Image Formats - Milindo Taid

Du Pont Cellophane: Advertisements 1930-1950

Jun 17

Cellophane was a novelty once, and Du Pont pushed very hard to propagate the ‘cellophane’ idea, and were convinced that the way to reach households is through housewives, and the way to reach housewives is through baby imagery. Babies, condom analogies and appeals to clothesline snatchers. A lesson in why it may not be such a good idea to push too hard. Take a look. 1930-1950. “Better Things for Better Living…Through Chemistry”.

Jason de Graaf – Acrylic artist extraordinaire.

Jun 16

It took me a while to assimilate Canadian artist de Graaf’s paintings because they are so photographic in their communicative appeal. M.C Escher tributes are certainly visible, and I guess its de Graaf’s way of thanking the Maestro for lessons in optics, reflective surfaces and geometric precision. What you see and what you are about to see, believe it or not, is acrylic on canvas.

Days of the Raj – Calcutta (Kolkata), India, 1912

Jun 15

These plate-glass negatives were found inside a shoebox by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) in Edinburgh, UK.

Street Art I

Jun 13

I have always regarded ‘street art’ with a great deal of respect, primarily because it does not seek a gallery audience, is embalmed with a ‘guerillaesque’ spirit, creates ‘beauty’ in ‘ugliness’, has ‘transformative’ and metamorphic goals, is skeptical and irreverent, and mostly, the creators seek anonymity. So unlike the art-market gallery space.

Massive Design: The Blue Marlin

Jun 13

This is the Blue Marlin – The largest cargo transport ship in the world. I always marveled marine architecture and maritime engineering, and the Blue Marlin is truly a wonder – carrier of ships, oil rigs and submarines across international waters.Take a look at the scale of things here.