Back in July of ’09 Fabulous Frames & Art hosted an art show that was comprised of a “trove” of original Charley Harper gouache paintings on board. The paintings were part of the Ford Motor Company’s Corporate Art Collection.
Exhibition description:
Part of a trove of original paintings in the Corporate Art Collection of the Ford Motor Company “lost” to collectors and the studio itself for 35 years
No one knew they existed until the Ford historian let Charley Harper’s son know they had been relocated along with the Norman Rockwells.
These gems, all gouache paintings on board, were offered for sale to the Harper family subject to approval by Edsel Ford II.
Every painting had appeared at some time or another in the Ford Times or Lincoln Mercury Times Magazines.
My wife and daughter, who at the time wasn’t 2 weeks old, went to the show open. As always Fabulous frames & Art was the place to be. I don’t think I’ve been around so many Charley Harper fanatics as I had that day. The show had visitors from states all around Ohio. I have below a bunch of the photos I took during the show… they aren’t the best due to the reflections on the frame’s glass. Oh, and I could only snap photos of the ones that were shoulder high and below. I wish I could’ve taken photos of all the paintings for those of you who couldn’t make it to the show. Sorry it took me so long to post.
Back on July 11th Fabulous Frames & Art hosted a show exhibiting a “…trove of original paintings in the Corporate Art Collection of the Ford Motor Company lost to collectors and the studio itself for 35 years.” I was able to go to the show opening with my wife and our, at the time, 11 day old daughter. All of the paintings in the show at one time or another appeared in either the Ford Times or Lincoln Mercury Times Magazines.
I took as many photos as I could of the gouache paintings on board. de-OH’s official post is coming soon but below are two photos to get you all excited!
For a stretch of a few years after high school I moved to South America and lived in the northern region of Argentina. Salta, Tucuman and Jujuy were my stomping grounds and empanadas, alfajores and mirinda manzana were staples in my diet. While in Argentina I was obsessed with their art, specifically Florencio Molina Campos. I won’t go too much into Molina Campos now but here are just a few things to consider… he did paintings for the Alpargatas calenders in Argentina and then in the United States for Minneapolis Moline Power Implement Co. He also spent some time working for Disney. I have a few of the calenders from the 40′s and some from the Min-Moline days that I’ll post sooner or later.
The Fausto book that I have below is a pretty rare second edition. Check it out and let me know what you think.
A few years back Habitat Skateboards teamed up with Charley Harper to create a series of skateboards. A year or so after that they did another series and this year Habitat has come out with a couple more Harper decks in their Fauna Foes series.
When the first series of Habitat/Harper decks came out I bought them all, then drove down to Cincinnati. There I met Charley and his wife at his home/studio, where he signed each deck in the series. It was an honor to meet Charley and see the many works he has created throughout his rich life, including a sketch he made in Europe during WWII. Unfortunately in June of 2007 Charley passed away but the love for his art will last forever.
Many Harper fans don’t know about the skateboards so here are some photos of a few of the decks in the series. I’ve recently hung up five of them in our edit suite… they look great!
Alien Workshop‘s Mind Field is out after about five years in the making. I made it to the Dayton, Ohio premiere the Wednesday before its worldwide release and I was blown away. Once again Chris Carter and Mike Hill have put out a film second to none. Props have to be given to the director, Greg Hunt, as well as to Hill and Bowers for all the motion graphics. If you’re into J Mascis you’ll love the soundtrack as well.
I’m a big fan of time-lapse and tilt-shift photography so when I came across Keith Loutit, an Aussie, needless to say I was impressed. It’s hard to believe that some of these shots aren’t models. Watch this video then check out his vimeo page for more videos, like Metal Heart, and watch them a little bigger as well.
* after watching this video I had to download the music. Check out the Headless Heroes here.
Here is another one of Are’s creations, Barbie of the Undead. Check out his site to see photos of this Barbie’s transformation. It should be for sale this month if there is anyone who wants to give it to their kid as a birthday present.
