{Thursday, May 15, 2008}
 Lucent Dossier @ the Edison "Edison's weekly event, Incandescence, where vaudeville circus/dance troupe Lucent Dossier was performing from the stage, from the rafters, from the floor amid the audience. We sampled the absinthe cocktails which were served to us in vintage-looking glass bottles that we were allowed to take home." [more...] link Labels: art, events, fringe, performance_art  |
{Thursday, May 01, 2008}
  Fiemke Heimstra those are some seasoned cats link Labels: art |
{Sunday, April 13, 2008}
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{Saturday, April 12, 2008}
  Gary Fernandez Gary Fernández (1980) is a freelance illustrator and graphic artist based in Madrid, Spain. He's also the co-founder and creative head of the T-shirt brand VelvetBanana. (www.velvetbanana.net) link |
{Monday, April 07, 2008}
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{Wednesday, February 27, 2008}
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{Friday, February 22, 2008}
 Mondo Bizzarro Daniel Martin Diaz is off to Rome for a group exhibition and book signing with Glenn Barr and Bob Dob. He is in great company in the group show with SHAG, Glenn Barr, Liz McGrath, Chris Mars, Bob Dob and many more. Labels: art |
{Monday, February 18, 2008}
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HyperCoSMic Painting Jam Visionary artists Alex and Allyson Grey had a live painting performance at Club 740 in Los Angeles. Painting on stage with them were renowned tattoo artist Guy Aitchison and his wife, multimedia artist Michele Wortman; also performing were dark surrealist Chet Zar, tattoo portrait painter Shawn Barber and Corey Miller from the hit series LA Ink. DJ's performed all evening, including Satchi Om and Desert Dwellers. This performance was a fundraiser for Alex and Allyson Grey's Chapel Of Sacred Mirrors, and brought in a large and lively crowd. This mini-documentary is a colorful, fast-paced summary of this groundbreaking event. link Labels: art, tattoos, visionary_art |
{Thursday, February 07, 2008}
 A Cabinet of Natural Curiosities - Group Show at Roq La Rue Gallery. Including works by Travis Louie, Chet Zar, Liz McGrath & Christian Van Minnen. Opening Friday, February 8th 6-9pm. Runs through March 1st. This piece by Christian Vanminnen. Mmmmm, mushrooms. Labels: art |
{Friday, January 18, 2008}
 Live Painting in Brazil - Tribe 7 For the seventh year, Brazilian brothers, Raphael and Fario Dahan, sponsored Tribe Festival, a series of the most successful day-long music and art events in their country. On December 15th, 2007, top international performers converged for Tribe 7. Over 25,000 people attended the recent concert held near Sao Paulo. For the first time ever, Allyson and Alex painted together on one giant mural for the duration of the event. We painted for nearly 20 hours continuously, completing two sides of a four sided mural, 32 feet long and 8 feet high. The mural is on canvas stretched around a cube, allowing views from every vantage point. The last two panels will be completed in July when A & A return Alex's art is the visual feature of this year's Tribe festivals. The stage for the concert was patterned after the frame around the painting "Nature of Mind" and enlarged symbols from the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, CoSM appear throughout the event grounds. A studio of artists translated the details of the "Nature of Mind" frame into huge sculptures. A dozen 20 foot high four faced angels held up the corners of the tent under which thousands of people danced, surrounded by enlarged CoSM inspired symbols from many world religions. link Labels: art |
{Friday, January 11, 2008}
  ANGE EXQUIS One Theme: "Être Ange, Étrange" (Be Angel, Strange…) 30 artists interpretation of angels on the strange side. More Eli Tiunine. And more Kandl. Labels: art |
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{Tuesday, January 08, 2008}
 By Lisa Reist untitled 2007 Gouache and ink January 3–January 26, 2008 - From the Artists Against The War: Society of Illustrators series Labels: art |
{Saturday, December 15, 2007}
 "I work best in a kind of trance state where the influence of light, color, image, and rhythm comes out intuitively. Whack the machine till the ghosts pop out of it. These psychoactive effects you noticed in my work are particularly effective when viewed on the internet—as a medium it allows me to access an audience that is usually relaxed and at home, and more open to a hypnotic state. Larry Carlson talks to Ry Fyan - link Labels: art |
 Mixed Media 37" x 20" x 12" $7,000.00 Elizabeth McGrath "The Incurable Disorder" Exhibition: December 15, 2007 - January 5, 2008 Opening Reception: Saturday, December 15th, 7-10 pm link Labels: art |
{Tuesday, December 04, 2007}
