Not Swords into Plowshores but Marine Mines into Furniture

Mati Karmin, an Estonian sculptor, is not turning swords into plowshares, but he is turning marine mines into some rather remarkable furniture and household appliances.  Karmin’s mine furniture is steampunk with a post-apocalyptic twist.   On the northern coast of Estonia, especially on Naissaar … Continue reading

Fifth Annual Remembering Fulton Fish Market Art Exhibit 2010

A wonderful show by Naima Rauam.  It captures everything about the old market with the possible exception of the smell of fish. Fifth Annual Remembering Fulton Fish Market Art Exhibit 2010 … Continue reading

Setting Full Sail Toward the 20th Century

The American Museum of Folk Art in New York has a new exhibit –  Thomas Chambers (1808-1869): American Marine and Landscape Painter.  His paintings have been described as having an “entrancing, slightly demonic style … neither strictly realist nor naïve, they … Continue reading