There’s an enjoyable article titled “On the Path of Walker Evans” by Laura Holson in the Escapes section of The New York Times today. The author travels through the small towns in Alabama where Evans, during the depression era, took photographs that offer poignant social commentary from that period. The slideshow that accompanies this article contains ”Roadside Stand [...]
Archive for April 24th, 2009
Visiting Walker Evans’s Alabama
Posted in Artists, Exhibitions, tagged Alabama, Metropolitan Museum of Art, photography, postcards, The Great Depression, Walker Evans on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A little trip down memory lane: NYC subway car art
Posted in Artists, tagged Chris Gall, illustration, NYC subway, Philippe Lechien, public art on April 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
If you’ve ridden the NYC subway within the past six months or so, you may have seen this illustration by Philippe Lechien (sorry, couldn’t find a better picture to post!). I decided to be pro-active and do a little internet research about Philippe, but it turns out that there actually isn’t that much out there. [...]