Comments on: Handmade Christmas Cards Sent By Famous Artists to Their Friends http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2012/12/family-photos-are-great-for-christmas-cards-but-these-artists-have-you-beat/ A new Smithsonian blog covering scenes and sightings from the Smithsonian museums and beyond. Tue, 21 May 2013 21:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Laura Salovitch http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2012/12/family-photos-are-great-for-christmas-cards-but-these-artists-have-you-beat/comment-page-1/#comment-9804 Laura Salovitch Tue, 25 Dec 2012 19:20:33 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=32538#comment-9804 Excellent! But where's the Christmas card from John Lennon & Yoko Ono referenced in the article? Could the author have been referring to the "Happy Christmas! War is over, if you want it" billboard in NYC? Excellent! But where’s the Christmas card from John Lennon & Yoko Ono referenced in the article? Could the author have been referring to the “Happy Christmas! War is over, if you want it” billboard in NYC?

]]> By: Dan in MO http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2012/12/family-photos-are-great-for-christmas-cards-but-these-artists-have-you-beat/comment-page-1/#comment-9775 Dan in MO Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:16:15 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=32538#comment-9775 Yes, Ms. Selanius. I agree. Well said. Yes, Ms. Selanius. I agree. Well said.

]]> By: Miss Selanius http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2012/12/family-photos-are-great-for-christmas-cards-but-these-artists-have-you-beat/comment-page-1/#comment-9766 Miss Selanius Sun, 16 Dec 2012 13:50:52 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=32538#comment-9766 This was an interesting holiday article, and I enjoyed seeing Christmas viewed through the various artistic lenses. I must disagree with the commentary on the card by Phillip Guston, however. Rather than being a departure from his dark pictures of violence by the KKK, I see this card as an extension of his theme: a black kettle (black man) hanging, while pointed flames - evocative of KKK hoods - dance in the wood(s). Ms. Selanius This was an interesting holiday article, and I enjoyed seeing Christmas viewed through the various artistic lenses. I must disagree with the commentary on the card by Phillip Guston, however. Rather than being a departure from his dark pictures of violence by the KKK, I see this card as an extension of his theme: a black kettle (black man) hanging, while pointed flames – evocative of KKK hoods – dance in the wood(s).

Ms. Selanius

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