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Modern Art Monday Presents: Jean Dubuffet Study for Tower with Figures

study for tower with figures jean dubuffet photo by gail worley
All Photos By Gail

Jean Dubuffet’s Study for Tower with Figures (1968), standing nearly ten feet tall, makes a striking statement when encountered outdoors; its painted polyurethane on epoxy facade, bold black outlines and puzzle-like shapes making it instantly recognizable as part of Dubuffet’s famous Hourloupe cycle.

At first glance, it looks playful — almost cartoonish. Tangled forms, bulbous limbs, and abstracted faces interlock like a jigsaw puzzle sprung to life. But beneath the humor lies Dubuffet’s serious artistic mission: to challenge the polish of modernity and instead celebrate the raw, the provisional, and the imperfect. Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Jean Dubuffet Study for Tower with Figures

Modern Art Monday Presents: xhairymutant Embedding Study 1 and 2 By Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst

xhairymutantx embedding study 1 photo by gail worley
xhairymutant Embedding Study 1 (Photos By Gail)

These works by artists Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst are part of a project focused on training the data behind artificial intelligence (AI) models, opening new possibilities for its use.
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How Dating Apps are Changing Romance: Psychological and Sociological Insights

woman looking at dating app on smart phone
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Prevalence and Usage Patterns

Dating apps have become a primary method for individuals to meet potential partners. In 2022, 366 million people worldwide used dating apps or online dating sites. Within the age group of 18-25, a quarter of men and over a third of women are active users. Intensive usage of these applications has been correlated with heightened levels of loneliness and depression.
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Modern Art Monday Presents: Roy Lichtenstein, Study for Interior with Ajax

interior with ajax photo by gail worley
Photo By Gail

In the 1990s, Roy Liechtenstein created a body of work called Interiors, in which he mixed references to classical antiquity, the renaissance, and modernism. He also used visual signs plucked from his own illustrious career, such as his characteristic Ben-Day dots . Created in the last year of Lichtenstein‘s life, this drawing is a study for a painting, Interior with Ajax (1997), commissioned by the fashion designer Gianni Versace. In it, a confused looking Ajax, a hero of Greek mythology, finds himself in an an eclectically decorated room in which styles float free of their contexts and hatch marks are divorced from their descriptive function.

Photographed in the Morgan Library in Manhattan.

Eye On Design: Joybird Downloadable Interior Design Coloring Book!

living room coloring book
Color Me Beautiful . . .

Oh man, I can’t even tell you how much I miss being able to go out to see new art, or attend my favorite design shows, such as the Architectural Digest Design Show and ICFF. Maybe you feel as I do, and are looking for new, creative ways to fight lockdown boredom, while also exercising your artistic talent and flair for design. If that is the case, then you will be excited to hear that manufacturers of custom, Mid-century design furniture, Joybird has created a free, downloadable coloring book featuring 8 escape-worthy living spaces for the interior design lover to color as they choose  To start coloring, download the PDFs available at This Link and print them – it’s that easy. Here are a few of the cool room designs included.

bedroom coloring book
The Bedroom

kitchen coloring book
The Kitchen

Joybird would love to see the designs you come up with, so feel free to share your creations on social media with the hashtag #joybirdcolors.

den coloring book
The Den

long chair coloring book
The Study