Watched some old Spaced episodes today for background noise while I post craigslist ads, and just now noticed the Vulva character is awesome and has to be based on a real person. Am I the last to know that it’s this guy?
Leigh Bowery
Doug Aitken, 1968 (broken), 2011. 303 Gallery.
Highlights from Art Basel 2011. Photo: Jon Gasca
Contemporary Art Blog
Esther Stocker, Vue de l’exposition Destino Comune au MACRO de Rome, 2011 Installation
Exhibition ”Dirty Geometry”, September 10th − October 15th 2011 at KernotArt
Elise Azam Mravunac The Fearsome Distance Between What We Say and What We Mean, pen and ink on 6 layers of paper and foamcore, 53”x40”
Showing at Powell’s City of Books until next Tuesday, August 2nd!
Space is working the ‘neutrals’ trend this season
The Average Color of the Universe
What color is the universe? More precisely, if the entire sky was smeared out, what color would the final mix be? This whimsical question came up when trying to determine what stars are commonplace in nearby galaxies. The answer, depicted above, is a conditionally perceived shade of beige. To determine this, astronomers computationally averaged the light emitted by one of the largest sample of galaxies yet analyzed: the 200,000 galaxies of the 2dF survey. The resulting cosmic spectrum has some emission in all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, but a single perceived composite color. This color has become much less blue over the past 10 billion years, indicating that redder stars are becoming more prevalent. In a contest to better name the color, notable entries included skyvory, univeige, and the winner: cosmic latte.
Peanuts becomes even sadder when you remove the last panel.
(Source: 3eanuts)