Thursday, November 09, 2017

Louise Bourgeois's Mamon sculpture

by Jack Brummet



Maman (mother in French) is a thirty foot high sculpture by the artist Louise Bourgeois. She was 87 when she created it in 1998. I saw the original at the Tate Modern in London, and there are six bronze castings in other locations around the world, including one in Bentonville, Ark., home of WalMart.

Detail (The egg sac contains 24 marble eggs):

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Wednesday, November 08, 2017

More stuff rich people buy

by Jack Brummet




$1,500. "The Everyday Objects collection transforms utilitarian items into handcrafted works of art. This classic coffee can gets a Tiffany twist in sterling silver. 6.7" high." At Tiffany.com.


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Saturday, November 04, 2017

Wednesday, November 01, 2017

Jared Kushner on the hot seat

by Jack Brummet


A new report by Vanity Fair:

"In a call Tuesday to former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon, Trump put blame on Kushner for the part he took in choices to fire former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former FBI director James Comey, Vanity Fair reported.Roger Stone, a longtime Trump ally, also recently said Kushner wasn't giving Trump good advice — a sentiment which Trump reportedly agreed with, according to someone familiar with the conversation.

"Sam Nunberg, a former campaign aide to President Trump who was fired, echoed the statement. “Jared is the worst political adviser in the White House in modern history,” Nunberg said.
 "I’m only saying publicly what everyone says behind the scenes at Fox News, in conservative media, and the Senate and Congress."
On top of all this, he is being investigated for setting up a private email server by multiple congressional committees, as well as sketchy contacts (and maybe more) with The Russians. In addition, Kushner is being actively investigated by the Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
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Faces 2159 - Self-portrait in faces helmet

by Jack Brummet


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