Saturday, April 11, 2009

Cézanne and Beyond Pt. 1

The Philadelphia Art Museum's Cézanne Exhibition: "Cézanne and Beyond" attempts something similar to the wine pairings sometimes available in restaurants.

The exhibition starts off with Cézanne's "Turn in the Road" which bridges the scope and scale of something like the Mont Sainte Victoire landscapes and his Still Lives with the fruit and rugose tablecloths. By choosing to paint a mere "Turn in the Road", Cézanne invites one's gaze to pause and take stock. Although painted outside, lover and painter happens upon an intimate moment of simplicity. Browns and greens stay in concert to add a feeling of warmth, woolyness and mystery to this walled-off corner of the world.

Following this pairing logic, we can loosely follow up with "Shaft of Sunlight, Woods of Trivaux" by Matisse which geometrically deconstructs the presumed woodland clearing into shards of perspective resulting in a breathtaking assemblage of woodland greens, shadowy cast-off  and white cliffs of drama. Here we have one of those overlooked atavistic corners of nature.

While still in this corner of the palette, "The Pont de Maincy" is right at home with the previous paintings in this post. Cézanne really outdoes himself here. If you try to control your breathing a little and apply some focus. you can really get into the picture. The moist moss will be at your feet, the background rustic warehouse will begin to form through the foilage and you will wonder what is inside.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Fairmount Foilage

Productivity
Nifty little plants ensure privacy

Discrete Energy
Symbiosis in its purest form.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Containment Compound

The Compound
Those deemed to be dangerous to society were sent to the complex.
Trade Up
They were constantly guarded and there was recourse or escape.
Comfort View
Life outside seemed bleak yet mysterious to those inside.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

The Mystique is in the System

Gourmet

An exercise in retail design perfection. Nothing left to chance, honest exchanges, exclusive clientèle in gorgeous surroundings. From the moment you cross the threshold, the consumer is entranced by the Mystique of the System. This sensation sublimates what could be a very pedestrian act into a thing of beauty; treasured and offering comfort. Your cares and worries are no more.  You are now part of the System and not just any system but the White Rose System.

154 Woodbridge Avenue, Highland Park NJ 08904

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Incompetent Cooking #1

Exquis de Tomato Recipe

Exquis de Tomato
1x Egg
1x Tomato (preferably elongated)
∞ x Orzo grainage
1x dose smoked Paprika
1x dose Salt-free Garlic & Herb mix
1x dosePowdered Garlic
Pepper to taste
1x Smidgin of vegetable paste

1. Boil up a potful of water
While waiting for that to come to fruition, slice the tomato and select an egg.

2. Throw in the Orzo. Ladies and Gentlemen start your timers.

3. Gently lower the egg into the flurry and bubbling (+3')

4. Take a knife and stick into the container of vegetable paste, take out a generous smidgin and let it melt in the boiling fracas. (+7')

5. Cut the throttle and bank left (+13')

6. Decant or filter out the water. Take out everything but the egg and place in your chosen plate or bowl. Leave egg in the pot and douse it with cold water unless you are Rutger Hauer.

7. Add Garlic & Herb mix, additional garlic and pepper dosages for good measure.

8. Garnish finished dish with tomato slices. Tacitly shake some paprika on top of the bipartisan egg before letting the two halves rest on top of everything else.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Timetable

Surveillance by day keeps boredom away.

Bird Spy

Bowling by nite makes you susceptible to R.S.I.

Rustic Neon

Saturday, January 31, 2009

LP Review: Heinrich Dressel - Escape from the Hill

Heinrich Dressel (1845-1920) was a German archaeologist who excavated at Mons Testaceum, classified ancient amphorae and discovered the Duenos inscription, an invaluable piece of Old Latin. Heinrich Dressel has been reborn in Valerio Lombardozzi. Renown for his love of broken pots, he already excavated Mons Testaceum with an Elka Synthex for Strange Life Records. Read more (click here.)

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Target Moments

No one noticed he had landed and not before long celebrations were in order.

Mig Alley

Servicing on home turf can be jovial.

Home Turf

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Exemplary Places

Exemplary
There is no slump or crisis when it comes to well-executed and timeless typography.

My kind of style
A great stylistic amalgam is the pragmatic approach to urban planning. This is somewhere to be admired.

Staging Ground
The human element is gone but the drama remains.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Overdue Revue: Odessa - Polar Intrusion (Disco Praline DP-003)



This is Odessa's debut release and Belgian label Disco Praline's first non Starlight Boyz related outing. Odessa hails from Rotterdam and is both at home making jewelry and behind the vocoder live with Alden Tyrell. Online, she counts him as her 'special friend' and 'musical partner'. He indeed co-writes this 12" and clearly brings some of his magic but I don't think this is the whole story. Read more here ....

Monday, January 19, 2009

On assignment in the South

Covert
Tell-tale signs of deep cover. Uncompromised and comfortable.

Getaway
Exotic getaway for people with objectives.

Receiver
The only form of respite is the telephone if it's not being monitored.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Key West

Key West

Risky route before the night falls.

Key West 2

This is no longer Dade County.

Friday, January 9, 2009

Mr Pauli EP Review

Have a look at the review I wrote about Mr Pauli's recent EP 'Jap Fab' out on dutch label Clone. You can listen to the EP as a satisfying vinyl record (from Clone or other distributors) or as a convenient download (from itunes, zero and beatport)

Read on here

Meanwhile this is a surveillance image of Mr Pauli.