Art and Design blog
Somewhere along the way I abandoned cartooning and drawing when I discovered typography, or at least creating layouts for newspapers by correctly using fonts and pictures, was a much more viable career choice.
When I was growing up, type existed in a rarefied world. Proud craftsmen and women handled their letter forms with care and artistry. Getting something typeset was a big, and expensive, process and seeing “your name in print” was a big deal. The craft had cheapened [Read more...]
From a Starn exhibit at the Noyes Museum in Oceanville, N.J.
“…orange juice in cans.” That lyric from a supermarket jingle won’t make sense to many people, but it runs through my head whenever I think of the Starn twins. It’s really unfair to the Brooklyn brothers, heirs to the South Jersey supermarket of my youth, because they are incredible artists. I only ever bothered to frame one thing for my space at work, and it’s their work.
Now they have unveiled their work at a new subway station in lower Manhattan! Go to South Ferry Station to see it, or read about it here.
Anyway, the Jersey boy in me was proud to see that.
The South Ferry Station in lower Manhattan is home to a huge Starn installation.
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