I am Josh Sands. I am an artist. Here is some of my art and art that inspires me. Also visit liquidsands.com.Tumblr (3.0; @liquidsands)http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/79ff8a620cf8a15a8c29e994df11aa34/tumblr_mn2uk1qEOx1qbeg13o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mlavine.tumblr.com/post/50879586531/his-life-raft-was-a-death-trap-drifting-down-the" target="_blank">mlavine</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>His life raft was a death trap, drifting down the river of misery.</p> </blockquote>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/50890288110http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/50890288110Sun, 19 May 2013 23:17:58 -0700Typography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/148afd500192d9cab27c9420e48c522b/tumblr_mn2wcsFuX91qgkoejo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/25c39183bc9b14fceaef647101d17868/tumblr_mn2wcsFuX91qgkoejo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ryandonato.com/post/50882383718/james-clar" target="_blank">ryandonato</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.jamesclar.com/" target="_blank">James Clar</a><span><br/></span></p> </blockquote>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/50890175621http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/50890175621Sun, 19 May 2013 23:15:29 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/431b7b0a56695d41705f33639b5859b0/tumblr_mn2wzuEMeE1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/50883337155/capitalism-kills" target="_blank">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://eng.reginafiles.com/?p=61" target="_blank">Capitalism kills</a></p> </blockquote>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/50890135792http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/50890135792Sun, 19 May 2013 23:14:34 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d811babd96c9018b997c13d73327cf4f/tumblr_mn32i9y14o1r9didko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1b1fa4a2dbc9e0c0ed0b26fc74ca9f3d/tumblr_mn32i9y14o1r9didko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6b03352d23d94a2ea35bea83206b1906/tumblr_mn32i9y14o1r9didko4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>David Arky Photography</p> <p>Liquids, 2010</p> <p><a href="http://www.arky.com/liquids" target="_blank">here…</a></p>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/50889977419http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/50889977419Sun, 19 May 2013 23:10:57 -0700liquidsDavid Arkyphotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/aa2d2b856463846ca03abba4d77b1a0c/tumblr_mmgwxuNxIu1r9didko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ready-made #art #photography #iphonography</p>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49919936683http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49919936683Wed, 08 May 2013 00:03:29 -0700iphonographyphotographyart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bbed073cc776017fe789f73275525b53/tumblr_mmcin9DtlR1r9didko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Typography photography no.7 #typeoftheday #typography #text #art #artoftheday #photography #iphonography #nofilter</p>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49721987214http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49721987214Sun, 05 May 2013 15:04:21 -0700arttexttypeofthedaytypographyartofthedaynofilteriphonographyphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/166dee05dfb5ff62826bfc52a7dc3537/tumblr_mm949x4Aaw1qzdxojo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mhsteger.tumblr.com/post/49559456127/a-theatre-poster-from-the-1920s-for-a-two-part" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">mhsteger</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>A theatre poster from the 1920s for a two-part work by <strong>Tadeusz Peiper</strong> (born 3 <span>May, 1891; died 10 November, 1969)</span></p> <p>Here are two poems by Peiper…</p> <p><strong>Workers’ Chant</strong></p> <p><span>shadow</span></p> <p><span>black bird</span></p> <p><span>black bird our sighs</span></p> <p><span>sucking the golden teat sucking the sun</span></p> <p><span>black bird</span></p> <p><span>oh, and we want them to have</span></p> <p><span>t</span><span>o have!</span></p> <p><span>to have!</span></p> <p><span>the city must have the golden teat</span></p> <p><span>for us your singing</span></p> <p><span>for us your golden singing</span></p> <p><span>for us your black golden singing</span></p> <p><span>your singing carves our world</span></p> <p><span>our world</span></p> <p><span>the world</span></p> <p><span>we’re looking   we’re looking?  we steal with our eyes!</span></p> <p><span>we steal, we steal, we steal</span></p> <p><span>with eyes</span></p> <p><span>the smoke has a knife</span></p> <p><span>the knife has smoke our sighs</span></p> <p><span>have a knife</span></p> <p><span>slicing the sun into pennies spilling pennies</span></p> <p><span>the knife has smoke</span></p> <p><span>and slices</span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span>(translated from the Polish)</span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><strong>Sunday</strong></p> <p><span>on each leaf of this close Sunday</span></p> <p><span>weight of gold dust</span></p> <p><span>prayer of passers-by, calibrated smiles</span></p> <p><span>number two</span></p> <p><span>is the smallest in the crowd</span></p> <p><span>(women’s stockings)</span></p> <p><span>silk’s hymn over sugar’s cruelty </span></p> <p><span>in the wing of sleeve brushing by</span></p> <p><span>the street could survive me</span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p>(translated from the French)</p> <p><span> </span></p></blockquote>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49579216609http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49579216609Sat, 04 May 2013 01:22:17 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7b2ad6d7b9ffd2412495befd4164c346/tumblr_mm9lnenk0i1r9didko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/de590108d5b694f04eed54e4cea289d7/tumblr_mm9lnenk0i1r9didko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em><strong>Nancy Dwyer</strong></em></p> <p>Entitled To What, 2006</p> <p>digital print and mixed media installation</p> <p>more <a href="http://www.geringlopez.com/artists/nancy-dwyer/#/images/1/" target="_blank">here…</a></p>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49579029038http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49579029038Sat, 04 May 2013 01:16:25 -0700Nancy Dwyerdigital printmixed mediainstallationtexttypography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/869314815bf3e83c7b7306209dab2596/tumblr_mm9lblZWNJ1r9didko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Nancy