Andrew Redmayne
@andrewredmayne.bsky.social
Mostly a compilation of late-20th-century pop media for an upcoming project, informally annotated for a few friends. Mostly.
Neither a professional nor a personal blog.
Strict grammarians, typo hawks, and citation sticklers: read on, and prepare for woe.
Neither a professional nor a personal blog.
Strict grammarians, typo hawks, and citation sticklers: read on, and prepare for woe.
Maurizio Cattelan - Comedian (2019)
Let’s talk about the controversial conceptual art piece Comedian, a work consisting of a common banana duct-taped to a gallery wall. The banana itself could be replaced out as needed; it was the concept itself that was the protected work.
(Not my photo.)
Let’s talk about the controversial conceptual art piece Comedian, a work consisting of a common banana duct-taped to a gallery wall. The banana itself could be replaced out as needed; it was the concept itself that was the protected work.
(Not my photo.)
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Maurizio Cattelan - Comedian (2019)
Let’s talk about the controversial conceptual art piece Comedian, a work consisting of a common banana duct-taped to a gallery wall. The banana itself could be replaced out as needed; it was the concept itself that was the protected work.
(Not my photo.)
Let’s talk about the controversial conceptual art piece Comedian, a work consisting of a common banana duct-taped to a gallery wall. The banana itself could be replaced out as needed; it was the concept itself that was the protected work.
(Not my photo.)
Model Marcie Hunt, whose photo below appeared in a 1981 Vogue Paris feature piece, apparently had no idea until as recently as 2024 that she’d served as Nagel’s muse for the piece.
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Model Marcie Hunt, whose photo below appeared in a 1981 Vogue Paris feature piece, apparently had no idea until as recently as 2024 that she’d served as Nagel’s muse for the piece.
Duran Duran - Rio (1982)
Graphic designer Malcolm Garrett worked with the Nagel piece to create one of the most iconic pop album covers of all time.
The beige rectangle in the lower right corner was actually a custom paper sticker that wrapped across the sleeve opening to the back.
Graphic designer Malcolm Garrett worked with the Nagel piece to create one of the most iconic pop album covers of all time.
The beige rectangle in the lower right corner was actually a custom paper sticker that wrapped across the sleeve opening to the back.
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Duran Duran - Rio (1982)
Graphic designer Malcolm Garrett worked with the Nagel piece to create one of the most iconic pop album covers of all time.
The beige rectangle in the lower right corner was actually a custom paper sticker that wrapped across the sleeve opening to the back.
Graphic designer Malcolm Garrett worked with the Nagel piece to create one of the most iconic pop album covers of all time.
The beige rectangle in the lower right corner was actually a custom paper sticker that wrapped across the sleeve opening to the back.
Patrick Nagel - Rio (1982)
A seminal pop art piece from the 1980s.
A seminal pop art piece from the 1980s.
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Patrick Nagel - Rio (1982)
A seminal pop art piece from the 1980s.
A seminal pop art piece from the 1980s.
Paul Delaroche - The Execution of Lady Jane Gray (1833)
Every British Monarch named “Jane” was deposed, beheaded, or went mad.
Many interesting details in this painting: the exposed back of the observer’s neck, Jane’s hands innocently reaching for the block, the flowing white clothes of the queen…
Every British Monarch named “Jane” was deposed, beheaded, or went mad.
Many interesting details in this painting: the exposed back of the observer’s neck, Jane’s hands innocently reaching for the block, the flowing white clothes of the queen…
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Paul Delaroche - The Execution of Lady Jane Gray (1833)
Every British Monarch named “Jane” was deposed, beheaded, or went mad.
Many interesting details in this painting: the exposed back of the observer’s neck, Jane’s hands innocently reaching for the block, the flowing white clothes of the queen…
Every British Monarch named “Jane” was deposed, beheaded, or went mad.
Many interesting details in this painting: the exposed back of the observer’s neck, Jane’s hands innocently reaching for the block, the flowing white clothes of the queen…
Pierre Paul Puget - Rencontre d'Alexandre et de Diogène (1671/1689)
Diogenes, a philosopher known for his ascetic lifestyle and acerbic wit, and who also often sprawled out in public, was approached by Alexander the Great, who asked if he might help him.
“Get out of my sun,” he famously replied.
Diogenes, a philosopher known for his ascetic lifestyle and acerbic wit, and who also often sprawled out in public, was approached by Alexander the Great, who asked if he might help him.
“Get out of my sun,” he famously replied.
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Pierre Paul Puget - Rencontre d'Alexandre et de Diogène (1671/1689)
Diogenes, a philosopher known for his ascetic lifestyle and acerbic wit, and who also often sprawled out in public, was approached by Alexander the Great, who asked if he might help him.
“Get out of my sun,” he famously replied.
Diogenes, a philosopher known for his ascetic lifestyle and acerbic wit, and who also often sprawled out in public, was approached by Alexander the Great, who asked if he might help him.
“Get out of my sun,” he famously replied.
As did the original Apple iMac G3 back in 1998, as designed by Jony Ive.
Originally produced in Bondi Blue, the line soon expanded to a variety of “flavors” and patterns before Apple redesigned the iMac’s form factor a few years later with the G4. (The current iMac M4 design is seriously thin.)
Originally produced in Bondi Blue, the line soon expanded to a variety of “flavors” and patterns before Apple redesigned the iMac’s form factor a few years later with the G4. (The current iMac M4 design is seriously thin.)
November 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
As did the original Apple iMac G3 back in 1998, as designed by Jony Ive.
Originally produced in Bondi Blue, the line soon expanded to a variety of “flavors” and patterns before Apple redesigned the iMac’s form factor a few years later with the G4. (The current iMac M4 design is seriously thin.)
Originally produced in Bondi Blue, the line soon expanded to a variety of “flavors” and patterns before Apple redesigned the iMac’s form factor a few years later with the G4. (The current iMac M4 design is seriously thin.)
Can industrial design be art?
1970s-era Panasonic and JVC introduced some colorful and cleverly engineered personal electronics that certainly changed things up a bit.
1970s-era Panasonic and JVC introduced some colorful and cleverly engineered personal electronics that certainly changed things up a bit.
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Can industrial design be art?
1970s-era Panasonic and JVC introduced some colorful and cleverly engineered personal electronics that certainly changed things up a bit.
1970s-era Panasonic and JVC introduced some colorful and cleverly engineered personal electronics that certainly changed things up a bit.
Piet Mondrian - Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow (1930)
So what makes such a simple painting so notable?
Well, while most paintings of that year tended to depict rural life, this one went into an entirely different direction.
So what makes such a simple painting so notable?
Well, while most paintings of that year tended to depict rural life, this one went into an entirely different direction.
November 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Piet Mondrian - Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow (1930)
So what makes such a simple painting so notable?
Well, while most paintings of that year tended to depict rural life, this one went into an entirely different direction.
So what makes such a simple painting so notable?
Well, while most paintings of that year tended to depict rural life, this one went into an entirely different direction.
Titian - The Entombment of Christ (c.1520)
Titian - The Entombment (1559)
The same event, the same artist, but two very different depictions, with a nearly forty-year gap inbetween.
Interesting changes.
Titian - The Entombment (1559)
The same event, the same artist, but two very different depictions, with a nearly forty-year gap inbetween.
Interesting changes.
November 3, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Titian - The Entombment of Christ (c.1520)
Titian - The Entombment (1559)
The same event, the same artist, but two very different depictions, with a nearly forty-year gap inbetween.
Interesting changes.
Titian - The Entombment (1559)
The same event, the same artist, but two very different depictions, with a nearly forty-year gap inbetween.
Interesting changes.
The triumphs of capitalism.
October 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The triumphs of capitalism.
With Pixels.com, however, you can order a framed enlargement to hang cheerfully on your wall! (The site’s auto-generated decor rendering tool really sells it.)
Not your thing? Try this fun and heretical throw pillow.
Perhaps instead a cute baby onesie might do, but does it come in Damnation Red?
Not your thing? Try this fun and heretical throw pillow.
Perhaps instead a cute baby onesie might do, but does it come in Damnation Red?
October 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
With Pixels.com, however, you can order a framed enlargement to hang cheerfully on your wall! (The site’s auto-generated decor rendering tool really sells it.)
Not your thing? Try this fun and heretical throw pillow.
Perhaps instead a cute baby onesie might do, but does it come in Damnation Red?
Not your thing? Try this fun and heretical throw pillow.
Perhaps instead a cute baby onesie might do, but does it come in Damnation Red?
Giovanni Martinelli - Death Comes to the Table of the Miser (1638)
The miser, by nature, greedily scoops away his money, as does Death scoops up a soul.
Last sold in 2024 for $157.5K, just a few thousand above the low end of its estimated auction price.
What a fitting October painting.
The miser, by nature, greedily scoops away his money, as does Death scoops up a soul.
Last sold in 2024 for $157.5K, just a few thousand above the low end of its estimated auction price.
What a fitting October painting.
October 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Giovanni Martinelli - Death Comes to the Table of the Miser (1638)
The miser, by nature, greedily scoops away his money, as does Death scoops up a soul.
Last sold in 2024 for $157.5K, just a few thousand above the low end of its estimated auction price.
What a fitting October painting.
The miser, by nature, greedily scoops away his money, as does Death scoops up a soul.
Last sold in 2024 for $157.5K, just a few thousand above the low end of its estimated auction price.
