All Things Art & Photography
Well its only been 7 years but Modest Mouse is giving us a new great song titled Lampshade on Fire and an album on the March 17th it looks like. A few other singles have been released on ITunes as I look today – which is a bit odd but hey we are talking about Modest Mouse here and they follow no rules but their own! Included below is the amazing 2004 video of Float On (from the last time we heard from them)…
Music Break: Modest Mouse
Art that understands the vocabulary of its past always catches my eye. Beth Lipman who shows at the wonderful Claire Oliver Gallery in New York knows still life. Her glass sculpture speaks to that over the top still life tradition of the 17th century where bountiful excess was all the rage. (Wait!!! That seems to be our era as well!) History has a way of repeating itself but not Beth. These are really wonderful works that take this ancient tradition and spin it so that it speaks to us here and now.
Keep an eye out for her exhibition in April 2015.
All images via Claire Oliver Gallery
The Work of Beth Lipman
The World Court found Japan guilty of illegally harvesting whales under the pretense of “scientific study”.
Japan has refused to stop.
It’s also true for countless dolphins who are brutally murdered for their flesh by an Industry funded by the Japanese Government. On Friday, February 13th, the world will visit every Japanese Embassy in a peaceful protest. This protest is sponsored by folks at Sea Shepherd who have been waging a navel war with the Japanese for years. Find a protest close to you and send Japan a message the world is watching.
On Friday February 13, 2015, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Sea Shepherd’s Cove Guardians and supporters around the world will join together for the second annual “World Love for Dolphins Day,” to hold peaceful demonstrations against Taiji, Japan’s brutal capture and slaughter of dolphins. On the eve of Valentine’s Day, thousands of people will bring the world’s love and reverence for dolphins to Japan’s doorstep at Japanese embassies and consulates across the United States and overseas.
U.S. DEMONSTRATIONS:
Demonstrations begin outside the following locations at 12:00pm ET/PT and end at 1:00pm ET/PT unless otherwise noted below. Please check the times for your demo location:
Portland
Wells Fargo Center, Suite 2700
1300 S.W. 5th Ave
Portland, OR 97201
Seattle
601 Union Street, Suite 500
Seattle WA 98101-4015
Los Angeles
350 South Grand Ave, Suite 1700
Los Angeles CA 90071-3459
Denver
1225 17th Street, Suite 3000
Denver CO 80202-5505
Houston
2 Houston Center Building
909 Fannin Street
Suite 3000
Houston TX 77010
Washington DC (12pm-2pm ET)
Meeting at DuPont Circle Metro station 12pm and marching to Embassy of Japan DuPont Circle Metro
1525 20th St. NW
Washington, DC 20008
New York
Consulate-General of Japan in New York
299 Park Ave, 19th Floor
New York NY 10171-0025
San Francisco (10:00 AM – 2:00 PM PT)
275 Battery Street, Suite 2100
San Francisco, CA 94111
Boston (12pm-2pm ET)
Federal Reserve Plaza, 22nd Floor
600 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA 02210
Atlanta
Phipps Tower, Suite 850
3438 Peachtree Road
Atlanta, GA 30326
Honolulu
1742 Nuuanu Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96817-3201
Indianapolis
11 South Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Chicago
737 North Michigan Avenue #1100
Chicago, IL 60611
Miami
80 Southwest 8th Street #3200
Miami, FL 33130
Dallas (11am-2pm CST)
Dealy Plaza
Dallas, TX
World Love for Dolphins Day
Not to late to catch this exhibition at Temple Contemporary
Stop Telling Women to Smile
Tatyana FazlalizadehStop Telling Women to Smile comes from Tatyana Fazlalizadeh’s interviews with women about their street harassment experiences. Fazlalizadeh draws portraits of these women, adds text from their statements and experiences, and pastes them around the city in areas where harassment occurs. They serve as a way to talk back to street harassers in the spaces where the problem exists. This is part of our series on street harassment, which grew out of our Advisory Council‘s question “What makes us feel safe?” Stop Telling Women to Smile is on view at Temple Contemporary through January 31st.
The Protests of Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
Really liked these guys who opened for London Grammar in Philly this past week.
Music Break: Until the Ribbon Breaks
