I was on the Internet when I first saw the cover of Mark Leidner’s new book, “Beauty Was the Case that They Gave Me”. I can’t remember what site I was looking at when I saw it, but I stopped for a minute, my hand on the mouse, which in turn was on the mousepad, [...]
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the world re-imagined, or a book cover as art, or what snoop dogg taught me about mark leidner
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged factory hollow press, Mark Leidner, snoop dogg, twin towers on October 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
There and Not There: the World Trade Center Towers in Art
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged "Man on Wire", "Weather Diaries, "West Side Highway", art, documentaries, James Marsh, Jari Silomäki, Mitch Epstein, Philippe Petit, photography, twin towers, World Trade Center on July 5, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Below are three works of art that include, as part of their subjects, the World Trade Center towers. I. This picture was taken in 1977. Its effect, for a long time, derived mainly from its symbolism – from what its juxtapositions suggest about modern life. A man rests on a cot beside a large American [...]