The Bride

Posted on April 23, 2011 by ubu507

Edward Calvert
English, 1799-1883

Engraving on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

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Hag

Posted on April 23, 2011 by ubu507

Katsukawa Shunshô
Japanese, 1726-1792

The Actors Nakamura Utaemon I as the Old Hag Karashi Baba, Wife of Sanshodayu, and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Shirotae, Wife of Sano Genzaemon, in a Scene from Part Two of the Play Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachi no Ki (The Ever-Blooming Potted Tree), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1769, c. 1769

Color woodblock print; hosoban

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Side View

Posted on April 23, 2011 by ubu507

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Count me in, Count!

Posted on April 23, 2011 by ubu507

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Snake jug

Posted on April 23, 2011 by ubu507


ca. 1875–90
Anna Pottery

Krannert Art Museum

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Veronica

Posted on April 22, 2011 by ubu507

Don’t push me ‘cuz I’m close to the edge
I’m trying not to lose my head
Uh huh ha ha ha
It’s like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under

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Path Dependence 1

Posted on April 21, 2011 by ubu507

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The Goat

Posted on April 20, 2011 by ubu507

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Untitled (You Rule by Pathetic Display), 1982

Posted on April 20, 2011 by ubu507



Barbara Kruger (United States, born 1945)
Photo-offset lithograph, serigraph

Krannert Art Museum

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A Tribute to Ron Asheton: Iggy and the Stooges

Posted on April 20, 2011 by ubu507


I really think this was one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen — like Jesus reading from the gospels — I only wish the rest of my life could be like a Stooges concert, though I suppose I’d go deaf quickly…

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