Drawing for feature in Mineshaft Magazine

Drawing for feature in Mineshaft Magazine
Originally uploaded by Prof. Jas. Mundie

I was invited by the publishers of Mineshaft Magazine to do a feature article on my Cabinet of Curiosities series for volume 24. The article mostly features my photographs, but as Mineshaft is a journal known for publishing drawings by cartoonists like R. Crumb, Kim Deitch, and Bill Griffith, I thought I should draw a comic-style intro to the piece.

"Beautiful Human" at Haverford College

“Through individual portrayal of real and fictional people, the six artists present bodies of work that explore history, time, truth, love, faith, identity, desire, lineage, mortality, and honor.” - Shelley Spector

Curated exclusively for Haverford College by Philadelphia artist and educator Shelley Spector, founder and director of Spector Gallery/Projects, Beautiful Human presents unique explorations of human life by six Philadelphia-based artists: Donald E. Camp, Matthew Fisher, Laura Graham, Rob Matthews, Joshua Mosley, and James Mundie.

The exhibition runs in the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery from Friday, 11 September through 9 October 2009. An opening reception will be held Friday, September 11th, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Gallery.

An artists’ panel discussion moderated by Robert Cozzolino, Curator of Modern Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, will be held Tuesday, September 22nd, at 4:30 p.m. in the Sharpless Auditorium of the Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center (KINSC).

Located in Whitehead Campus Center in Haverford, Pennsylvania, the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery is open Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Wednesdays until 8 p.m.

Open Bite

Open Bite
Originally uploaded by Prof. Jas. Mundie

On Friday morning, I returned to the Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia to take more photos. The last time I was there one of my cameras was misbehaving, so much of the film I shot that day was underexposed (urgh!). I hope to have corrected that issue with new shots, but won't know until I process the film.

I was pleased to find that the Mütter had recently brought out new specimens, so what started out as a simple reshoot turned into several hours of exploration (this shot being one example).

I also did two drawings, one a sketch of part of the Hyrtl skull collection, and the other a mermaid (sirenomelia) on permanent loan from the Wistar Institute.

Soft shoulder

Soft shoulder
Originally uploaded by Prof. Jas. Mundie

Two weeks on Cape Cod pass too quickly.

Ring of Fire No. 2

Ring of Fire No. 2
Originally uploaded by Prof. Jas. Mundie

Photograph from a rainy summer day in the poor man's paradise, Coney Island.

In the weeks since I took this photograph in Dreamland (the former site of Astroland) land developer Joe Sitt of Thor Equities (Coney Island's very own Big Bad Wolf) has closed down the park - weeks before the end of the season.

New drawings from Mütter Museum and elsewhere

Several new drawings from the Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and other medical museums have been freshly uploaded to Cabinet of Curiosities. These are sketches of interesting specimens I have found during my visits.

Shock & Horror: Human Oddities and Medical Marvels

From 9 April through 9 May 2009, eighteen new photographs from James G. Mundie's Cabinet of Curiosities will be featured in Shock & Horror: Human Oddities and Medical Marvels at Todd/Browning Gallery in downtown Los Angeles CA. Jim's work will hang alongside vintage photographs by the likes of Charles Eisenmann.

A preview video of the show may be seen here.

Todd/Browning Gallery is located at 211 West 5th Street (between Spring & Broadway), Los Angeles CA 90013.

Image: What Lies Beneath [Museum Vrolik] © 2008 James G. Mundie