Artwork, links, pictures or stories that I find interesting. Unless noted, items are culled from the internet. In cases of my original work the copyright belongs to me, David W. Nees 2012-2013.Tumblr (3.0; @itisnotsafe)http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/“For me the book becomes a reservoir for planning, substance, and resolution, a journey...http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/51154299243http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/51154299243Thu, 23 May 2013 11:16:47 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c6ec60477efaa2a1023b57e4d0efffb1/tumblr_mknwcxp9vn1r9hwylo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/56740257862d7d8c13f07d51fc97d2f4/tumblr_mknwcxp9vn1r9hwylo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/51152424005http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/51152424005Thu, 23 May 2013 10:40:26 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8dbfd381e511973100b9715b37ad1e97/tumblr_mn7t2zlzEY1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/51087627130/warning" target="_blank">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2013/05/22/oldenburgs-burgers-delicious-at-all-ages/" target="_blank">Warning</a></p> </blockquote>http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/51093807927http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/51093807927Wed, 22 May 2013 15:58:38 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/627d0cafb1368d795230763c0924a695/tumblr_mmc8g8Le1j1qfjwsso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://workman.tumblr.com/post/49795298877/dada4you-lea-riviere" target="_blank">workman</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dada4you.tumblr.com/post/49704138962/lea-riviere" target="_blank">dada4you</a>:</p> <p>LÉA RIVIÈRE </p> </blockquote>http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/51015127054http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/51015127054Tue, 21 May 2013 16:16:30 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3nt75G0bb1qayld2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><span>A rare early 18th century Memento Mori band gold known as a skeletal, as the whole length of the skeleton is employed on the outside of the hoop, with other emblems. The earliest known example is dated 1659. This ring is enamelled in black with a full skeleton, twin hearts for love and an hourglass, symbolic of the passage of time and the brevity of life.</span></p> </blockquote>http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50985427142http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50985427142Tue, 21 May 2013 07:33:47 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7f43deea385e88651a7baf9b623b45ec/tumblr_mmgfglk2lY1rcnkw9o3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a2c70416a1e63df24ffb00fe30383484/tumblr_mmgfglk2lY1rcnkw9o1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/190cc1b7a506fb8e8e01600efd3a58e0/tumblr_mmgfglk2lY1rcnkw9o2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9256ece238b462ff614887d941673c3a/tumblr_mmgfglk2lY1rcnkw9o4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/75e43c8aa6547e69f355dcd74c1e015d/tumblr_mmgfglk2lY1rcnkw9o5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/26ade41515685e4486b2df2453d2f004/tumblr_mmgfglk2lY1rcnkw9o6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2d0b1506534f9ce529010241ac1ff6ff/tumblr_mmgfglk2lY1rcnkw9o7_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/610b2e8d0297410338489c9c1049ee16/tumblr_mmgfglk2lY1rcnkw9o8_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fdd1b80745a0d5113e9c675780b38f2e/tumblr_mmgfglk2lY1rcnkw9o9_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><em><span>Get out of here,</span></em><br/><em><span>get me some money too.</span></em></p> </blockquote>http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50963516310http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50963516310Mon, 20 May 2013 22:28:37 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/87cb168308ea4293991130a683b30dc2/tumblr_mmtbjee9BV1qaqcoao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50865784099http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50865784099Sun, 19 May 2013 19:21:29 -0500Really? If Tumblr goes to Yahoo, I will be closing this down soon. One of the reasons I love Tumblr...http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50847149410http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50847149410Sun, 19 May 2013 15:21:51 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3066e510b2d4ec86812931c0b8e19d66/tumblr_mn1rbgpNf11qb7h58o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Printmaking the Way Woody did It, offered by Gilcrease and Bobby C. Martin at Zarrow Center May 16-18. The workshop was excellent. I learned new things, connected to old ideas and Bobby was, of course, excellent. Thanks to Deborah Burke and the Zarrow Center for an excellent weekend. This is an example of one of my drypoint prints.</p> <p>Sphinx, 2013 by David W. Nees</p> <p>Copyright DWNees2013 </p>http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50816782314http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50816782314Sun, 19 May 2013 08:11:40 -0500“With pochoir, a hand painted fashion plate, decorative or interior design, or illustration to...http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50782303512http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50782303512Sat, 18 May 2013 22:12:40 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/50702d3628f140fb2a086cce036d0501/tumblr_mmv9el9hq51qzzsdjo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://c86.tumblr.com/post/50540559279/alexander-girard-palace-wall-hanging-1964" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">c86</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.architonic.com/dcsht/palace-wall-hanging-wright/4103676" target="_blank">Alexander Girard - Palace Wall Hanging, 1964</a></p></blockquote>http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50544058842http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50544058842Wed, 15 May 2013 20:44:39 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/eeb861f9e97b5c700f3ced65257faaaf/tumblr_mmv18omJMr1qbcporo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1890e88aebbacd8d4a8820d165987fab/tumblr_mmv18omJMr1qbcporo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/09efb67ee071315406420a2177b353c7/tumblr_mmv18omJMr1qbcporo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b3c3a6ab4091c8a35b747ad06168f9a7/tumblr_mmv18omJMr1qbcporo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://2headedsnake.tumblr.com/post/50524047179" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">2headedsnake</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>David Hockney ‘Joiners’</p> <p>During the 1980’s, David Hockney began taking photographs from multiple viewpoints then piecing them together. He was interested in how we see and depict space and time and how we turn a 3 dimensional world into a 2 dimensional image.