A journal by artist and designer John Coulthart.
More Belgian Symbolism of a kind, although it’s debatable the degree to which Félicien Rops should be regarded as a Symbolist even though his work is generally listed as such. Decadent, certainly, and he did touch on popular Symbolist themes such as the temptation of St. Anthony, but only as part of his persistent obsession … Continue reading “Félicien Rops et Son Oeuvre”
Hvítserkur, Vestur-Hunavatnssysla, Iceland. By Flickr user jónr. I hadn’t come across this feature of north-west Iceland before until a view turned up in Flickr’s Explore. The place is a tourist site so there are many more such views. Ailsa Craig by Flickr user atomicjeep. Hvítserkur reminded me of Aisla Craig, a volcanic island a few … Continue reading “Outcrops”
Pornokrates (1878). After Mr Peacay’s comments regarding Félicien Rops I thought it time to devote a post to this impious artist. Rops, a Belgian working in Paris, is curious even by the standards of the disparate group who comprised the Symbolists and with whom he had some connections. Whereas many artists of the time might … Continue reading “The art of Félicien Rops, 1833–1898”
Logos designed by QWER, Iris Utikal and Michael Gais. Hannover’s Expo 2000 wasn’t very successful as expositions go but it had an attractive logo, a combination of bold sans-serif type with a moiré background pattern which ideally had to be seen in its animated form. World expositions tend to be concerned with technical innovations and … Continue reading “The exposition moiré”
Cover art by George Wilson. Cosmic weirdness isn’t something you expect to find in the tie-in comics published by Gold Key in the 1960s, but this adaptation of Roger Corman’s film contains a few such traces, as does the film itself. Having watched X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes again recently I was curious … Continue reading “X-ray visions”