Jeanne-Claude

Today the artist Jeanne-Claude (of Christo and Jeanne-Claude) died.

I had the privilege of working with their artwork at The Phillips Collection in DC last fall for their project "Over the River" which would drape fabric over the Arkansas River in Colorado. Jeanne-Claude was always so enthusiastic about their work and called each project her child. Whenever someone from the museum spoke to her there was always a hilarious story about the things she said. She will be missed!

Also, I wonder if Christo will continue to go through with "Over the River" and their other planned project "The Mastaba" which is to be built in the United Arab Emirates. The process would not be the same without Jeanne-Claude.

Psychedelic Posters

I found these really cool posters from the 1960s and 1970s on the Brooklyn Museum website in the blog and their collection. There's currently an exhibition going on there called "Who Shot Rock & Roll" and it looks amazing! It reminds me of the MCA exhibition "Sympathy for the Devil" which was also about music and art. I just love the 1960s and everything about them, I mean my favorite year is 1968.

Current Obsessions: Pirate Radio and soup

Quimby's

I have discovered my newest obsession in Wicker Park/Bucktown: Quimby's Bookstore. This store has so many graphic novels and authors that I love. I went there today for the first time just to check it out and found great stuff. I had been looking for this series written by Ariel Schrag for such a long time and they had it! This is the one I got today, the first in the series:

The second book in the series is being turned into a film. And I think that last one recently came out. I'm really excited to start reading this and the spend more time in Quimby's!

Current Obsessions: Ariel Schrag, Craig Thompson, Marjane Satrapi, Alison Bechdel

Ms. Feldman

Another amazing adventure!

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Doodles

I found this blog from comedian Michael Showalter. It has all of his "doodles" that I guess he just does in his free time. They are really fun and sarcastic. His blog is mostly promoting his tv series or films or comedy tours, but his drawings make the blog much more fun to look at. Here's his newest one in honor of Halloween: