‘View of the world from 9th Ave.’, the March 29, 1976 cover for The New Yorker, by Saul Steinberg .
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Ennio Morricone , theme song for ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’, directed by Sergio Leone (1966)
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Also tagged 60s , civil war , composer , Ennio Morricone , film , music , score , sergio leone , spaghetti western , the good the bad and the ugly , theme song , USA
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Robert Irwin , ‘Untitled (disc installation)’ (1967-68) A short essay about the artist : Seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees
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Also tagged 70s , allusion , believing , California , experiment , feeling , illusion , installation , juxtaposition , light , mouth , perception , robert irwin , romance , seeing , sensorial , suggestion , sun , the wild , wall
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Alec Soth , ‘Priscilla, Los Angeles (Girl with Skeleton)’ (2008)
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‘Setting a Good Corner (Allegory & Metaphor)’ (1999) by Bruce Nauman .
The video Setting a Good Corner (Allegory and Metaphor) (1999) shows Bruce Nauman building a corner to stretch a fence and hang a gate in his ranch in New Mexico.
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Joost Conijn , ‘C’est une hek’ (1997)
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Francis Alÿs , stills from ‘Tornado’ (2000-10)
Since 2000, Alÿs has visited an area in the Mexican countryside where tornadoes occur, and has filmed his attempts to run into the eye of the storms.
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Also tagged action , DIY , dust , eye of the storm , force , francis alys , fuckem , mexico , nature , overwhelming , performance , romance , running , sky , still , suicide , the wild , tornado , video , wind
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Gal Weinstein , ‘Huleh Valley’ (2005)
Carved MDF
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Also tagged carved , copy , DIY , dry , dust , floor , fuckem , gal weinstein , ground , huleh valley , imitation , installation , israel , mdf , romance , room , sand , sculpture , the wild , wood
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Elmgreen & Dragset , ‘Prada Marfa’ (2005)
Permanent sculpture installed in Valentine, Texas.
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Also tagged bags , building , closed , consumerism , decay , elmgreen & dragset , facade , fuckem , joke , marfa , nature , permanent , prada , public space , replica , sculpture , shoes , shop , sky , store , street view , texas , the wild , trash , unknown , window display
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Robert Irwin, ‘Untitled (disc installation)’ (1967-68) A short essay about the artist : Seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees, by Lawrence Weschler
