Category Archives: Art and design

Philip in black and white

Posted on November 14, 2014 by David Brussat

Philip Jameson, an extraordinary photographer who dabbles in black and white, will have an exhibition of his work at the Dryden Gallery, 27 Dryden Ln. (Providence Picture Frame behind Benny’s off North Main on Branch), opening on Saturday, Nov. 22, … Continue reading →

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God’s eye on Burj Dubai?

Posted on November 14, 2014 by David Brussat

Above is a photograph, unadulterated I assume, from one of those emails with long strings of beautiful, adorable, humorous, salacious or otherwise remarkable photos, usually unattributed to any photographer. At least I can thank Leon “Big Lee” Juskalian for sending … Continue reading →

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Operable window washing

Posted on November 13, 2014 by David Brussat

Another set of window washers almost died on a New York skyscraper, this time at One World Trade Center. The cable broke yesterday and the two window washers hung on, waiting for firemen to cut through two sheets of thick … Continue reading →

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Trench of blood and poppies

Posted on November 8, 2014 by David Brussat

Among the most moving, impressive and beautiful temporary memorials in recent years is the flood of blood poppies in the moat around the Tower of London. Conceived by artist Peter Cummins to honor the sacrifice of Britons who died in … Continue reading →

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Bulfinch awards Wednesday

Posted on November 8, 2014 by David Brussat

Coming up Wednesday is the ceremony at the Massachusetts Statehouse for the Fifth Annual Bulfinch Awards. The winners are known. You can may see their entries here. But you may applaud them on that evening from 6 to 9 p.m. … Continue reading →

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Where the good guys live

Posted on November 7, 2014 by David Brussat

My post “Lucas villain ship to Chicago” sparked a lively back and forth on the TradArch and Pro-Urb listservs about the work of those who create urbanism for the movies. Was Blade Runner filmed in a house designed by Frank … Continue reading →

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Lucas villain ship to Chicago

Posted on November 5, 2014 by David Brussat

It’s hard to imagine how distant filmmaker George Lucas of Star Wars fame must be from his project for a museum displaying his collection of “narrative art.” The phrase “billions and billions and billions,” made famous by the astronomer Carl … Continue reading →

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Cutting myself to fit

Posted on October 30, 2014 by David Brussat

This is to notify readers that the attempt to maintain the weekly online version of the late, lamented Providence Journal column has fallen prey to the constraints imposed by the need to produce a new weekly column. The new column, … Continue reading →

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Xi a Chinese visionary?

Posted on October 21, 2014 by David Brussat

Far be it from me to agree with the head of the Chinese Communist Party on anything, but please excuse me for agreeing with Xi Jinping on one thing. Speaking to a literary symposium last week, the Chinese president said, … Continue reading →

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Choo-choo afternoon

Posted on October 19, 2014 by David Brussat

Spent an hour at the model train show in the Pawtucket Armory on Sunday afternoon. Superlative setups, though not as many as we had hoped, and most were linear, with mostly HO-scale trains choo-choo’ing up and down long, narrow platforms … Continue reading →

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