Archive | February 9, 2010

Razzle Dazzle in Arnhem



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From Rik:

“Today I read your article about the razzle dazzle boats during WWI. I never knew about the history of these kind of paintings on boats. What I did know was a boat situated in Arnhem (the Netherlands), with exactly that kind of painting. It is called “De Boei” (the buoy) and is used for the day and night shelter for drug-addicts. I tried to find out why the boat was painted this way. Does the city of Arnhem want to “hide” these people? I did not find the answer on that. But I do think the opposite happened, a lot of people know about this remarkable boat.”

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Ryan Spring Dooley’s Home Part 2



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Faith47 Goes Big in Johannesburg



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More from Faith47 here.

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Water Dreaming

Children’s Water Dreaming 1972, 62 x 44 cm, Shorty Lungkarta Tjungurrayi

Aborigines used Australia’s wealth in ochre colors (iron oxides) to paint their mythologies on sand, cut bark of stringybark tree and their bodies. In 1972, acrylic paints and masonite boards were made available to a few Aboriginal men congregating …

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