{"id":18946,"date":"2015-12-07T14:42:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T19:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=18946"},"modified":"2015-12-31T23:22:42","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T04:22:42","slug":"rent-a-rammer-for-homeland-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2015\/12\/rent-a-rammer-for-homeland-security.html","title":{"rendered":"Rent a Rammer for Homeland Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Norman O. Mustill died <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2013\/12\/a-great-one-died-today.html\">two years ago today<\/a>. Here are two postcard he sent his friend Kurt Wold back in the 1980s. Although only postcards, they are like all Norm&#8217;s work, as Wold says: &#8220;the manifestation of the man.&#8221; And they haven&#8217;t aged a nanosecond.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_18945\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/BARCO-RAMMER-e1449516957129.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18945\" data-attachment-id=\"18945\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2015\/12\/rent-a-rammer-for-homeland-security.html\/barco-rammer\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/BARCO-RAMMER-e1449516957129.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"350,550\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BARCO RAMMER, a postcard by Norman O. Mustill (ca. 1980s)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Postcard by Norman O. Mustill (ca. 1980s) &lt;font size=2&gt;[3.5&amp;#8243; x 5.5&amp;#8243;]&lt;\/font&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/BARCO-RAMMER-e1449516957129.jpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/BARCO-RAMMER-e1449516957129.jpeg\" alt title=\"BARCO RAMMER, a postcard \u00a9 by Norman O. Mustill (ca. 1980s)\" width=\"350\" height=\"550\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18945\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Postcard by Norman O. Mustill <font size=2>(ca. 1980s)<br \/>[3.5&#8243; x 5.5&#8243;]<\/font><\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_18944\" style=\"width: 389px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SICUREZZA-PATRIA-e1449516978369.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18944\" data-attachment-id=\"18944\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2015\/12\/rent-a-rammer-for-homeland-security.html\/sicurezza-patria\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SICUREZZA-PATRIA-e1449516978369.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"379,550\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SICUREZZA PATRIA, a postcard by Norman O. Mustill (ca. 1980s)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Postcard by Norman O. Mustill &lt;font size=2&gt;[5&amp;#8243; x 7.25&amp;#8243;] (ca. 1980s)&lt;\/font&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SICUREZZA-PATRIA-e1449516978369.jpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SICUREZZA-PATRIA-e1449516978369.jpeg\" alt title=\"SICUREZZA PATRIA, a postcard \u00a9 by Norman O. Mustill (ca. 1980s)\" width=\"379\" height=\"550\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18944\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Postcard by Norman O. Mustill <font size=2>(ca. 1980s) [5&#8243; x 7.25&#8243;]<\/font><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2011\/04\/self-portrait_mustill_in_his_d.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10383\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2013\/12\/a-great-one-died-today.html\/mustill-r-i-p\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MUSTILL-r.i.p..png\" data-orig-size=\"560,220\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MUSTILL &amp;#8211; r.i.p.\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MUSTILL-r.i.p..png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MUSTILL-r.i.p..png\" alt title=\"L\u2019artiste Lui-m\u00eame, in his desert lair. Click for &#039;Self-Portrait With Collage.&#039;\" width=\"560\" height=\"220\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MUSTILL-r.i.p..png 560w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MUSTILL-r.i.p.-300x117.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norman O. Mustill died two years ago today. Here are two postcard he sent his friend Kurt Wold back in the 1980s. Although only postcards, they are like all Norm&#8217;s work, as Wold says: &#8220;the manifestation of the man.&#8221; And they haven&#8217;t aged a nanosecond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-art","7":"category-political-culture","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-4VA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18946"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19145,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18946\/revisions\/19145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}