Vintage packets of sewing needles. English shop.

Excited to collaborate with the Whitney Museum of American of Art on today’s typology :  a collection of hand studies by Edward Hopper. An exclusive look into the Hopper Drawing exhibition opening to the general public tomorrow at the Whitney. If you’re a member you are able to enjoy it today!

These sketches plus dozens of other works by Hopper, many of which have never before been exhibited or researched,  will be on view May 23-October 6, 2013. An incredible opportunity to look into Hopper’s creative process.

Hopper works © Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper, licensed by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; digital images courtesy of the Whitney.

Typology of powder flasks, 1750-1800. Caucasus, Russia.  V&A Museum collection.

Typology of silhouettes, 1844. By E. B. & E. C. Kellogg Lithography Company. Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery collection.

Vintage thread collection. Photo by Liz Smith.

miyaando:

Sui Getsu Ka [Water Moon Flower] Grid
Hand-Dyed, Anodized Aluminum Paintings for upcoming solo exhibition “Mujo” [Impermanence] at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC
“Sui Getsu Ka” [Water Moon Flowe] are the words spoken by Zen Monks to Monks who have completed Zen Training. Like the reflection of flowers on moonlit water, all things are temporal- Miya Ando

Female figurines. Syria. Bronze age. Ashmolean museum collection.

Untitled. Courtesy of Joshua Dudley Greer.

nprradiopictures:

Diana Zlatanovski is a perfectionist — in the wonderful way that an anthropologist, photographer and museologist should be. She works with cultural artifacts at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and has immersed herself in the significance of collections for a decade.

That time spent studying the intricacy of groups has inspired her photo series, The Typology: beautiful, highly detailed photographs of various collections — both the individual objects and the collections as a whole. (And she has appropriately dubbed herself The Typologist.)

“There are many so fascinating objects in the world, some things we see everyday and might not even notice,” she says. “However, if you bring enough of them together, they start to tell a story and grab your attention.”

One Of These Shells Is Not Like The Others

Photo Credit: Diana Zlatanovski 

Typology of bourbon blueberry basil donuts. Broma Bakery.

Typology of vintage Japanese postcard envelopes. Mid 20th century. Via Letterology.

Typology of sand castles. Photography by Jemima Preedy.

Typology of flowers and their shadows.

(Source: nicknkane)

Typology of crochet hooks. Collection of Nancy Nehring.

Typology of chairs. Collections of: Indianapolis Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, and the Yale University Art Gallery. Compiled via the Digital Public Library of America.