oh yeah, speaking of the phenomenon of repurposed feed sacks, fashion of the late 40s/early to mid 50s was heavily dependent on diy thanks to the lasting effects of wwii, so magazines often advertised patterns for making do with such since in store clothing was often too pricey
also re: people unjustifiably shitting on abstract art without understanding what it's all about https://t.co/rqeXJPMwEQ
MC Escher's "Flatworms" (1959) and "Animals Without Backbones," illustrated by Ralph Buchsbaum (1938). The piece created in '59 is fanart inspired by the latter book's illustrations!
enamored with this genre of image
shout out to this guy from a 1955 atom age era documentary only
From Woman's Day Magazine August 1955
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the artist is named ethel hays if y'all wanna check out more of her work btw. she catalogued the roaring 20s flapper subculture within her satirical art... here's a fave of mine https://t.co/vIE4IVlBDL
i know minimalism has only been a named movement since the 1960s but honestly the 20s and 30s have some stunning examples