{"id":2352,"date":"2012-02-09T08:43:09","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T16:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ups.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=2352"},"modified":"2014-10-14T10:54:54","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T17:54:54","slug":"the-art-of-mark-hoppmann-reception-talk-feb-15-6-8-p-m-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/the-art-of-mark-hoppmann-reception-talk-feb-15-6-8-p-m-2\/","title":{"rendered":"&quot;The Art of Mark Hoppmann&quot;, Reception &amp; Talk Feb. 15, 6-8 p.m."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2012\/02\/CrowCard_blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2312\" style=\"margin-left: 7px;margin-right: 7px\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2012\/02\/CrowCard_blog.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Madness of Crows...&quot; Mark Hoppmann postcard\" width=\"222\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 &#8211; All Day<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crows: The Art of Mark Hoppmann&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibit open Feb. 1\u201329, free<br \/>\nArtist Talk on Feb. 15, reception 6\u20137 p.m., talk 7\u20138 p.m., Library Room 020, free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds<\/span><\/em><\/em> was written by Charles MacKay, first published in 1842. Like that first work, &#8220;The Madness of Crows,&#8221; is also based on delusions (mine), centered around my favorite artistic subject. What began as small sketches a few years ago has evolved into a series of illustrations, becoming more and more intricate as new ideas evolve from the old.Inspired, (albeit) <em><em>loosely<\/em><\/em> by the borders and motifs found in<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"> The Book of Kells<\/span>, &#8220;The Madness of Crows&#8221; also uses elaborate border motifs and random bits in addition to the main illustrations. Those random &#8220;bits&#8221; and illustrations, explore pop culture, literature, world civilization. and a great deal of material in between, with a generous use of word play and visual double entendre. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crows<\/span> is made possible in part through a TAIP grant from the Tacoma Art Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Hoppmann graduated from Drake University, including one year of studying art in Florence Italy, with a degree in graphic design and commercial art . Working from sketchbooks, a digital camera, and his own imagination, he creates paintings and illustrations which often reflect a touch of irony. &#8220;Being an artist means going wherever it takes you. One day you&#8217;re working on a painting, the next you&#8217;re learning how to create your own handmade books. Each day is different.&#8221; Mark&#8217;s studio is located in Tacoma, Washington, where he lives with his wife and daughter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 &#8211; All Day &#8220;Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crows: The Art of Mark Hoppmann&#8221; Exhibit open Feb. 1\u201329, free Artist Talk on Feb. 15, reception 6\u20137 p.m., talk 7\u20138 p.m., Library Room 020, free &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/the-art-of-mark-hoppmann-reception-talk-feb-15-6-8-p-m-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2352"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6439,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352\/revisions\/6439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}