JEAN ARP / HANS ARP

Jean/Hans Arp made these abstract and dynamic drawings for Tristan Tzara's "Vingt-cinq poèmes":

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I will post a series of photos to show different treasures I find in thrift shops and at flea markets.
This is #1:
I found an E with l'accent circonflexe:

PLASTIC ANIMALS

Spending time with my 3 year old son, and researching a bit at the same time...

VIEWPOINT

Above Yosemite Valley, you find the viewpoint Glacier Point:

COOL ALBINOS

MIROCO MACHIKO

Look at these!
I absoloutely love Miroco Machiko's weird stretchy animals. Those proportions! I find it extremely difficult to capture the naivity of a child's drawing, she does it SO well.

ALPACA FACES :)

My new favorite animal. A fluffy Alpaca. That fluffy face and big brown eyes are to die for. I also love their figure, there's something about the proportions (when they are not completely trimmed down).

BETSY YOUNGQUIST

Mixed media beaded work by American artist Betsy Youngquist:

BEARDED PIGS

Wow, these are new to me! Bearded pigs. Incredible breed.

HOSPITAL MIGUEL BOMBARDA

Hospital Miguel Bombarda, was a psychiatric hospital in Lisbon (it closed in 2011, and is now a museum). The building itself is a panopticon - an institutional building that allows a single watchman to observe all cells at once. Very creepy and fascinating concept...
As soon as I entered the center of the circular structure, I lost complete track of the way out.



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Drawings by inmates:

Tools...

Washroom:

SHIHO UEDA

Another japanese outsider artist, Shiho Ueda:

YUJI TSUJI

Yuji Tsuji, a japanese outsider artist, loves to look down at a city from a tall building. When he comes home, he rebuilds what he remembers, and draws the rest from his imagination. He doesn't bother to use eraser. One drawing can take him 2-3 months to finish.