Dwyer</strong></em></p> <p>RICH, 1989<br/> Acrylic on canvas<br/> 70 x 90 inches</p>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49578796442http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49578796442Sat, 04 May 2013 01:09:21 -0700Nancy Dwyercamoflagetexttypographypainting80's art<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/56c83a84ad36a750a31068d26f53f880/tumblr_mm9j5pb9151r9didko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Nancy Dwyer</strong></em></p> <p>Me Block, 1991</p> <p>wood sculpture</p>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49577212351http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49577212351Sat, 04 May 2013 00:22:37 -0700sculpturetexttypographyNancy Dwyerwood art90's art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1a9e27b3bd211ee5e2136a435dce3215/tumblr_mm9547C3U61r9didko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Nancy Dwyer</strong></em></p> <p>Sketch for Things Change, 2007</p>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49559272958http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49559272958Fri, 03 May 2013 19:19:19 -0700Nancy DwyertextTypographydrawing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9d5197f48e4608d913dc1c2bd3eb3bd7/tumblr_mm7ktmrKm61r9didko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Claes Oldenburg</strong></em></p> <p>The Letter Q as Beach House With Sailboat, 1972</p>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49496554035http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49496554035Thu, 02 May 2013 23:03:21 -0700Claes Oldenburg PPop artdrawingtexttypography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e5d49dba605c53bd6dc659d5094a483d/tumblr_mm7j65iId51r9didko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b8d3c50aaf2d76af268081de6894fa22/tumblr_mm7j65iId51r9didko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em><strong>Jasper Johns</strong></em></p> <p>Color Numeral Series, 1969</p>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49495088160http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49495088160Thu, 02 May 2013 22:27:41 -0700Jasper JohnsPop artscreen printingpaintingtypographytext<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8be64b3d4163aaaa058281d32064b848/tumblr_mm7im91GtG1r9didko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Jasper Johns</strong></em></p> <p>Gray Alphabets, 1968</p>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49494561330http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49494561330Thu, 02 May 2013 22:15:45 -0700Jasper Johnstexttypographypaintingscreen printing<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/66e0ed264295a98d85e41f0c6aba47b1/tumblr_mm26uy2Kgs1r9didko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Alighiero Boetti</strong></em></p> <p>Untitled, Nero Su Bianco, 1989</p> <p>tapestry</p> <p><a href="http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/2012/09/alighiero-boetti-at-moma/" target="_blank">more here…</a></p>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49247326997http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49247326997Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:13:46 -0700Alighiero Boettiembroiderytapestrytextilesfiber artarttypography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/373a26f44b590a4bb659f5cf256b276a/tumblr_mm25v677Gq1r9didko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7da2b5b745a95b7030c86eb4c960c16d/tumblr_mm25v677Gq1r9didko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em><strong>Alighiero Boetti</strong></em><span></span></p> <p><span><em>Arazzo dei mille fiumi piu lunghi del mundo</em> (Tapestry of the thousand longest rivers of the world), 1976-82 </span></p> <p><span>This piece, sometimes referred to as Boetti’s list, contains the names of the 1,000 longest rivers in the world in descending order—the product of 7 years of research. You might find that information today in a Wikipedia entry, but Boetti carefully lists them in this large gray and white woven piece as if to cement their existence into reality and get a tenuous handle on the staggering variety of the world.</span></p>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49246782408http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49246782408Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:52:18 -0700Alighiero Boettitextilesfiber artarttypographyrivers<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b2a759af36f443059a5cdcadd6050479/tumblr_mm25qjoB3m1r9didko1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Alighiero Boetti</strong></em><span></span></p> <p><span><em>Oggi dodicesimo giorno sesto mese anno mille novecento ottantanove</em> (Today the Twelfth Day of the Sixth Month of the Year Nineteen Eighty-nine), 1989</span></p> <p><span>tapestry<br/></span></p>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49246706882http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/49246706882Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:49:31 -0700textilestapestrytypographyAlighiero Boettiart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5c3325133c79e59d3a3aa58a01c53c41/tumblr_mlvz81X8Yb1r9didko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Photography of typography no.4 #typography #photography #iphonography #text #books #art</p>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/48963603598http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/48963603598Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:43:11 -0700arttextphotographytypographybooksiphonography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/98f207a23b29238450c5431f35ae34f9/tumblr_mlhbh62mFN1r9didko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>photography of typography no. 1 #picoftheday #photography #typography</p>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/48323733619http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/48323733619Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:43:54 -0700photographypicofthedaytypography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f77fa83c5eed3cf11e143a84a953c2fe/tumblr_ml9yhy0Nau1r29uz6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://artruby.com/post/48069376682/jochem-hendricks-1-069-427-grains-of-sand" target="_blank">artruby</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.jochem-hendricks.de/" target="_blank">Jochem Hendricks</a>, <em>1,069,427 Grains of Sand</em> (2011-2012). </p> </blockquote>http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/48075677693http://liquidsands.tumblr.com/post/48075677693Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:21:25 -0700