 SANTA'S GHETTOIn a creative bid to boost Bethlehem's sagging economy, Banksy has brought his seasonal "Santa's Ghetto" exhibition to this Palestinian town that has seen few tourists in recent years. The infamous stencil artist joined several others in creating over a dozen works on the concrete wall surrounding the town, turning a hated symbol of Israeli occupation into an massive open air art gallery. Another dozen or so works are on display in a former chicken shop in Manger Square. In pictures: Banksy returns to Bethlehem More info can be found at the Santa's Ghetto website.  Labels: art, street-art |
{Saturday, December 01, 2007}
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{Thursday, November 29, 2007}
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{Wednesday, November 07, 2007}
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This introductory graphic is somewhat odd but trust me, this little animated short has amazing graphics. 3C70 is no more than a number. Forced into a clockwork world where his only purpose is to duplicate and multiply, he sets about his task without question. Within seconds, however, his small world is turned upside down when a strange plant upends the order of his simple life. from Rhubarb Zoo | via: laughing squid |
{Wednesday, October 24, 2007}
 By David Stoupakis  By Travis Louis The Talking Board Show premiered last Friday at the CoproNason Gallery revealing the group art exhibition of original Ouija Boards. It runs October 20 - October 31 and features many artists' Talking Board, or (Ouija Board) interpretations.  Related: from 12/2005Ask A Question! Then hold your mouse lightly on the pointer and follow it as your answer is revealed. Labels: art |
{Monday, October 22, 2007}
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{Sunday, October 21, 2007}
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{Sunday, October 14, 2007}
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The Beginning: May 2004 »FBI Abducts Artist, Seizes Art »Feds Unable to Distinguish Art from Bioterrorism »Grieving Artist Denied Access to Deceased Wife's Body [Read More] The Latest: October 11, 2007 SICKNESS, "ABSURD" DOJ PROSECUTION FORCE SCIENTIST TO PLEAD IN PRECEDENT-SETTING CASE Scientist's Wife and Daughter Comment on Case Buffalo, NY - Today in Federal District Court, Dr. Robert Ferrell, Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, under tremendous pressure, pled guilty to lesser charges rather than facing a prolonged trial for federal charges of "mail fraud" and "wire fraud" in a surreal post-PATRIOT Act legal case that has attracted worldwide attention. "From the beginning, this has been a persecution, not a prosecution. Although I have not seen the final agreement, the initial versions contained incorrect and irrelevant information," said Dr. Dianne Raeke Ferrell, Dr. Ferrell's wife and an Associate Professor of Special Education and Clinical Services at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. (To read Gentry Ferrell's full statement, please visit: http://caedefensefund.org/press/ferrellplea.html) PLEA COMES AMIDST OVERWHELMING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR DEFENDANTS The plea bargain agreement comes at a time of overwhelming public support for the two defendants. A film about the case, Strange Culture - directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson and featuring Tilda Swinton (Chronicles of Narnia, Michael Clayton), Thomas Jay Ryan (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), and Peter Coyote (E.T., Erin Brockovich) - has drawn widespread critical praise and public interest, with screenings in dozens of U.S. cities after its selection to open both the 2007 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival documentary section. An October 1 screening of the film at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City drew a crowd of 400 who stayed for an hour afterward for a discussion with Professor Kurtz, director Hershman Leeson, and actress Tilda Swinton. Special benefit screenings of the film in numerous cities have raised thousands of dollars to offset the two defendants' escalating legal costs.  BACKGROUND TO THE CASEThe legal nightmare of renowned scientist Dr. Robert Ferrell and artist and professor Dr. Steven Kurtz began in May 2004. Professor Kurtz and his late wife Hope were founding members of the internationally exhibited art and theater collective Critical Art Ensemble. Over the past decade cultural institutions worldwide have commissioned and hosted Critical Art Ensemble's participatory theater projects that help the general public understand biotechnology and the many issues surrounding it. In May 2004 the Kurtzes were preparing a project examining genetically modified agriculture for the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, when Hope Kurtz died of heart failure. Detectives who responded to Professor Kurtz's 911 call deemed the couple's art suspicious, and called the FBI. Within hours the artist was illegally detained as a suspected "bioterrorist" as dozens of federal agents in Hazmat suits sifted through his work and impounded his computers, manuscripts, books, his cat, and even his wife's body. For more information about the case, including extensive documentation, please visit CAE Defense Fund News Story Yahoo Group Critical Art Ensemble Strange Culture: DEC 11 it will air on Sundance Channel, then it will go to DVD sales. Labels: art, Directors, injustice, surrealism |