What a fitting October painting.
Albert Marquet - L’Abside de Notre-Dame de Paris (1913)
In contrast, this was the prevailing style in painting at the time when Kandinsky and his contemporaries decided to go off on their own, artistically speaking.
In contrast, this was the prevailing style in painting at the time when Kandinsky and his contemporaries decided to go off on their own, artistically speaking.
October 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Albert Marquet - L’Abside de Notre-Dame de Paris (1913)
In contrast, this was the prevailing style in painting at the time when Kandinsky and his contemporaries decided to go off on their own, artistically speaking.
In contrast, this was the prevailing style in painting at the time when Kandinsky and his contemporaries decided to go off on their own, artistically speaking.
Wassily Kandinsky - Zum Thema Jüngstes Gericht (1913)
Kandinsky started moving towards more abstraction, showing concepts rather than real objects, but remained true to the use of primary colors to convey strong emotions.
This one, 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, sold for nearly $23m in 2018.
Kandinsky started moving towards more abstraction, showing concepts rather than real objects, but remained true to the use of primary colors to convey strong emotions.
This one, 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, sold for nearly $23m in 2018.
October 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Wassily Kandinsky - Zum Thema Jüngstes Gericht (1913)
Kandinsky started moving towards more abstraction, showing concepts rather than real objects, but remained true to the use of primary colors to convey strong emotions.
This one, 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, sold for nearly $23m in 2018.
Kandinsky started moving towards more abstraction, showing concepts rather than real objects, but remained true to the use of primary colors to convey strong emotions.
This one, 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, sold for nearly $23m in 2018.
Another Franz Marc “blue horse” painting:
Franz Marc- Blue Horse I (1911)
Franz Marc- Blue Horse I (1911)
October 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Another Franz Marc “blue horse” painting:
Franz Marc- Blue Horse I (1911)
Franz Marc- Blue Horse I (1911)
Additional artists from the movement…
Franz Marc - Die Grossen Blauen Pferde (1911)
Franz Marc - Die Grossen Blauen Pferde (1911)
October 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Additional artists from the movement…
Franz Marc - Die Grossen Blauen Pferde (1911)
Franz Marc - Die Grossen Blauen Pferde (1911)
Wassily Kandinsky - Der Blaue Reiter (1912)
M. toiled to convey to us students the importance of the Der Blaue Reiter movement, and for that I am thankful.
This new style, which also shares the name of its signature painting, leaned on emotional portrayals of everyday scenes using intense colors.
M. toiled to convey to us students the importance of the Der Blaue Reiter movement, and for that I am thankful.
This new style, which also shares the name of its signature painting, leaned on emotional portrayals of everyday scenes using intense colors.
October 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Wassily Kandinsky - Der Blaue Reiter (1912)
M. toiled to convey to us students the importance of the Der Blaue Reiter movement, and for that I am thankful.
This new style, which also shares the name of its signature painting, leaned on emotional portrayals of everyday scenes using intense colors.
M. toiled to convey to us students the importance of the Der Blaue Reiter movement, and for that I am thankful.
This new style, which also shares the name of its signature painting, leaned on emotional portrayals of everyday scenes using intense colors.
John Quidor - The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane (1858)
Painted nearly forty years after the publication of Irving’s seminal short story (which itself is based on legends he himself heard about the town as a visitor).
Even the horses’ eyes are filled with absolute terror.
Painted nearly forty years after the publication of Irving’s seminal short story (which itself is based on legends he himself heard about the town as a visitor).
Even the horses’ eyes are filled with absolute terror.
October 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
John Quidor - The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane (1858)
Painted nearly forty years after the publication of Irving’s seminal short story (which itself is based on legends he himself heard about the town as a visitor).
Even the horses’ eyes are filled with absolute terror.
Painted nearly forty years after the publication of Irving’s seminal short story (which itself is based on legends he himself heard about the town as a visitor).
Even the horses’ eyes are filled with absolute terror.
Arnold Böcklin - Self-Portrait with Death as a Fiddler (1871-74)
Is it me, or does Death have just one string on its fiddle? It’s fitting on many levels if intentionally so.
With much thanks to @jessemlocker.bsky.social, whose excellent posts inspire a good amount of material on this blog.
Is it me, or does Death have just one string on its fiddle? It’s fitting on many levels if intentionally so.
With much thanks to @jessemlocker.bsky.social, whose excellent posts inspire a good amount of material on this blog.
October 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Arnold Böcklin - Self-Portrait with Death as a Fiddler (1871-74)
Is it me, or does Death have just one string on its fiddle? It’s fitting on many levels if intentionally so.
With much thanks to @jessemlocker.bsky.social, whose excellent posts inspire a good amount of material on this blog.
