Mine Olde Tweetes 2009

​@thereforeijam  May 2, 2009
ArtChicago surprised--having mostly art people could stand to live or work with. No dead things this year. Enjoyable. Not crowded.

@thereforeijam  May 5, 2009
Introducing Chae Sung-Pil, one of my favorite artists from ArtChicago. Beautiful landscape/field paintings-- http://bit.ly/D4igG

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Note floating ball at the end--RT @TEDchris
--Tom Shannon's gorgeous science-inspired sculptures in today's #TED talk http://is.gd/xdOU
9:40 AM · May 6, 2009

@thereforeijam  May 21, 2009
Reading D. Hockney's "Secret Knowledge," 2001 about the Renaissance and possible use of lenses/mirrors in painting. http://bit.ly/10w6ke

​@thereforeijam  Jun 14, 2009
"The Forger's Spell" by E. Dolnick-Book about a WWII-era forger who made Vermeer and other forgeries with Bakelite-laced oil paints.

@thereforeijam  Jun 25, 2009
After reading Hockney book on art & optics, then reading "Forger's Spell," it's plausible that the optics theory could help spot forgeries.

@thereforeijam  Jul 27, 2009
Getting skittish of selling vintage/antique prints on paper. Borrowed another book called "Provenance" likely to reinforce this opinion.

​@thereforeijam  Jul 27, 2009
This article makes no mention of the vintage posters the gallery bought from Kennedy in the late 90s early 2000s http://bit.ly/YAbZt

​@thereforeijam  Jul 27, 2009
Learned recently that the gallery I used to work for bought a few of their vintage posters from a guy who was indicted for forgeries.

@thereforeijam  Aug 13, 2009
Paul Cocksedge, experimental light artist/designer. http://bit.ly/kLW39

@thereforeijam  Aug 15, 2009
Elegant reuse: Arch. Digest reports that the bottles cladding the exterior of this home are Red Bull bottles http://bit.ly/3Fz0U5

@thereforeijam  Aug 16, 2009
Audrey Niffenegger is also a print/book artist. Curated a grp. show incl. her at the Athenaeum few yrs ago. http://bit.ly/yt8rM

@thereforeijam  Sep 7, 2009
Recommend "The Lost Painting" by Jonathan Harr. Very engaging recent art historical mystery without any Templars or other BS.

@thereforeijam  Sep 21, 2009
Wet, hazardous drive on pitch-black, recently repaved country routes last night. No lights, lane lines or road reflectors. Whispers & fog.

@thereforeijam  Sep 21, 2009
Elegant reuse: Flower pots made from recycled tires. http://ow.ly/qoLb Smaller versions seen at the bottom of this page: http://ow.ly/qoKi

@thereforeijam  Sep 26, 2009
The finest movie review blog for all of those old or very obscure movies you thought you'd never want to see-- http://bit.ly/kbUpW

@thereforeijam  Oct 6, 2009
Started putting fruit in a bowl out in the open so the kids would be tempted to eat it. Now I find fruit everywhere with 1 bite out of it.​

@thereforeijam  Oct 6, 2009
via @RandomGoodStuff: One nation under god - the oil painting: http://bit.ly/uJWpR Maudlin fundy kitsch-this is screaming for parody.

@thereforeijam  Oct 8, 2009
via @MichellePeluso http://bit.ly/rdJLZ David Hockney's latest series is done with his thumb on iPhone Brushes.

@thereforeijam  Oct 8, 2009
Uh-oh. Pirate sword, hat & strewn tween treasure tells me there has been yet another ninja pirate rodeo princess raid on big sister's room.

@thereforeijam  Oct 13, 2009
See Maritess Zurbano, professional magician! RITES OF ENCHANTMENT- play reading at the Dramatist's Guild NYC Oct.23 7:30 pm

@thereforeijam  Nov 10, 2009
Huh. Had no idea Schiele ever did a floral. Nice. http://ow.ly/B2XH

@thereforeijam  Nov 14, 2009
We're enjoying one of our all-time family favorites-- http://bit.ly/2saFVc

@thereforeijam  Nov 22, 2009
Nice stained glass technique using found glass items. http://ow.ly/EKOe

@thereforeijam  Nov 26, 2009
We are also thankful for Gary's Vision: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptLD0kCoHG4

@thereforeijam  Dec 3, 2009
6 Hilarious Attempts at Brainwashing Kids with Comic Books from Cracked http://tinyurl.com/y8r5eod

@thereforeijam  Dec 11, 2009
The lush paintings of Csilla Sadloch: http://www.csillasadloch.com/Csilla_Sadloch_paintings/home.html

@thereforeijam  Dec 19, 2009
I learned about Spacedog today. Check out this doll playing the theremin. <3 <3 <3 ♫ http://blip.fm/~i1z25

@thereforeijam  Dec 22, 2009
I'm spoiled, but unless bright white is part of a design pallette white matted pictures on most wall colors stick out like a sore thumb.

@thereforeijam  Dec 31, 2009
Haeckl is a lot like the Escher of the naturalists, isn't he?