Most of the comic art I've selected here is "of a time," whether it springs from history or stereotyping, and so pings my curator's brain. I've written before that I think this sort of "collecting" is really more a form of curating a collection (unless you're in it for the money, which is just another kind of collecting).
"Small Change" - Al Capp, for the War Bonds effort, produced a series of pro-Bond propaganda pieces
"Tinky Winky" - I would not have been interested except that it was done in 1957. You can read about the origins of Tinky, elsewhere
"Kith & Kin" - done for the Chicago Tribune
"Ching Chow" - ran for years and years
On the fine art side of things, I was happy to pick up ANYTHING by Chris Ware - one notes just how characteristic a style can be when looking at this piece (produced but never used as a logo for a jeans company)
And, of all the one-painting-a-day artists who are out there, I have been most impressed by Abbey Ryan -
http://ryanstudio.blogspot.com/
There have been more than these that I have wanted... but these are the ones I got.
Chocolate Kisses:
Cherries & Tenmoku Bottle:
Her signature piece is PB&J... which amuses me greatly:
3 comments:
Small world - I bid on both the ware piece and the PB&J piece and I'm also a Michigan resident!
Hi Adam. Drop me a line at bcoppola at umich dot edu if you want to chat more about these common art interests! Small world, indeed!
時間的銳齒能吃盡一切，唯獨對真理無能為力。..................................................
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