If someone told you they had scored 55 runs in an over at Lord’s, you’d think they were some kind of delusional fantasist (via Corridor of Uncertainty). I was grinning all morning at the fact that things like this can actually happen. A bit like a 15 year old being seven under par going into the final round of the (Women’s) Open.
Month: July 2005
tgpibp #5: Lichtenstein
Since the poll is not to find the best painting in a British collection, but the best-loved, I thought I’d mention the first favourite painting I remember having.
It’s the choice of a young boy – Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein. It used to hang prominently in the old Tate (i.e. what’s now Tate Britain), before they split off the modern collection into a separate building. Somehow I don’t think my appreciation for it had anything to do with the semiotic interplay between pop culture and ‘Fine Art’. I just thought it was cool.
The text in the thought bubble is a bit hard to read at this scale, but I can still remember it by heart: “I pressed the fire control and ahead of me the rockets blazed through the sky”.
new links list
You’ll notice on the left of the page that I have a new links list. It will get longer – those are just the ones I did before getting bored.
Nazism and Arab anti-semitism
An article exploring the links between early Islamist movements and the then National Socialist government of Germany. Via George Szirtes.
tgpibp #4: Manet
The Execution of Maximilian is an Impressionist painting that seems to form a link between Caravaggio and Picasso. The Impressionists weren’t always at their best painting people, but this is an exception. I also think the fact it’s in fragments adds to the appeal, though I’d be hard-pressed to explain why.
the law about police shooting people
As explained by a Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford. Via Londonist.