Sculpt a tidy investment Oct 23, 2009
Other finalists and chosen materials included Joan Ross's Come a Little Closer (kangaroo fur and plastic, $5500), Rosalind Lemoh's Sunday Best (boots made from polished concrete, $660) and Daniela Turrin's Cabinet of Curiosities 2 (timber cabinet, flame-worked glass raindrops, entomology pins and paper labels, $3950). Collectors such as Natalia Bradshaw (see My Collection) see these sculptures as an affordable alternative to large-scale collecting. (The Age, Australia)
Crucifixion 'not meant to offend' Oct 16, 2009
The work is part of an exhibition called The Age of the Marvellous, inspired by the 'cabinet of curiosities' which filled people with wonder in the 16th and 17th centuries with their mix of the exotic and the supernatural. Another of Fryer's pieces being shown in the crypt is a life-like black Christ depicted in an electric chair, a statement about the disproportionately large number of black people on death row in the United States. (The Age, Australia)
Matthew Day Jackson exhibit presents powerful themes via iconic images May 29, 2009
The work is like a sleekly modern cabinet of curiosities. It coheres thanks to the links Jackson suggests between the objects. (Boston Globe)
S.F. Decorator Showcase spotlights art May 11, 2009
"In such homes there were always great art collections. In this case it is about collecting specimens and thinking of the whole foyer space as a cabinet of curiosities.". The elevator is decorated with trompe l'oeil artist Jane Richardson-Mack's theatrical eglomise paintings of animals on silvered glass set into wood paneling. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Jane’s Addiction box set a sure fix for devoted fans Apr 28, 2009
Jane s Addiction, A Cabinet of Curiosities (Rhino) ... Open the Cabinet of Curiosities and you will find three CDs of music (mostly unreleased demos and live recordings), a DVD of music videos and personal footage from the band, a booklet that tells their story in words and pictures, trading cards featuring the four original members and four tiny worry dolls ... Taken together, A Cabinet of Curiosities is an immersive trip down memory lane with one of the most influential bands of the late 80s. (Helena Independent Record)
A LOOK AT THE WEEK AHEAD Apr 18, 2009
SHOWCASE :: Erie's Entertainment Web Site. Engelbert Humperdinck to play Chautauqua Institution on Aug. 7; tickets on sale now at www. (Erie Times-News, PA)
On his 70th birthday, Andriessen still relies on surprise Apr 6, 2009
Some of those surprises evolve out of the encyclopedic breadth of Andriessen's non-musical inspirations, a cabinet of curiosities that ranges from arcane medieval poetry to the paintings of Piet Mondrian. Almost everything you hear has a relationship to something outside the music, he said. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Janes Addiction reunites for SXSW Mar 21, 2009
Hes also worked hardest to preserve their material, for the past two years helping compile a three-CD set of rarities (Cabinet of Curiosities) that will be released in April. Farrell, the founder of the band, said he looked at the landscape in music and saw a vacancy. (MSNBC -- Music)
Market collapse eliminates big Rasmuson grants Feb 7, 2009
Daine Kaplan, president of the Rasmuson Foundation, with David Mollett's Cabinet of Curiosities on display in their Anchorage office. Market collapse eliminates big Rasmuson grants. (Anchorage Daily News)
