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Doris Salcedo | MCA Chicago
Doris Salcedo | MCA Chicago theoffingmag: Editor of the The Offing’s Dead Letter Office, Leslie Parry, speaks to her current obsession with the first retrospective of Doris Salcedo’s art. I can’t stop thinking about the Doris Salcedo retrospective at the MCA. Salcedo, a native of Colombia, creates sculptures from everyday materials: wood, cement, grass, furniture,…
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That’s when intimacy entered the picture. I suggested that it’s kind of strange to hear Caballero—a person whose previous games have preached empathy, emotional intimacy, and understanding—rally behind habits that effectively cut him off from the rest of the world. I found it doubly strange because Caballero is such a warm, personable person. He grins…
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austinkleon: ED EMBERLEY by Ed Emberley, Todd Oldham, and Caleb Neelon This is a lovely monograph of Ed Emberley’s 100+ book career. Starts with a great introductory essay by Neelon, who explains in one paragraph what makes Emberley so great: Includes stuff from Ed’s famous drawing books: But also lesser-known work, like his terrific woodcut-based…
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I do, I undo, I redo Louise Bourgeois (via asortaroguefairytale)
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Five out of Ten Magazine
Five out of Ten Magazine meandrzine: Five out of Ten is a new kind of magazine that celebrates, reflects upon and enriches gaming culture. Maybe you’ve played videogames your whole life, or maybe you’re just curious about the medium- either way, there’s something here for you to enjoy. Issue #0 of ME&R is included in…
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thegetty: D is for DRAWING There’s more to drawing than meets the line. Explore the 900+ digitized drawings in the Getty’s collection. #ArtAtoZ | A year-long social media project examining 26 themes in art.
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[C]ritical pedagogy illuminates how classroom learning embodies selective values, is entangled with relations of power, entails judgments about what knowledge counts, legitimates specific social relations, defines agency in particular ways, and always presupposes a particular notion of the future. Henry Giroux, On Critical Pedagogy (2011)
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alushheart: audlindsey: introducingmyk: #BLACKOUT at work. I’m a teacher in a high school of mostly minority students. I doubt they even knew about BLACKOUT. This is for them. Ok sir, I see you looking handsome and dapper!! 🙂 😍
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uispeccoll: This edition of The Odyssey was printed by Aldus Manutius in 1504. As you can see, this text is in Greek and this edition features Manutius’ famous colophon at the beginning of the book. February marked the 500th anniversary of this great printer’s death, so we’ve been featuring a few of his works…
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superheroesincolor: Creator spotlight: Floyd E. Norman Floyd Norman (born June 22, 1935) is an American animator, writer, and comic book artist. Over the course of his career, Norman has worked for a number of animation companies, among them Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Ruby-Spears, Film Roman and Pixar. Norman had his start as an…