</p> <p><br/>‘Self portrait’, 1983</p> <p>‘Mother’, 1985</p> <p>‘Nicolas Wilder studying Picasso’, 1982</p> <p>‘Ice skater’ for the 1984 Olympics</p> </blockquote> <p></p>http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50537139195http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50537139195Wed, 15 May 2013 19:17:44 -0500“Up the airy mountain Down the rushing glen, We dare not go a-hunting, For fear of little...http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50501397542http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50501397542Wed, 15 May 2013 11:01:41 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/76080c9e6c7f990a19f62798d4a1ba3f/tumblr_mmufrwg41p1qbz9meo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://life.tumblr.com/post/50496672740/today-we-present-40-portraits-that-help-us-see-the" target="_blank">life</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Today <a href="http://ti.me/12baf3E%20%20" target="_blank"><strong>we present 40 portraits</strong></a> that help us see the human beings behind some of the 20th century’s most vital works of art.</p> <p><strong>Pictured:</strong> Roy Lichtenstein, 1963</p> <p>(John Loengard—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)</p> </blockquote>http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50498083215http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50498083215Wed, 15 May 2013 09:51:14 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d3cfff070676673e2d19f7e56e9c496a/tumblr_mmugst1cNM1r6mk07o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://robertrauschenberg.tumblr.com/post/50497642167/robert-rauschenberg-jasper-studio" target="_blank">robertrauschenberg</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="displayCreator">Robert Rauschenberg, </span><span></span><span class="title"><em>Jasper—Studio N.Y.C.</em></span><span>, </span><span class="creationDate">1958</span><span>; </span><span class="objectWorkType">photograph</span><span>; </span><span class="displayMaterialsTech">gelatin silver print</span><span><br/><br/>Source: <a href="http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artwork/29490##ixzz2TN8YLSB2" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artwork/29490##ixzz2TN8YLSB2" target="_blank">http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artwork/29490##ixzz2TN8YLSB2</a></a> <br/><a href="http://www.sfmoma.org/" target="_blank">San Francisco Museum of Modern Art</a></span></p> <p><span>In honor of Jasper Johns’ birthday today.</span></p> </blockquote>http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50497727666http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50497727666Wed, 15 May 2013 09:43:16 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2ENRWX0Baps?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50138457092http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50138457092Fri, 10 May 2013 22:24:44 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c62b6c855c13756bfcd3e799a8ab7cf3/tumblr_mmj4t3VCyz1qi4z1yo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/adf08a830af8183307dd72f4ff858f20/tumblr_mmj4t3VCyz1qi4z1yo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/99e579b0915de21d5d89c699dd45b368/tumblr_mmj4t3VCyz1qi4z1yo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.8faces.com/post/50024591675/upstanding-lettering-yulia-brodskaya-is" target="_blank">typeworship</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Upstanding lettering</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.artyulia.com/index.php/Illustration" target="_blank">Yulia Brodskaya</a> is well-known for her paper graphics or ‘quilling’ (rolled paper glued on it’s edge). <span>The ‘O’above was created for Oprah’s magazine which also featured an article about Yulia and her work. </span></p> <p>She revealled that since she’d designed the cover of a holiday supplement for The Guardian newspaper (UK) in 2008, she’s “never been out of work since”. She also said that she’d like to do more “live” pieces where people can see the work itself, not just photos of it. This seems to have happened this year when she created a huge installation in <a href="http://www.artyulia.com/index.php/News" target="_blank">Shanghai</a>.</p> <p>See an earlier post about <a href="http://blog.8faces.com/post/14022744295/yulia-brodskaya" target="_blank">Yulia’s work</a></p> </blockquote>http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50129641201http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50129641201Fri, 10 May 2013 20:22:11 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d5217bba09b8532797724035bc42d861/tumblr_mml9ml8bSk1qdt6e2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://escapekit.ca/post/50116225410/ampersand" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">escapekit</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>Ampersand</strong></p></blockquote>http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50127802357http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50127802357Fri, 10 May 2013 19:55:14 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/00b2776d1e0b240336c03c1aae8b2aaf/tumblr_mmk2xg9IyC1qe0lqqo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://workman.tumblr.com/post/50097741293/mpdrolet-david-hockney-los-angeles-1983-annie" target="_blank">workman</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mpdrolet.tumblr.com/post/50091797831/david-hockney-los-angeles-1983-annie-leibovitz" target="_blank">mpdrolet</a>:</p> <p><strong>David Hockney, Los Angeles, 1983</strong></p> <p>Annie Leibovitz</p> </blockquote>http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50102064973http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/50102064973Fri, 10 May 2013 13:32:17 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/166ccf3d79f05ad0481508f6eb26a4c8/tumblr_mmi4thE3CJ1qb7h58o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>“If you don’t think, then you shouldn’t talk.”  - March Hare,  Alice in Wonderland</span></p> <p><a href="http://blogs.disney.com/" target="_blank"><a href="http://blogs.disney.com" target="_blank">http://blogs.disney.com</a></a></p>http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/49965616050http://itisnotsafe.tumblr.com/post/49965616050Wed, 08 May 2013 17:51:16 -0500