{Friday, October 05, 2007}
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{Wednesday, August 15, 2007}
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{Tuesday, July 24, 2007}
 Lucid Dream Lounge Presents The Plucker: A Book by Brom The Plucker leaned down until its face hung a kiss away from Angel, peeled back its black lips, and exposed the most sincere smile its rotting teeth would allow. "You will be such a treat," it whispered. The Plucker is a 160 page hardbound illustrated novel. Original story/artwork by Brom. link | via Labels: art, books, performance_art |
{Friday, July 20, 2007}
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{Thursday, July 19, 2007}
 Naoto Hattori TRIPPING BIRD 3.8 x 3.8 inches (frame size 6.5 x 6.5 inches) Acrylic on board, 2007 Framed - $380 SOLD My friend, Naoto Hattori has some new pieces up and they're already SOLD. No big surprise there. link Labels: art |
 Little Krishna by Lori Field Colored Pencil Drawing on Rice Paper, Collage Elements, Thread, Encaustic and Beeswax on Wood 10" x 10", S O L D via: phantasmaphile who says of her: "...you must see these pieces in person to witness their divine texture and cloudiness." So delectable you could stick in a spoon and eat it. If I could only narrow down which one(s) I want to buy. link Labels: art |
{Monday, July 02, 2007}
 Judith SchaechterWondrously talented stained glass artist displays many striking and whimsical pieces. Not a frelling stained glass iris in the whole lot. This piece is called "Bird Thief Strikes" found in the Portfolio 2000 - 2007. link Labels: art |
{Saturday, June 23, 2007}
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Heart and Torch: Rick Griffin’s Transcendence June 24 to September 30, 2007 Heart and Torch: Rick Griffin’s Transcendence, the artist’s first major retrospective and solo museum exhibition, opens on June 24, 2007. A cult figure that set the iconographic terrain for the 1960s and 1970s counterculture, in his art Griffin expressed idealism and hope along with a darker side that perfectly embodied the contradictions of the era with its mixture of hedonism, politics, and avant-garde expression.  The exhibition, which includes some 140 paintings, drawings, posters, album covers, and artifacts, surveys thirty years of Griffin’s work from the 1960s until his death in 1991. The accompanying 156-page catalogue, published in association with Gingko Press, is the first publication to address Griffin’s impact on the surf, psychedelic rock, and born-again Christian movements.Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 1:00 p.m. Psychedelic Moment: The Big Five and Zap Comix in the 1960s Griffin Lecture Series - This first panel on Griffin and San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury features the artist’s widow and internationally respected artists who initiated the psychedelic art and underground comix movements. With Ida Griffin, Alton Kelley, Stanley Mouse, Spain Rodriguez, and Robert Williams. Moderated by Jacaeber Kastor, founder of Psychedelic Solution Gallery, New York. Related: Read More» Laguna Art Musuem Visit Griffin's MySpace site Order Heart and Torch: Rick Griffin’s Transcendence Rick Grifin: Wikipedia (Rick Griffin | 1944-1991) |
{Saturday, May 05, 2007}
 Cheshire Cat - 2006 by Sergey Tyukano Surrealist and humorous etchings by Russian artist printmaker Sergey Tyukanov Labels: art |
{Saturday, April 21, 2007}
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One event that gets far less publicity, but that was at the heart of everything that came both before and after it also sees its 40th anniversary this year. The 14-Hour Technicolor Dream took place on April the 29th 1967 and was the UK's first mass-participational all-night psychedelic freakout! To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 14-Hour Technicolor Dream, an array of rarely seen 60s films, full-on lightshows, avant-garde theatre and bands both old and new. link Labels: 60s, art, cult films, events, music, psychedelia |
{Saturday, March 24, 2007}
 Robert Crumb retrospective curated by Todd Hignite just opened at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. It runs from March 16 to July 8, 2007. The show includes over 200 of the best examples of Crumb's art, spanning his prolific and rich lifetime body of work. [via]NSFW Here's 81 photos taken on the opening day. Labels: art, comix, NSFW, photography, R Crumb |
{Wednesday, March 14, 2007}
