I think the value of my art collection may have increased a bit today. Not only did one of my favorite Ypsi artists, Jim Damron, just make it into the pages of the New York Times, but the article included a link back to something I’d written about a painting of his that I’d purchased […]
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Jim Damron, one of my favorite artists, gets a mention in the New York Times
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life Also tagged Jim Damron, mainstream media, Mark in the press, Mark's art collection, New York Times 3 Comments
Buck Henry by Jim Damron
Other than that unflattering portrait that I commissioned from Reverend Aitor a few years back at the Shadow Art Fair, I don’t think I’ve purchased a piece of art in the last ten years. As my stopping pretty much coincided with my moving back to Ypsi and signing a mortgage, I’d always assumed that it […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged Jim Damron, Mark's art collection, Reverend Aitor, unflattering portraits 7 Comments
Ziggy Stardust
Last night, as I couldn’t sleep, I stayed up late and watched a bunch of Ziggy Startdust-era Bowie stuff. Here are three of my better finds. Enjoy. Oh, and here’s a piece of bonus footage, taken of a young Bowie in 1964, talking about his newly formed organization, The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Observations Also tagged Aladdin Sane, Cracked Actor, David Bowie, David Jones, Davie Jones, Five Years, Mick Ronson, Moonage Daydream, rebellion of the longhairs, Romper Room, Society for Indecency to Naked Animals, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Longhaired Men, spiders, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Ziggy Stardust 5 Comments