duchamp.

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exploratorium:

“I want to free my music from my memory and taste and from my likes and dislikes so that my music, instead of saying something that I have to say or expresses me, changes me. Instead of self-expression I’m involved in self-alteration.” —John Cage

John Cage was one of the most influential composers in modern American music. He raised fundamental questions about the nature of music, and invigorated, provoked, and perplexed audiences throughout his long career.

Here’s to honoring John on what would have been his 100th Birthday and recognizing the profound impacts he made on arts, music, and the ways we think about listening and expression.

In 1987 John Cage was interviewed here in our Speaking of Music series, which was produced by Charles Amirkhanian and co-presented by the Exploratorium and KPFA radio. Listen here.

Photo by Susan Schwartzenberg
© Exploratorium, www.exploratorium.edu

stephenreid:

deantrippe:

This Sunday will mark five years since the passing of Mike Wieringo.

Man, I hope you knew Mike, because he really was the best guy. I swear to God, that dude was so nice to me I don’t think I’ll ever finish paying it forward.

Remember ‘Ringo.

I never met Mike, although as a follower of his blog, I felt I knew him as I’m sure so many others did. I have met (and briefly, hung out) with Dean, who I reblog this from. He and many others carry the torch that Mike lit, but the world of art is a little darker without ‘Ringo’ and I will always appreciate his art.

Mike Wieringo is one of my favorite comic book artists of all time, and remains one of the biggest influences on my own style. His drawings always had such incredible warmth to them.

It still breaks my heart that he’s gone.

theblueboxboy:

Here is a collection of artist/illustrator Drew Struzan’s work which has been influencing pop culture for well over 30 years. If you’re not familiar with the name, don’t worry, you’ll definitely have seen his work before!  He’s the talented artist behind some of the world’s biggest movies and their featured artwork from classics such as Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, E.T and The Goonies to some of the biggest movies in recent years like the Harry Potter series.

His style is perhaps so memorable due to it being so photo-realsitic, where he blends cartoon-esque images & portrait photography, which he skillfully mixes together to create an entirely new style of illustration.

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theartofanimation:

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