Photo By Gail
In 2016, renowned chocolatier Jacques Torres created a special Halloween treat: Pumpkin Peeps. These treats were a playful and festive twist on the iconic marshmallows Peeps, which are typically known for their association with Easter. Torres’s version gave them a Halloween makeover, turning them into Pumpkin-man shapes. Creepy!
Continue reading Yes, it Exists: Jacques Torres’ Pumpkin Peeps!
Photo By Gail
The first sightings of a ghostly figure wandering the woods near a newly constructed train line in Freehold, New Jersey began in the 1870s. They were usually described as a lady having glowing eyes or a pair of antlers that twinkled in the moonlight. The sightings were most frequent during the harvest moon in woodlands just outside the farms that bordered the town.
Continue reading The Ghost Antlers
Photo By Gail
Little Ghost Eating Bread (1934) depicts a mysterious scene within an other worldlylandscape. Animated by Oppenheim‘s dark sense of humor, it portrays a cartoon-like figure about to step off a ledge while merrily nibbling on a loaf of bread. A cloaked form is partially visible on the right. Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Merit Oppenheim, Little Ghost Eating Bread
Photos By Gail
Finnish desirer Tuomas Markunpoika explores memory and metaphysics in the design of all his objects. In honor of his grandmother, who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, Markunpoika created Engineering Temporality (2012) by welding hand-cut rings of tubular steel over a traditional wooden cabinet. He then burned away the cabinet, leaving behind a shell of blackened metal rings; a ghost or shadow or the original form.
Engineering Temporality Cabinet, Detail
All Photos By Gail
While on a my way to a Fashion Week event, I spotted this very fun, psychedelic mural on the side of McQuaids Restaurant & Pub, located at the corner of 44th Street and 11th Avenue. At first, I thought it might be the work of Buff Monster, but it turned out to be by graffiti artists Ghost and Giz.
Here’s another shot.
The Mural is part of Animal NY’s Pub(lic) Art Project, which will see new murals by other street artists cycle through the space every few months. This one has been up since July, 2014.
Detail