The In-Sect - art

Thanks to Ben Perry – an American living in Berlin, Germany, who is hooked with Flickr – you can browse through over 1400 propaganda posters from the Союз Советских Социалистических Республик​.
The earlist works are from 1917, (five years before the USSR, to be axact) the latest from 1991. And you do not have to learn Cyrillic: Many of them are translated to English in the commentaries by Ben’s visitors.
One may discuss the ethical dimension of art that gets exploited for political reasons (on both sides of the iron curtain) but there is no doubt that some of these posters are incredible excellent works of graphic art.
See this vast collection on Flickr here or visit Ben Perry’s blog.

Ah – I remember those merry days of childhood when my mother strolled around the neighbourhood with me in my little monster-booby-car! It was so comforting sitting in the warm brain of a monster in summer. And did its rotten teeth not protect me from fairies and pixies or good-willing sprites?
Gotten curious? Check the site of Elmer Preslee: Illustration, Furniture and Sculpture. And buy the Monster Stroller

Sol Bernstein is the creation of English stand up comedian Steve Jameson. He’s playing an 85 year old-school Jewish comic: “After 25 years of semi retirement, playing nursing homes, Sol Bernstein has found a new audience – he had to, his old one died.”
This tribute act is a very old fashioned combination of raunchy oneliners and far fetched puns. But this works very well and gives you this cozy nostalgic feeling. His website" sports four Quicktime movies of his show (a little slow loading, be patient): Sol Bernstein’s homepage, an interview with Steve Jameson. Or simply book him for your next party here!

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This is the perfect Icelandic saga, both in language as well as content – just a lot more concise than most of them.

These are the Thumb Babies, cute little pieces of art created by Ya Ya Chou. Her work with gummi bears was quite popular around the web. Quote from her homepage: “YaYa Chou’s works combine humor and commentary on modern lifestyles; they are inspired by language, social phenomenon and melody, stemmed from consumption, theory, and words. Mostly she investigates the assumption of what is natural and what is unnatural.”
Ya Ya Chou’s homepage.
Only a little mouthful of a blog post, I know, but I’m really busy right now. Sorry.

Have you got a geek in your family? Want to know about a classy present for her/him? Buy an original from “The Shatner Show”, an exhibiton with only one topic: William Shatner! Over 70 artists participated and the result is a very entertaining and intelligent collection. You can buy originals via eMail, prices differ between 100 and 15,000 dollars. If your budget is a little stretched you may prefer to buy the book for about 50 bucks. The show runs until August, the 31st at the Uppercase Gallery in Calgary.
Visit The William Shatner Show (To browse through the pictures simply click on any artist’s name.) There is a blog about the show: The Captain’s Blog Found at Drawn.

Other Shatner related links at the In-Sect: Shatner’s Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Kirk and Spock – True Love and Spock Carved Emu Egg $95.00