In honor of inauguration week, I thought I’d post a few fun facts about the White House: * “A house, for president” was authorized by Congress in March of 1792. Washington chose a Georgian townhouse as a model – not a palace – and that was significant. John and Abigail Adams were […]
All posts for the month January, 2013
Diagramming Domesticity
At a recent art fair I discovered the work of Ann Toebbe, who makes paint-and-collage images of domestic spaces. I found them strangely satisfying, for all sorts of reasons. The images are constructed out of tiny, colorful slips of paper and meticulously-rendered passages of paint or pencil or ink. The craftsmanship drew me in, and […]
Posted by KZ on January 14, 2013
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