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Arts and Culture

Robert Deyber at Martin Lawrence Galleries

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Dress Code
Dress Code By Robert Deyber (All Photos By Gail)

Pop Surrealism is a genre of painting that never gets tiresome for me. Connecticut based Artist Robert Deyber paints realist-style visual renderings of clichés, euphemisms and popular sayings or phrases, to create surreal, dreamlike tableaus that really take the viewer elsewhere. I love his work.

ClubHouse
Club House

Despite his keen sense of humor and the visually absurd, Robert Deyber is a seriously skilled painter. Much like solving Rebus Puzzles, the fun in observing Deyber’s paintings is trying to deduce the title from the images on the canvas. Sometimes it’s really easy and obvious, and at other times quite confounding. You can even make a game of it with your friends!

Fire Arms
Fire Arms

Here are some of my favorites from Thursday night’s opening reception, where I had the chance to meet Robert, and he was very nice!

Lion of Coke
Lion of Coke

Think Tank
Think Tank

Baseball Bat
Baseball Bat

Chick Magnet
Chick Magnet

Martin Lawrence Galleries is located at 457 West Broadway (Between Houston and Prince) in Soho, NY.

Screw You
I’ll let you guess what this one is called.

Arts and Culture

Claes Oldenburg: Mouse Museum/Ray Gun Wing at MOMA

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Washington DC Souvenir Ashtray
A Souvenir Ash Tray from Washington DC is Part of Claes Oldenburg’s Mouse Museum (All Photos By Gail)

Claes Oldenburg, the legendary pop sculptor, has long been a collector of objects and  images. His studio shelves contain an immense variety of items that, since 1972, he has gathered during his daily travels, alongside experiments and prototypes for his sculptures. Mouse Museum and Ray Gun Wing — currently on exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art — evolved from the artist’s commitment to this practice of collection, storage and display.

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Lifestyle, Nature and Tourism

Cuteness Alert: Dumbo Octopus

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Dumbo Octopus
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It has been a long while since I had a squee-worthy thing to share with you under the guise of the Cuteness Alert. But I think you will agree that this Dumbo Octopus, so named for its “floppy ears” (which you can’t fully appreciate in this photo) is simply cuteness distilled. Squee.

Design and Innovation

Pink Thing of The Day: Pink Octopus Chandelier

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Adam Wallacavage Pink Octopus Chandelier
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Adam Wallacavage is an insanely talented sculptor who makes chandeliers that look like Octopi. Seriously, you could create an entire Pinterest board on this guy’s work! See more of Adam’s Octopus Chandeliers at This Link!

Design and Innovation

Dream Living Room, Jonathan Adler Store, Madison Avenue

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Jonathan Adler Blue Living Room With Octopus

I want everything in this ’60s Mod Living Room Tableau.

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Jonathan Adler Blue Living Room Throw Pillows

Jonathan Adler Blue Living Room Table Piece

Found, Photographed and Deeply Admired at the Jonathan Adler Store, 1097 Madison Avenue at 83rd Street, NYC.