“In San Francisco I caught a fleeting glimpse of the type of man who overthrew the cult of the serpent and overcame the fear of lightning—the descendant of the indigenous race and of the gold-diggers who expelled the Indians: Uncle Sam in his tall hat walking proudly along the street past a pseudo-classical rotunda. And always above his top hat runs the electric wire. In this copper-snake, invented by Edison, he has wrested the lightning from nature.”—Aby Warburg, “A Lecture on Serpent Ritual,” 1923
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Amanda Ross-Ho, Seizure (Detail) 2006
Light jet print mounted on sintra, 2 metal sawhorses
144.8 x 111.8 x 96.5 cm
detail of
Julia Rosa Clark
detail of
Julia Rosa Clark
found images, paper, graphite and wood
collage
87 x 73 cm
2012
from Booty
Julia Rosa Clark
Pillage & Plunder
found objects, paper, paint and wood
2012
from Booty
Öyvind Fahlström, Study for “Meatball Curtain,” 1970
with thanks to Stephanie Kern, who sent it our way.
