Rock'n'roll posters, an under appreciated artform

Hey. Been a while, eh? Been busy. You? Yup, same here...

Anyway, I've been saving a bunch of cool links I'd like to get out to y'all, so let's dive in:

Not really a "lost art" but not really a necessary communication device anymore, the rock poster provided a tremendous amount of absolutely innovative and gorgeous graphic works over the past 40 years. Ben Marks at BoingBoing provided a wonderful overview of the form back in October right here. Some samples from the article, When Art Rocked:

You've probably seen this before; it's a classic

The show of the same name is still on until the end of this month. If in San Fran in the next few weeks, 

check it out.

Something a little more modern, perhaps? Image Comics (!) produced this nifty overview of the '80's punk scene by reproducing over 600 flyers from shows featuring "Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, Gorilla Biscuits, Youth of Today, Agnostic Front, AOD, Fear, GBH, Murphy’s Law, Warzone, Kraut, and hundreds more."

If you dig this, check out these two links as well:

The Rock Poster Society

RockPosters.com

Next week, we look at some travel posters, for those who think communism = vacation.

Happy Thanksgiving! Here's some neato art things...

So many fun things in my Pocket I'd like to share with everyone...here's a few...

If you're ever looking for a concise graphic overview of art in the 20th Century, you can't go wrong with this "artmap" by Rama Hoetzlein.

See it in a larger size here at the artists site

He cleverly includes media, politics and science to provide even more context of each movement. Wander around his site for a while - cool stuff to behold...

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Next up, we have an array of vintage magician posters from Rebecca O'Connell at Mental Floss. Now, who doesn't love a magician? Me, for one. But the classic style of these advertisements have a strong pulp sensibility and you can see the influence they had on early comic book covers as well.

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Guillaume Cornet - his intricate and geometric illustrations are just fun to stare at for while:

There's a bunch more here

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Everyone has seen this before, correct? Norman Rockwell's Freedom From Want:

Since Thanksgiving is tomorrow, how would you like to see about three dozen parodies of the above image? I know I would, so let's click here and enjoy, courtesy of Philip Van der Vossen at Gunaxin.

Here's one more:

Have a great long weekend and travel safe!

Autism and art, plus a little motivation

I recently came across the story of Iris Grace, an Autistic 5 year old who possesses an amazing ability with a paint brush.  Autism affects one of every 68 children in the US, according to the CDC. Currently she has over 95,000 followers on Facebook and has sold paintings to private art collectors all over the world.

"All profits from the sales of her art go towards art materials and her on-going private therapists". I strongly recommend visiting IrisGracePainting.com and watch her at work.

Beautiful stuff...

Here's a few more links in the same vein:
http://50watts.com/Drawing-Autism
https://www.facebook.com/ArtistsandAutism
http://discovermagazine.com/galleries/zen-photo/a/autismart

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Not feeling like working today? Lack of get-up-and-go? No spring in your step? Let Bill Jones help with these motivational posters from the 1920's and 1930's:

More about Bill Jones can be found at the Norman Rockwell Museum website