PH’s Nico Gardner at Matchbox Gallery
January 28th, 2010
See you there.
Unhappy Hipsters (that will make YOU happy)
January 27th, 2010
Blog find of the day: Unhappy Hipsters.
“It was comforting to know that the neighbors had stopped speaking.
(Dwell magazine, April/May 2004)”
Poking fun at melodramatic Dwell magazine spreads, the website offers brilliant captions (not to mention a clean design!).
Cabinets of Curiosities
January 26th, 2010
PH has embraced the Wunderkammer, or cabinet of curiosities – encyclopedic collections of types of objects that derive from the culture of Renaissance Europe. Modern terminology would categorize the objects included as belonging to natural history, geology, ethnography, archaeology, historical relics, works of art and antiquities. The Wunderkammer was regarded as a microcosm or theater of the world, and a memory theater, conveying symbolically the patron’s control of the world through its indoor, microscopic reproduction.
Designers Amanda, Chris and Emily scored our area’s thrift stores to produce our own Cabinets of Curiosities. Among the finds:
Another find: a birdcage-esque armoire
In displaying the items, we also took inspiration from Joseph Cornell’s 1960s boxed assemblages. Take a peak inside this refurb stack of cubbies:
Wunderbar!
Valentine’s Day is February 14th.
January 22nd, 2010
PH has everything you need, with more greetings and gifts arriving daily!
PH in the Art Scene
January 21st, 2010
Friday evening marked the opening of the new Art Palace gallery on Main, in the historic Spanish Renaissance Revival Isabella Courts complex.
PH made a splash at the opening ceremonies. Here’s gallerist Arturo Palacios, PH phriend Karen Lantz and spouse Andy Farkas:
The show’s definitely worth checking out. Here’s the show’s central panel, Nike, Adidas, Reebok, or Little Bangs in a Big Bang:
