Virgil Finlay, Weird Tales pulp interior illustration, 1936. Pen and ink on board. 7.75 x 7.75 in
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Celebrate the release of the new book:
Sun Ra + Ayé Aton: Space, Interiors and Exteriors, 1972
With a slide show conversation between John Corbett and David Grubbs (also performing music).
April 30th, 7PM
Blonde Art Books
92 St. Nicholas Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11237 -
“Starting shortly after his first conversations with Ra, Aton began painting murals. Working mostly in people’s homes on the South Side, he made custom room paintings, following Ra’s thematic suggestions, which pushed him towards Egyptian and cosmic motifs, sometimes explosively colored abstractions, and, as time went on, distinctive outer-space imagery. “Space became very important to people,” Aton says, from his current home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The possibilities of unusual pigments, new to the market in the early 1960s, opened up vibrant and jarring areas of investigation: “A whole room of fluorescent paint—you can imagine how that looks!”
From John Corbett’s essay in Sun Ra + Ayé Aton: Space, Interiors and Exteriors, 1972, out now from Picturebox and in stores.
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Gilbert Shelton - Rip Off Comix #5 Sept. 1979, inked cover plus handpainted color
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Blutch - “Ode to Buddy Bolden, musician” New Orleans, 1903
From “Total Jazz” - Editions du Seuil 2004 Originally published in Jazzman magazine
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Gengoroh Tagame is coming to the Toronto Comic Arts Festival on May 11 and 12, 2013!
TCAF has posted a handy guide to Tagame’s visit with lots of great information. There are a bounty of opportunities to meet the master: you can catch Tagame at the TCAF Queer Mixer, the PictureBox booth, or at the reception of his festival-adjacent art show with Maurice Vellekoop at Church on Church. Don’t miss it!
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Margaret Brundage (American, 1900-1976). The Six Sleepers, Weird Tales pulp cover, October 1935.
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