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Oil paintings of computer cables -- show in Asheville, NC

Posted by Cory Doctorow, July 24, 2008 10:55 PM | permalink

Tim sez, "Ruth Whiting show's 'Plug In' is a show oil paintings at the Wedge Gallery in Asheville, NC. Ruth Whiting's paintings create a luscious mythology surrounding the ordinary plugs and cables that connect our technological lives. Liberated from their mundane function and rendered in glowing colors, these every day objects assume an almost sacred quality." Link (Thanks, Tim!)

See also: Oil paintings of giant power-cables

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#1 posted by laffmakr , July 25, 2008 3:38 AM

Wow...PT Barnum is still alive!

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#2 posted by ssccss , July 25, 2008 5:40 AM

Reminds me of this work:

Stephanie Syjuco

Some of her drawings are part of the collection at the UCSF Mission Bay campus:

Mission Bay art

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#3 posted by loomer , July 25, 2008 6:57 AM

I went to high school with Ruth. Her style completely changed, as I remember her being into painting dead sheeps back then.

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#4 posted by newrafael , July 25, 2008 8:17 AM

Miltos Manetas has been making oil paintings of cables since 1994: http://www.manetas.com/art/paintings/selected/index.htm

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