Thailand's Gay Past

“Contrary to conservative beliefs, homosexuality has long existed in our society, as evidenced by these mural paintings,” said Varaporn, ... of murals painted on old temples in various parts of Thailand. Varaporn started with images ... is housed for public reverence. There, she found some murals with images of lesbianism. One, located [more...]

Date: 2008-02-24 16:11:49
Blog: Average Gay Joe...

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Thailand's Gay Past

As further proof that same sex love and attraction has existed for throughout the ages and not just in western countries, ... , however, and she would simply smile before providing a list of old temples with murals depicting ... , where she displayed photographs of murals painted on old temples in various parts of Thailand [more...]

Date: 2008-02-23 18:00:36
Blog: Michael-In-Norfolk...

Student Essay Insanity #28!

Again, I bring you an unexpected gem in the huge stack of papers I'm currently grading. Not all the essays I get are bad ones ... painted in white and pea-green with poster-sized murals of agricultural settings. Yes, I mean ... , I think murals of tractors and cows at a wedding are a nice touch. Add some chickens, and you're set [more...]

Date: 2008-02-25 03:10:21
Blog: Educated & Poor...

Brush Sizes

Brush Sizes February 20, 2008 in Uncategorized | 12 comments (Original article from Asiaone.com) ... - Western Murals, African Art 12 and greater - African cave murals, Surrealism To all practitioners ... Aussie penis artist bids for top art prize Wed, Feb 20, 2008 Reuters SYDNEY - A CHEEKY artist [more...]

Date: 2008-02-20 08:48:24
Blog: Soothsayer for Truth...

They Are Just Beautiful

Recently, Jane Hartwell, right, from Portland, Maine, and Marjorie Barry of Hingham, Mass., looked at the Vicksburg Waterfront Murals on Levee Street. "They are just beautiful," the women said of the works by Louisiana artist Robert Dafford. Twenty-two murals have been completed along [more...]

Date: 2008-02-26 18:14:22
Blog: Marian's Hunting Storie...

Asheville Murals

I can't sing, I can't paint, and I can't write how I feel, so all I have left is photography to express myself ... who produce large scale artworks like these murals I found in downtown Asheville. How do they paint [more...]

Date: 2008-02-26 11:07:24
Blog: My Viewfinder...

Abstract Murals - Exhibition of Paintings

Abstract Murals - Exhibition of Paintings Posted by admin In Art 20Feb 08 Artist : Uma MehraVenue : Malaka Spice                 Vrindavan Apts.,                 Lane No.6 [more...]

Date: 2008-02-20 15:17:07
Blog: Event Mosaic ...

MURALS HUH? Controversional or not..this art?

We all know that some of the best art is controversial, but these murals might be crossing the line. Or are they? - Denver International Airport (DIA): Those of us biding our layover time at DIA [more...]

Date: 2008-02-28 06:06:47
Blog: Kiki...

so just you know how its done: a graffiti video by the killer gerbil

The Killer Gerbil mentions: "i just wanna share a video which I painted illegally somewhere in Singapore in broad daylight just to test the ... ." /// CLICK HERE FOR MY TAKE MY PERSONAL TAKE: personally speaking, the line between graffiti-ART and piss ... /corporate sanctioned wall murals (disguised as "graffiti") that i've seen, that range from totally [more...]

Date: 2008-02-25 10:14:10
Blog: TOYSREVIL'S I LIKE TOYS...

Passions

I was cleaning up some image files today and thought I'd share a few with you just for fun. I spent many years as a decorative painter. For many years my love and passion was finding old and unloved furniture and turning it into something that would inspire people to take it home and give it a new life. I also loved painting murals [more...]

Date: 2008-02-27 00:30:17
Blog: Gail Schmidt ~ Artist...

Paul Shambroom

Lots of hype this weekend in the local press about the Paul Shambroom Picturing Power exhibit at the Weisman ... . And his technical ability and breadth of view, as brought to light in massive mural prints ... at all day long. I know it’s cliche, but they have such a simple poetic theater to them. Very Norman [more...]

Date: 2008-02-10 02:15:12
Blog: Hart Up North...

February is...

National African American History Month! Yale Press has a wide range of books covering this topic for you to check out ... . Here's just a sample: Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist, edited by Susan Earle 9780300121803 In paintings, murals, and book illustrations, Aaron Douglas (1899–1979) produced the most [more...]

Date: 2008-02-01 15:03:49
Blog: Yale Press Log...

North Koreans watch from their neighborhood on the outskirts of Pyongyang as buses carrying the New York Philharmonic ... with Stalinist buildings, with colorful murals shouting such slogans as, "Let us be armed with socialist ideals [more...]

Date: 2008-02-25 22:55:19
Blog: The Swamp...

