anxiously awaiting 30

theniftyfifties:

Pink and blue Bathroom design from the Better Homes & Gardens Decorating Book, 1956.

Pink and blue Bathroom design from the Better Homes & Gardens Decorating Book, 1956.

sfmoma:

SUBMISSION:
We treat our electronic objects as such sacred items and it is quite unsettling as we hold our smart phones, laptops, and mp3 players with such divinity, as if a crucifix or a string of rosaries. Through this work, I emphasize our startling obsession with technology, which has become detrimental to our everyday lives.
I have chosen to use an image of Jesus Christ, as He is the most universally recognizable character in religion, and I have also pixilated the image to bring out an obvious trait of technology: pixels. Gold leafing was a popular material used in religious arts, especially when discussing Jesus Christ; the electronic static is the halo in replacement of that tradition, as the gold leafing frames it instead. I have chosen to depict all of this on a television, as when a cube is unfolded, a cross is formed.
The relationship between human and technological object has become quite holy, and this will only continue in the years to come.
by Cecilia Majzoub© Cecilia Majzoub

SUBMISSION:

We treat our electronic objects as such sacred items and it is quite unsettling as we hold our smart phones, laptops, and mp3 players with such divinity, as if a crucifix or a string of rosaries. Through this work, I emphasize our startling obsession with technology, which has become detrimental to our everyday lives.

I have chosen to use an image of Jesus Christ, as He is the most universally recognizable character in religion, and I have also pixilated the image to bring out an obvious trait of technology: pixels. Gold leafing was a popular material used in religious arts, especially when discussing Jesus Christ; the electronic static is the halo in replacement of that tradition, as the gold leafing frames it instead. I have chosen to depict all of this on a television, as when a cube is unfolded, a cross is formed.

The relationship between human and technological object has become quite holy, and this will only continue in the years to come.

by Cecilia Majzoub
© Cecilia Majzoub

theniftyfifties:

Model with a bike and a camera photographed by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, 1952.

theniftyfifties:

Audrey Hepburn with her deer, Ip, 1958. Photo by Bob Willoughb.

sfmoma:

Nail art inspired by fine art via Artinfo!

Can you recreate a work of modern/contemporary art on your fingernails? Send us a photo!

theniftyfifties:

Marilyn Monroe in ‘Some Like it Hot’, 1959.

and so it begins

If one more person tells me I have unrealistic expectations, I’m going to lose it.