http://darteboard.com/2011/08/23/john-henry-died-with-a-hammer-in-his-hands/ Art, Criticism, Snark and More Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:31:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://darteboard.com/2011/08/23/john-henry-died-with-a-hammer-in-his-hands/#comment-19564 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:44:30 +0000 http://darteboard.com/?p=11047#comment-19564 [...] The source material in these varies from completely arbitrary (Sample voting ballot in the second piece down), to referencing the subject matter itself (the purple and blue dots in the 8th piece down), to ironic absurdity (the childrens’ illustration of the 7th down), to imposed relationships between different abstract patterns (patterns themselves being an intricate series of relationships between parts- 4th and 5th piece down). I’ve appropriated art publications, other artforms (music, quilting, literature), or non-art-forms (science publications) and even art making materials (used masking tape, cover of a watercolor pad in the 2nd down). I even appropriate the drawings of my own computer. [...]

]]> http://darteboard.com/2011/08/23/john-henry-died-with-a-hammer-in-his-hands/#comment-19440 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:15:43 +0000 http://darteboard.com/?p=11047#comment-19440 Well, I just ordered an iSpirit that isn’t going to be conquered until the iSpirit2 comes out next year

]]> http://darteboard.com/2011/08/23/john-henry-died-with-a-hammer-in-his-hands/#comment-19418 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:48:31 +0000 http://darteboard.com/?p=11047#comment-19418 They don’t conquer the human spirit,. They can co-opt the human spirit. Ask Zack dela Rocha though to be sure. In another story John Henry drops the hammer and designs a rock hammer that works 20 times more efficiently in two years, buys a home in the country and sends heavy donations to help Rick Perry get elected to a country he just wanted to secede from a few months ago.

]]> http://darteboard.com/2011/08/23/john-henry-died-with-a-hammer-in-his-hands/#comment-19415 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:32:58 +0000 http://darteboard.com/?p=11047#comment-19415 I love drawing patterns and these are really great

]]> http://darteboard.com/2011/08/23/john-henry-died-with-a-hammer-in-his-hands/#comment-19414 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:50:27 +0000 http://darteboard.com/?p=11047#comment-19414 [...] via John Henry Died With A Hammer In His Hands « d’Arte Board. [...]

]]> http://darteboard.com/2011/08/23/john-henry-died-with-a-hammer-in-his-hands/#comment-19413 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:07:15 +0000 http://darteboard.com/?p=11047#comment-19413 i
I knew you liked a puzzle hastings

]]>