Showing posts with label Wiki. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wiki. Show all posts

Monday, April 7, 2008

WISHLIST ITEM + ART + EVENT: Murakami at The Brooklyn Museum

The show includes some 90 works, sampling Mr. Murakami’s entire whimsical world in paintings, wallpapers, colorful sculptures, drawings and a 20-minute animated video. It will consume 18,500 square feet of exhibition space spread over two floors.

Tan Tan Boy, 2001

Mr. Murakami, who is frequently called the Japanese Andy Warhol, is an astute manipulator of visual languages, artistic mediums and business models.

WISHLIST ITEM + ART: Wayne Thiebaud

"... is an american painter whose most famous works are of cakes, pastries, boots, toys and lipsticks..."

Friday, April 4, 2008

WORD: Schadenfreude

CBB says: (6:52:39 PM)
no sabes como estoy gozando!!!!!
-------- says: (6:52:55 PM)
que rata


... is a German word meaning 'pleasure from misfortune'
The term derives from Schaden (damage, harm) and Freude (joy)