Indianapolis Museum of Art Blog » obama http://www.imamuseum.org/blog The IMA blog is a space to discuss everything related to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:51:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Pharmacy http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2009/09/21/the-pharmacy-6/ http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2009/09/21/the-pharmacy-6/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:04:35 +0000 Kate http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=8280 the-pharmacy-title

The Pharmacy prescribes the following links to combat Monday online anemia.

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Blog: kottke.org (thanks @cmalexander!)

Pronounced “cot”- “key”…I’m still not entirely sure how to describe this blog. I remember looking at it the first time and being, well, underwhelmed by the overly simple design. But as one scrolls down the pages, one is confronted with nugget after nugget of outrageously interesting info. It’s about the content, people. One of the many descriptions on the About page reads: “An attempt to track and make sense of “material that connects the insights of science and culture, rather than using one to dismantle the other” (as Steven Johnson puts it).” I describe it as: clever, clever, clever.

ArtBabble Video: Artist Talk: Nic Hess

For the Hammer’s Lobby Wall, Swiss artist Nic Hess presents Automatic Crash Response, a mixture of images in tape ranging from tombstone- like monuments of several recently failed banks, animals, how-to exercise diagrams, a generic shopping cart, the USPS logo and more to weave a lyrical quasi-narrative left for the viewer to decode. Nic Hess discusses Automatic Crash Response, as well as his other works.

IMA Work of Art:

Blond Angel

Blond Angel by John Currin

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indyartgirl: In the words of LL Cool J: “Don’t call it a comeback…”

]]> http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2009/09/21/the-pharmacy-6/feed/ 0 the-pharmacy-title kottke.org Blond Angel by John Currin meg The Killers Play Chicago http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2009/01/21/the-killers-play-chicago/ http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2009/01/21/the-killers-play-chicago/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:56:47 +0000 Phil Golobish http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=2797 SinglesI like pop music, and were I a teenage girl I would have at least six more posters of Brandon Flowers in my bedroom. I like and love Brandon and his band, The Killers, and was lucky enough to see them perform last night in Chicago.

For a group that is referred to as a “singles band,” a slight slight meaning that you can only count on them for having one or two good songs per album, The Killers played sixteen true bangers to about 10,000 people who knew all the words and were jumping up and down the whole time. When you consider that they only have three albums, a usual two singles per, the math alone makes it hard for this follower of Flowers to believe the slight.

I like pop art, and if I were a house wife in the 1940s I would want at least six prints by Norman Rockwell hanging or sitting around in my living room, kitchen, and study. While I probably wouldn’t care for the way Norman looks, I would probably love the brief but good feelings his work stirs in me while I struggle with money and watch the world try to tear itself apart.

For an artist that is referred to as an “illustrator,” another slight that in my mind means your creations are cute but not really art (again, whatever that means), Norman’s blend of technique and ability to capture the feelings attached to a moment were popular during the dark times of The Great Depression and WWII and now are always happily welcomed whenever my daily gallery stroll takes me past his single, “The Love Song.” Maybe it’s because I’m a sucker for “Mr. Brightside,” and because I have an appreciation for fine brush work, it’s hard for this failed musician turned art-museum-marketing-guy to again believe the slight.

flowersofhopeMonday was Martin Luther King Junior day. On Tuesday, America witnessed the inauguration of Barack Obama. With popular culture in my mind as I walked in to work this morning, I just happened to see a whiteboard with the text, “Flowers of Hope” scribbled in dry erase marker; apparently a name for an MLK day activity for children. Of course, Brandon instantly came to mind, and then Barack, and then Shepard Fairey and his “single” the Barack “HOPE” poster, (Fairey in my mind being simultaneously the antithesis to Norman’s “cute” but also his pop-punk counterpart), and upon witnessing all this I was staggered by how this swirl of popular culture was all coming together and making my heart swell. Forget a critic. In this musing bloggers mind, the power of feel good pop-music, mixed with feel good pop-imagery, mixed with little kids having fun being creative with pop-ideas, can’t be discounted.

Anyway, while I’m not sure if I have any profound statement about the cultural importance of popular/populace art and music, I am sure I’m a fan.

Killers set list @ UIC Pavilion in Chicago

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1.    Spaceman
2.    Losing touch
3.    For Reasons Unknown
4.    Somebody Told Me
5.    Smile Like You Mean It
6.    This is Your Life
7.    Joy Ride
8.    I can’t Stay
9.    Bling
10.    A Dustland Fairytale
11.    Neon Tiger
12.    Human
13.    Sam’s town
14.    Read My Mind?
15.    Mr. brightside
16.    All These Things That I’ve done
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17.    The World We Live In
18.    Shadowplay (Joy Division)
19.    Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
20.    When You Were Young

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