Sidney Nolan

Sidney Nolan at the National Gallery of Victoria is the first retrospectiveexhibition to be mounted since the artist’s death in 1992 and it includes ... of several panoramic murals Nolan produced between 1964 and 1967, and it was drawn from the Goulburn Valley [more...]

Date: 2008-02-24 02:34:20
Blog: Junk for Code...

NMS installation finished

The installation team from DOT is so expert, they might just be any art installer. They are real tropper, installing the mural in freezing cold temperature. Thanks guys: Bill Sic, Joe Mashella, Steve Buckley and Joe Vaccaro Labels: art posted by Tattfoo&Ensze [more...]

Date: 2008-02-26 05:53:44
Blog: l'arte d'arrangiarsi...

North Korea, the land where time stands still

North Koreans watch from their neighborhood on the outskirts of Pyongyang as buses carrying the New York Philharmonic ... with Stalinist buildings, with colorful murals shouting such slogans as, "Let us be armed with socialist ideals [more...]

Date: 2008-02-25 20:53:22
Blog: The Swamp...

The Dentist And The Filling Of...

I felt a slight tinge of pain in a tooth the other day, and then my Mum dropped her false teeth unknowingly where her dog could find them ... . It was painted by those people with some great murals too. Allan’s wife, who schooled [more...]

Date: 2008-02-23 21:52:01
Blog: AELEOPE...

AM Inbox: Another convert to the preheader message

>>Two-Click Survey: Which is more important to generating opens: the sender name or subject line? Vote today on the eec homepage. RetailEmail ... 25% Off the Entire Site + New Vintage, Murals & more Bass Pro Shops, 2/26 — Shop New Turkey Calls [more...]

Date: 2008-02-27 19:23:44
Blog: RetailEmail.Blogspot...

Red Lion's Ebert Furniture: From bedroom suites to gunstocks

Joan Concilio's Only in York County blog uncovered a site seeking - and providing - information on ... by Zell Company. Background posts: Bank adds murals to York County's walls and Cigarmaking Red Lion [more...]

Date: 2008-02-23 14:25:37
Blog: York Town Square...

Jorge Rodriguez Gerada

"Jorge Rodriguez Gerada transforms common people into icons by rendering them in charcoal as urban murals. He delves not only in the identity of the neighborhood where he realizes his work but also [more...]

Date: 2008-02-25 06:02:33
Blog: Pilipinas Street Plan...

Economic Development from the Ground Up

Matthew Newton has a nice piece in Next American City on the dynamic, young leaders - Khari Mosely, Cathy Lewis, ... and facilitates a public art program that commissions and installs a series of new murals in different [more...]

Date: 2008-02-03 13:07:00
Blog: Richard Florida and The...

Jorge Rodriguez Gerada - The Video

"Jorge Rodriguez Gerada transforms common people into icons by rendering them in charcoal as urban murals. He delves not only in the identity of the neighborhood where he realizes his work [more...]

Date: 2008-02-23 21:17:28
Blog: Wooster Collective...

NOLA Rising

I had a great time at the Alternative Media Expo on Saturday ( ... painted over stop signs, personal property and even art murals that business owners [more...]

Date: 2008-02-27 02:17:30
Blog: MissMalaprop.com - indi...

Beer, Chocolate, Waffles, Frites...

...Thats how my tour book summarised the city of Brussels in Belgium ... ! One things Brussels is famous for is all the street art and murals on the sides of buildings [more...]

Date: 2008-02-26 14:43:37
Blog: Linzie Hunter...

M 14-A Bus Ride up Avenue A

M 14-A Bus Ride up Avenue A Lower your carbon footprint ... are open. You can see the graffiti tags and murals, normally hidden when the burglar gates are raised [more...]

Date: 2008-02-24 14:16:17
Blog: GammaBlog - Photos , V...

Malcolm X Park's shed

A snowbound view of Malcolm X Park’s storage shed featuring murals of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz and neighborhood activist Rena Ennis. Via Malcolmxpark [more...]

Date: 2008-02-27 09:46:06
Blog: Welcome to LiveModern....

[Ancient] Greek Marble Mosaics 1: Olympia, from The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915), added on 26th Feb 2008

Ancient Greek Marble Mosaics 1: Olympia One corner of a gold-on-black border for a mural, with urns and pineapples. (read more...) [more...]

Date: 2008-02-26 12:20:00
Blog: Liam’s Pictures from Ol...

Sports Murals MOTOCROSS DIRT BIKE Wallpaper Border

US $14.99 End Date: Saturday Feb-23-2008 22:17:13 PST Buy It Now for only: US $14.99 Buy it now | Add to watch list More... [more...]

Date: 2008-02-24 06:13:14
Blog: Dirt Bike Forum ...

Because it's not the stuff you know you're doing that you need to worry about.

I don't remember ever playing with dolls. I must have, I had dolls, but I don't remember playing with them. It didn't register in the long-term memory ganglia or whatever neural part it is they reside in. I had a cabbage patch doll. My Mom bought me one for Christmas the year they were all the rage--remember that? [more...]

