Collages by Sammy Slabbinck ll Artist On Tumblr
Sammy Slabbinck renders dynamic collage prints, combining vintage photographs with contemporary compositional styles.
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Indigenous people of Brazil trying to prevent their eviction from an old indigenous museum which they have been living in for the past 7 years.
On March 22nd all of the inhabitants and their supporters were forcibly removed or arrested.
The building is being destroyed to make a parking lot
…for the Olympics.
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whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
Jusepe de Ribera, Aristotle, 1637
From the Indianapolis Museum of Art:
Ribera’s image of Aristotle is one of a series of six imaginary portraits of ancient philosophers commissioned in 1636 by the prince of Liechtenstein. Ribera’s conception of Aristotle as an ordinary man wearing a scholar’s skullcap and a ragged robe, a “beggar philosopher,” is a type that enjoyed great popularity in the 17th century. The artist’s direct, naturalistic style and his dramatic use of light, both of which derive from the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio, combine to create a powerful evocation of a philosopher deep in thought.
Jusepe de Ribera, born in the Valencian town of Játiva in 1591, spent his entire career in Italy, principally in Naples, which was then governed by Spanish viceroys. He frequently asserted his Spanish nationality, as he does in this painting, by adding the word “español” to his signature. In 1618, the year Ribera received his first commission from the Spanish viceroy, the artist Ludovico Carracci wrote with admiration of the “young Spaniard working in the manner of Caravaggio.” The bold Caravaggesque naturalism of Ribera’s work is enhanced by his achievement of a more tactile sense of physical presence, readily seen in the thickly brushed lines and creases of his philosopher’s worn face and coarse hands.
This reminds me I need to vacuum the floor.
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March 9, 1965. Jackie Robinson sends this telegram to LBJ about the violence in Selma.
LBJ Library, White House Central File, Name File, “Robinson, Jackie (baseball player)”, box 209.
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I can’t really explain why, but abandoned places like this have always fascinated me. Maybe it’s the stories they can tell. So much more interesting than the cut and paste type of architecture that has become the norm today….
Very cool.
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The world’s weirdest statue. At St. John the Divine’s.
One of many awesome things at St. John the Divine’s.
