Showing posts with label Bernie Sanders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bernie Sanders. Show all posts

Monday, September 19, 2016

The Third Avenue Street Fair

The Third Avenue Street Fair was held on Sunday, September 11. I don't attend very many of these fairs; they don't usually have anything I'd want to buy. Still, it was one of my last chances to spend some time outdoors in the summer and anyway I desperately needed to find socks—you know, the dressy ones with the gold toes. So out I went.

The street fair covered Third Avenue from 67th Street to 86th Street.


Lady Liberty stands on her pedestal at 86th Street.

Pickle Me Pete

Balloon vendor

Posters

This unsigned poster image titled New York looks like the work of Ton Smits. The poster design deliberately imitates the New Yorker's logo without being a New Yorker image.

The view to the south


Still proudly for Bernie. The American Psycho! t-shirts may be inspired by a British New Statesman magazine cover.

New Statesman, March 11-17, 2016

New Yorker covers matted and for sale

Karl's Balls featuring takoyaki (octopus balls)
"From Osaka to Yo Blocka."

Glazed & Confused. Talkin' bout my generation.

Kettle Corn NYC


Green Ambulance, Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health

NYCFC bouncy house. The F is for soccer.




Urban Lobster Shack

So that explains it!


Opera on Tap performs at TheaterMania


Street harpist

Your Second Avenue Subway progress report


In conclusion, there was not one damn sock for sale on Third Avenue.


Note:  Does anyone know the cover illustrator for the New Statesman's "American Psycho" image?


Attempted Bloggery's quick links:

Attempted Bloggery's streetwise index

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Monday, March 7, 2016

Bernie Sanders Caricature by Edward Sorel

Edward Sorel's caricature of Bernie Sanders illustrated Margaret Talbot's article "The Populist Prophet" in the New Yorker issue of October 12, 2015. The drawing of the Democratic Presidential candidate came up for auction so soon after publication that one assumes the seller is the artist and that he's hoping to cash in on Mr. Sanders's current high name recognition. Should Sanders not become the Democratic Party's Presidential nominee, this drawing might become less desirable to collectors. Of course, should Sanders become our next President, the artwork will become more valuable indeed. Sorel's illustration very specifically references Christ Driving the Money Changers Out of the Temple, a circa 1618 oil on canvas by Valentin de Boulogne painted in a style reminiscent of Caravaggio.

Edward Sorel, Original artwork, "The Populist Prophet"
The New Yorker, October 12, 2015, page 65

Swann Auction Galleries, January 28, 2016

Valentin de Boulogne, Christ Driving the Money Changers out of the Temple, c. 1618
Oil on canvas, 195 x 260 cm

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome
Edward Sorel, Illustration for "The Populist Prophet"
The New Yorker, October 12, 2015, pages 64-65


Note:  Prior to the auction at Swann, Rebecca Rego Barry wrote about this piece in Fine Books & Collections. Keep up the good work, Rebecca!

The blog archives mention Edward Sorel a couple of times in the context of the New Yorker.

This is Bernie Sanders's first appearance on this blog. I do have earlier blog posts on candidates
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Consult the archives for more on the art of caricature.

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