Comments on: State of decay

State of decay

dhruva — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:36:56 -0800

State of decay :"Over the years, Boston artist Rosamond Purcell has photographed goliath beetles and translucent bats culled from the backrooms of natural history museums; a collection of teeth pulled by Peter the Great; moles flayed by naturalist Willem Cornelis van Heurn; and scores of worn and weathered objects, like termite-eaten books and fish skeletons."

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:21:46 -0800

This one is beautiful. Also, "Jazz Hands!" Also, this want makes me want to buy an elegant little pocket notebook. That's about all I've got.

By: dhruva

dhruva — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:23:29 -0800

And the essay on Purcell (second link) is by this John Crowley.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:33:13 -0800

Yay! Photographs without a flash interface.

By: Vindaloo

Vindaloo — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:45:20 -0800

That was actually pretty neat.

By: Toekneesan

Toekneesan — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:23:03 -0800

Rosamond used to illustrate Stephen Jay Gould's columns in The Sciences, the publication of the New York Academy of Sciences. Theirs was a truly inspired collaboration. The Sciences was one of the best science publications I've ever read. They used fine art to illustrate almost all of their articles, and usually closed each issue with a Roz Chast cartoon. They can be found here, and do yourself the favor of downloading the PDFs. The art is only available in the PDF versions of the publications.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:33:05 -0800

In New Harmony, Indiana, there is an awesome museum that dates back to the mid 1800's and is very much like the collections displayed here.