Date: 2008-02-26 12:29:23
Blog: a garden of nna mmoy...

East Side Mural and Graffiti

I took this picture of a mural and graffiti (on East Fifth I think) in 2004. We are coming up to a theme day on murals or graffiti. This one may still be there. But the one I'll use for theme day [more...]

Date: 2008-02-23 10:30:46
Blog: Austin, Texas Daily Pho...

TOWANDA!!!!

This is the Amazing Ms Amanda of the blog Pandora's Button Box. We"met"on Flickr almost 2 years ago. Well, maybe, in July it will be 2 years. On Saturday I got to meet her in person. It was delightful and she was exactly like I had pictured in my mind [more...]

Date: 2008-02-25 23:24:59
Blog: Calamity Kim...

The Art Of Jim Warren

Jim Warren was born in Nov 24, 1949 in Long Beach, CA to Don and Betty Warren ... with his name, you have undoubtedly seen his work. His fine art paintings and personalized portraitures ... , and Fine Art Galleries coast to coast now carry his works. Jim has also illustrated over 200 book [more...]

Date: 2008-02-13 21:31:21
Blog: Fresh Pics...

Suffer in their coming and their going

In light of the recent deaths of Brendan 'The Dark' Hughes and Margaret Hughes, mother of legendary IRA volunteer and heroic H-Block martyr Francis, I decided that it was perhaps apt and poignant to once more reflect on the events of the 1981 hunger strike [more...]

Date: 2008-02-23 16:30:54
Blog: Balrog...

Melissa Joan Hart builds room for their second baby

Melissa Joan Hart builds room for their second baby ... and put murals on the wall of fish, whales and turtles. It’s huge, and he’s got a fish tank now.” [more...]

Date: 2008-02-15 19:00:41
Blog: In Case You Didn’t Know...

Tobias Rehberger: The chicken-and-egg-no-problem wall-painting

Tobias Rehberger: The chicken-and-egg-no-problem wall-painting Tobias Rehberger: The chicken-and-egg-no-problem wall-painting ... sensation. Some sculptures made of coloured Perspex throw red, blue or green shadow on the wall, while ... is devising a special installation involving sculptures and light that produce a mural. The artist’ [more...]

Date: 2008-02-27 11:21:00
Blog: mondomedeusah creative...

Sunday Scribblings--passion

Sunday Scribblings prompt is Passion. Lately all the prompts seem to leave me, uh, passionless ... I’d talk about my home city, Chicago. It amazes me that I can be passionate about Chicago. I wasn’t born here; in fact, I hadn’t set foot in the Midwest until I applied to the University of Chicago [more...]

Date: 2008-02-25 01:45:21
Blog: blogaway...

Inside The State Capitol Building

... state seal, some text engraved above a doorway, part of the murals on the curved walls [more...]

Date: 2008-02-25 06:39:10
Blog: Stayton (Oregon) Daily ...

Mark Wilkerson and Melissa Joan Hart on Mason's new room and their active baby on the way

Three more weeks until their second child arrives, and Mark Wilkerson and Melissa Joan Hart are preparing ... from Pottery Barn –- and my stepmom came and put murals on the wall of fish, whales and turtles [more...]

Date: 2008-02-15 00:09:08
Blog: Celebrity Baby Blog...

Coronado Historic Neighborhood Tour and Festival

Coronado Historic Neighborhood Tour and Festival February 23, 2008 by Lyle Plocher comment The 21st Annual Coronado Neighborhood Tour and Festival will highlight 12 of the eclectic neighborhood's most unique homes, several businesses, nonprofit organizations and public murals [more...]

Date: 2008-02-23 21:52:11
Blog: Downtown Phoenix Journa...

Basement Decorating Ideas Can Be Found Many Places

So many people have much more living space in their homes than they thought ... you have in your basement. Some people already have framing and drywall over their brick or cement basement [more...]

Date: 2008-02-28 11:08:44
Blog: Home And Gardens Advice...

Sparks, MD: Crown and Thistle Tea Room - 'Relaxing'

Review of Crown and Thistle Tea Room at 10 Fila Way, Sparks, MD 21152-9397 by PandaLHU:I headed here for my annual High Tea ($21.95) with my ZTA Alum group. When you walk in you are welcome by hand painted murals the cover the walls. We were in the Garden room where the walls have hand painted magnolia flowers [more...]

Date: 2008-02-24 13:08:46
Blog: Restaurant Reviews and ...

Five Controversial Murals

We all know that some of the best art is controversial, but these five murals might be crossing the line. Or are they? ... controversial murals to ever grace the walls of a baggage claim.  Some of the murals ... -type guy stabbing a dove and other disturbing stuff.  Some conspiracy theorists say the murals were [more...]

Date: 2008-02-19 23:24:17
Blog: Neatorama ...

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