Monday, November 30, 2009

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Delta (Change over time)
















Artists change over time: Arthur Baggs's journey is an excellent illustration of an Alfred graduate (born nearby) who flowed with the journey from the Arts and Crafts era into the Machine Age. The motif of a Persian gazelle was replaced by an allusion to mechanization. The bottle was thrown on the wheel and glazed with the taillight glass from Fords: it is an ode to the industrial ethos.

20th century precedents for the virtual gallery




Andre Malraux assembling the "Musee Imaginaire"