Category Archives: Art

Case Statement for NCPH New Deal Working Group

Posted on February 6, 2012 by LaDale Winling

See this post for background on the NCPH Working Group. As other members of the working group have noted, academic historians and popular audiences alike tend to recognize the importance of the New Deal and much of its legacy.1 In … Continue reading →

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Reconstructing the New Deal

Posted on February 6, 2012 by LaDale Winling

NCPH Working Group: 10. Reconstructing the New Deal: Towards a National Inventory of New Deal Art and Public Works Facilitators: Eileen Eagan, University of Southern Maine; eagan@usm.maine.edu Gray Brechin, University of California at Berkeley; gbrechin@berkeley.edu Sean Lent, Independent Scholar; sean.lent@maine.edu … Continue reading →

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Historic Photography

Posted on January 18, 2012 by LaDale Winling

A photo project I’ve recently seen passed around Facebook is the Detroit re-photography project by David Jordano. A Chicago-based photographer, in 1973 Jordano was a Detroiter and conducted a photo survey of his city. He recently revisited those sites and … Continue reading →

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The Gross Clinic

Posted on August 31, 2010 by LaDale Winling

Above you see an image of Thomas Eakins’ restored Gross Clinic (restored version left, old version right). The painting was purchased by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from Jefferson University, pre-empting an agreement … Continue reading →

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The Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago

Posted on August 9, 2009 by LaDale Winling

A brief, introductory review. Light and open on the inside. Pretty interesting looking on the outside. The new bridge creates some interesting new views. All in all good, but not as good as the original building. More to come?

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Again with the Photography?

Posted on January 13, 2008 by urbanoasis

Dinner Party Originally uploaded by urbanoasis Best conference Web site ever — Photographic Proofs, an event a colleague of mine at Yale is putting on in April. In local news the Art Institute of Chicago is currently exhibiting photos from … Continue reading →

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Theater Tip

Posted on December 9, 2007 by urbanoasis

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind performed by the Neo-Futurists. One of my wife’s colleagues invited us to see the best of 2006 show last year, with some seriously funny plays performed in an Andersonville black box theater. … Continue reading →

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Shadow/Art Fair

Posted on November 27, 2007 by urbanoasis

I’m unfortunately not going to be in Ypsi for this year’s Shadow Art Fair. In order to console myself, I’m going to the shadow exhibit The Other Side of Light exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. I’ve been looking … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week: Railscape

Posted on November 24, 2007 by urbanoasis

RailScape Originally uploaded by urbanoasis The Adrian Smith/Skidmore Owings Merrill tower under construction is in the background while the orderly Wabash buildings line up to overlook the tracks on the Loop. Buy the original on Etsy.

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Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ

Posted on October 30, 2007 by urbanoasis

This early cut is my favorite Springsteen album. Springsteen is probably the only national music act I really like because his local roots are clear and continue to offer him musical inspiration. At the planning history conference this past week/end, … Continue reading →

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