Is it me, or does Death have just one string on its fiddle? It’s fitting on many levels if intentionally so.
With much thanks to @jessemlocker.bsky.social, whose excellent posts inspire a good amount of material on this blog.
Vicente Carducho - Saint Bruno’s Conversion Before the Body of Diocrès (1626-1632)
Prestigious professor (Diocrès) sits up, still dead, at his funeral and proclaims that he is in hell. Former student/current attendee (Bruno) converts. Results.
Great art. It’s all about terrifying small children.
Prestigious professor (Diocrès) sits up, still dead, at his funeral and proclaims that he is in hell. Former student/current attendee (Bruno) converts. Results.
Great art. It’s all about terrifying small children.
October 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Vicente Carducho - Saint Bruno’s Conversion Before the Body of Diocrès (1626-1632)
Prestigious professor (Diocrès) sits up, still dead, at his funeral and proclaims that he is in hell. Former student/current attendee (Bruno) converts. Results.
Great art. It’s all about terrifying small children.
Prestigious professor (Diocrès) sits up, still dead, at his funeral and proclaims that he is in hell. Former student/current attendee (Bruno) converts. Results.
Great art. It’s all about terrifying small children.
José Moreno Carbonero - La Conversión del Duque de Gandía (1884)
Ah yes, another d̶e̶a̶d̶ ̶I̶s̶a̶b̶e̶l̶ painting, more than two hundred years later.
Ah yes, another d̶e̶a̶d̶ ̶I̶s̶a̶b̶e̶l̶ painting, more than two hundred years later.
October 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
José Moreno Carbonero - La Conversión del Duque de Gandía (1884)
Ah yes, another d̶e̶a̶d̶ ̶I̶s̶a̶b̶e̶l̶ painting, more than two hundred years later.
Ah yes, another d̶e̶a̶d̶ ̶I̶s̶a̶b̶e̶l̶ painting, more than two hundred years later.
Titian - La Gloria (1550?-54)
In grief, her husband Charles V commissioned a series of works featuring Isabel. This one, portrays her, Charles, their children, and her sisters in simple shrouds. It’s currently housed at the Prado museum in Madrid.
In grief, her husband Charles V commissioned a series of works featuring Isabel. This one, portrays her, Charles, their children, and her sisters in simple shrouds. It’s currently housed at the Prado museum in Madrid.
October 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Titian - La Gloria (1550?-54)
In grief, her husband Charles V commissioned a series of works featuring Isabel. This one, portrays her, Charles, their children, and her sisters in simple shrouds. It’s currently housed at the Prado museum in Madrid.
In grief, her husband Charles V commissioned a series of works featuring Isabel. This one, portrays her, Charles, their children, and her sisters in simple shrouds. It’s currently housed at the Prado museum in Madrid.
Pietro della Vecchia - The Conversion of St. Francis Borgia Upon Seeing the Body of Isabel of Portugal (1664-74)
Apparently, ex-viceroy Francis, adorer of Empress Isabella, had an epiphany about mortality when viewing her remains.
What is art if not terrifying to small children from time to time?
Apparently, ex-viceroy Francis, adorer of Empress Isabella, had an epiphany about mortality when viewing her remains.
What is art if not terrifying to small children from time to time?
October 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Pietro della Vecchia - The Conversion of St. Francis Borgia Upon Seeing the Body of Isabel of Portugal (1664-74)
Apparently, ex-viceroy Francis, adorer of Empress Isabella, had an epiphany about mortality when viewing her remains.
What is art if not terrifying to small children from time to time?
Apparently, ex-viceroy Francis, adorer of Empress Isabella, had an epiphany about mortality when viewing her remains.
What is art if not terrifying to small children from time to time?
Giovanni Martinelli - Death
Comes to the Banquet Table (c. 1630)
With a spent hourglass in one hand and another pulling out the chair, Death is hungry, too.
Denial, anger, surprise.
Death’s target is so young. The artist depicting a nearby dish with only one slice missing is no accident.
Comes to the Banquet Table (c. 1630)
With a spent hourglass in one hand and another pulling out the chair, Death is hungry, too.
Denial, anger, surprise.
Death’s target is so young. The artist depicting a nearby dish with only one slice missing is no accident.
October 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Giovanni Martinelli - Death
Comes to the Banquet Table (c. 1630)
With a spent hourglass in one hand and another pulling out the chair, Death is hungry, too.
Denial, anger, surprise.
Death’s target is so young. The artist depicting a nearby dish with only one slice missing is no accident.
Comes to the Banquet Table (c. 1630)
With a spent hourglass in one hand and another pulling out the chair, Death is hungry, too.
Denial, anger, surprise.
Death’s target is so young. The artist depicting a nearby dish with only one slice missing is no accident.