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Cabinet of Curiosity.

Rogelio Naranjo

Rogelio Naranjo
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gyotaku

gyotaku is an ancient form of print making, 'gyo' meaning fish, and 'taku' meaning printing, is where the practice got it's name. The practice originated as a way for fisherman to verify what they had caught before the age of photographic reproduction.

research/source material

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Introduction: the arts and mental health

Fine Arts and Feminism: The Awakening Consciousness

Lise Vogel

What's in a Label? The Relationship between Feminist Self-Identification and "Feminist" Attitudes among U.S. Women and Men

Janice McCabe

The Feminist Critique of Art History

Thalia Gouma-Peterson and Patricia Mathews

The Coming of Age of Feminist Sociology: Some Issues of Practice and Theory for the Next Twenty Years

Sasha Roseneil

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Feeling Foreign in Feminism

Maivân Clech Lâm

Fine Art and the Fan 1860-1930

Pamela Gerrish Nunn

PUBLIC IMAGE / STREET KNOWLEDGE 2

PUBLIC IMAGE 2010 AUTUMN & WINTER COLLECTION STREET KNOWLEDGE 2 Directed / Filmed / Edited＞ Rikki Kasso Produced＞ Ryujiro Tamaki (PUBLIC IMAGE) Cast＞ Aira Shimizu Akihito Yamazaki Damian Anthony Young Daisuke Nakayama Ebby Hayase Shouta Kishita Kairi Matt Donnelly Moose Oreo Takeo Yatabe Wardro

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Donna Mitchell and Ingrid Boulting by Bailey

Contemporary Art Museum, Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro

By gandy_

Designed by Oscar Niemeyer with the assistance of structural engineer Bruno Contarini, who had worked with Niemeyer on earlier projects, the MAC-Niterói is 16 meters high; its cupola has a diameter of 50 meters with three floors. The museum projects itself over Boa Viagem (“Bon Voyage,” “Good Journey”), the 817-square meter reflecting pool that surrounds the cylindrical base “like a flower,” in the words of Niemeyer......thanks to wikipedia!

Naoko Takeuchi, you never did me wrong.

Tokyo’s Dai Rakuda Kan Dance Group

Contemporary Sculptures of Zhang Yaxi.

While finishing up research on contemporary cinese artists, i had the pleasure of coming across contemporary Chinese Sculptor Zhang Yaxi. Her works are a beautiful mix of bronze, and other materials. Her depiction of the female form is striking and beautiful. So i thought i'd share a little bit of her work with you. Please be sure to check out her website listed below, or more infromation on the sculptures by clicking on the images.

Title: "Nude III"
Medium: bronze resin or bronze
Size: approx. 39 x 17 x 13 cm


Title: "Curled Up"
Current Medium: Bronze, limited edition of 8
Size: 36 x 20 x 17 cm

Title: "Defiant"
Current Medium: Bronze, limited edition of 8
Size: 58 cm

Title: "Provocation III"
Medium: bronze resin or bronze
Size: approx. 60x9x13 cm


Title: "Confident"
Current Medium: Bronze, limited edition of 8
Size: 47 cm


Wall Nude Sculpture Trial II"
Sculpture Category: Mixed-media Sculpture 48 x 27 x11


All work by contemporary Chinese Sculptor, Zhang Yaxi.

Omayra Sanchez, 13 years old, was the victim of volcano Nevado del Ruiz's eruption in 1985, that devasted the Armero village, in Colombia. Omayra was trapped for three days under the mud, clay and water that was left from her own house. When the paramedics, with scarce resources, tried to help her, they sadly realized there was nothing they could do, since to remove her from the deadly trap they would have to amputate her legs and the lack of a speacilist on the scene would result in her death.

1,000 Chinese Artists

Uploaded on December 19, 2009
by katyaford

Giant Crystal Cave Comes to Light

National Geographic, is the shit. Giant Crystal Cave Comes to Light.


"Geologist Juan Manuel García-Ruiz calls it "the Sistine Chapel of crystals," but Superman could call it home.
A sort of south-of-the-border Fortress of Solitude, Mexico's Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of Crystals) contains some of the world's largest known natural crystals—translucent beams of gypsum as long as 36 feet (11 meters). "


"Delicate as glass, the "megacrystals" require great humidity and a temperature of about 122 degrees Fahrenheit (50 degrees Celsius) to maintain their current form."


"Its walls studded with crystal "daggers," the 400-foot-deep (120-meter-deep) Cave of Swords is closer to the surface than the Cave of Crystals. "


Thanks to the 13,200 gallons (55,000 liters) of water pumped out of the mine every minute, the acres surrounding the mountain have been rendered ready for farming a rarity in Naica mountain's Chihuahuan Desert setting
This same epic pumping operation makes it possible for humans to study the Cave of Crystals. If the pumping is stopped, the caves will again be submerged, and the crystals will start growing again.

So what happens if—or when—the mine is closed?

"Should we continue to pump water to keep the cave available so future generations may admire the crystals?" geologist Juan Manuel García-Ruiz said. "Or should we stop pumping and return the scenario to the natural origin, allowing the crystals to regrow?"