Hypothetical Particle 004

There is a general aesthetic among high energy physicists that the more symmetrical a theory is, the more "beautiful" and "elegant" it is.

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Richard M. Powers

Picked up a couple more Richard Powers (vintage) covers to add to the collection:



Richard M. Powers (Richard Michael Gorman Powers) began by working in a conventional pulp paperback style, but quickly evolved a personal Surrealist idiom influenced by the cubists and surrealists, especially Picasso and Yves Tanguy. From the 1940s through the 1960s, he did many of covers for Doubleday. During the 1950s and 1960s, he served as an unofficial art director for Ballantine Books.

Most Coveted Covers

Check out Levar's fantastic collection of Powers' covers.

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

Cover artwork: David Pearson
This cover was voted 'Favorite Book Cover of 2008' over at The Book Design Review

Flickr Favourites

Recent favourites on Flickr:

Rotations

The work of Dutch artist Ger de Joode

In Search of the Miraculous

Website for cult Dutch/Californian conceptual artist, photographer and filmmaker, Bas Jan Ader... who was last seen in 1975 when he took off in what would have been the smallest sailboat ever to cross the Atlantic - the Ocean Wave, was only a little over 12ft in length.



Ader's most popular work is his 1970 short film piece entitled "I'm too sad to tell you" that consists of the artist crying in front of a camera after a brief title - which is surprisingly captivating...

Bas Jan Ader

On Amazon: Bas Jan Ader: In Search of the Miraculous (One Work)

Aircraft Engine

Jane and Louise Wilson's best shot: a photograph of an aircraft engine in a factory in Derby

'We had to be quick. You can't stop a whole production line for a picture'

Jane and Louise Wilson's best shot | Art and design | The Guardian
Jane and Louise Wilson - Wikipedia