 Finally in print - the official companion volume to Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School! "Dr. Sketchy's Official Rainy Day Colouring Book" is one part DIY handbook, one part activity book on acid, and one part history of the Sketch Revolution. To sweeten the broth, we've added dozens of photos, paper dolls, colouring book pages and puppets of Amber Ray, Lolita Haze, Little Brooklyn, Audra Gwarskitty,and all your other favorite Dr. Sketchy's models. "Dr Sketchy's has gone from New York treasure to international phenomenon in a handful of months: a little piece of imaginary Twenties Paris where anyone who can hold a pencil may sketch beautiful burlesque models while sinking booze or sipping coffee. It's a wonderful thing: and only the Brooklyn Renaissance Woman that is Molly Crabapple could tell you about it this well." Molly Crabapple, founder |
{Monday, March 12, 2007}
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{Saturday, February 17, 2007}
 A very talented artist with lots of fun and wicked paintings. From Plastique Monkey // More on Flickr |
{Thursday, February 15, 2007}
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{Tuesday, January 30, 2007}
 For anyone who has eaten the whole box, or bag, or carton the photographs in this series make light of our secret binges. Here, the consequences of indulgence are tabloid or monster movie deaths. Daniela Edburg’s Drop Dead Gorgeous both mocks and satisfies our cravings. Born in Houston in 1975, Daniela Edburg grew up in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She got her bachelor’s degree in visual arts from the National University in the excellence program at the San Carlos Academy in Mexico City, where she still lives and works. Images appear courtesy of Kunsthaus and Daniela Edburg, copyright © Daniela Edburg, all rights reserved. A series of 12 delightful manipulated images by Daniela Edburg. link Labels: art, films, photography |
{Saturday, January 27, 2007}
 Manet and the Execution of Maximilian [info]Five compositions, including three large paintings committed by Manet from 1867-1869, in response to the execution of the pawn in Napoleons' game, have been assembled for viewing for the first time in the United States. (It's been in the Tate in London for some of the time--editor) Maxmillian, a reasonably idealistic Austrian archduke, was installed by Napoleon III as Emperor of Mexico. His taking the throne, thus deposing President Benito Juarez, was implemented to validate the French imperialistic invasion of Mexico. Juarez gathered his forces and reclaimed his title. Napoleon left Maximilian to his own devices. The sad emperor, sporting his beloved sombrero, was led outside the town of Queretaro and executed by a firing squad. The accompanying albumen silver prints of Francois Aubert serve as historical interest and cross into the realm of art. Aubert was a French photographer commissioned by Maximillian to document the fringe element of his new subjects. It was also the fate of Albert to document the execution squad, casket, garments and body of the executed emperor. The bloodied, bullet ridden shirt and sombrero of Maximillian are exquisite. The show is great. And the Emperor's shirt a humble emblem of vain and ill placed power. (via ~ coffeebreak) At MOMA until January 29. Labels: art, photography |
{Tuesday, January 23, 2007}
 More tripped out goodies from artist, Larry Carlson. NORTH VALE - Interactive pictures - Take a trip to the strange and spooky land of North Vale. (2007). Enjoy your visit and be sure to click around the pictures to uncover hidden worlds. This collection of six new interactive pictures was created by taking photos of the Vermont landscape and other subjects which were processed and animated digitally. The pictures also feature an original soundtrack by Larry Carlson. And Z.Q. - is an art book that features a collection of surreal back and white images. (2007)  Visit his MySpace site for more interactive fun. Lucky for us this versatile visionary stays busy making his art and showing his art. Labels: animation, art, books, Larry Carlson, surrealism, visionary_art |
{Thursday, December 21, 2006}
 W E B T R A I L * Above graphic is one example of the excellent collage art by Agnes Montgomery, who is currently working on something for Animal Collective's next release. * I didn't know there was a David Gilmour Blog * New anarchy aggregator site, Carnival Of Anarchy, is blazing a path through intertopia. Will be December 29 and the theme is Anarchist Blogs, Anarchist blogging. * From the One Club, The Alchemists is a film "about 5 people who hated the world so much? they changed yours". |
{Wednesday, October 11, 2006}
 Guerrilla Art SchoolBlack Gum College allegedly existed in or around Old Fort, North Carolina during 1972-3. The surviving mission statement of this guerrilla Art School claims that its purpose was "to inject ooze into society so that art can exist in this constrictive culture." According to legend, students were "recruited" then led blind-folded to "the campus," a forest clearing where they were given workshops in energy transference, witchcraft, and juice drawing. Students were warned against disclosing the college's location or going public with details concerning their education. No one has yet come forth as a former student. Read more»» Recent drawings by Steve Brown and the final performance of the black ooze Reception 7- 11 pm October 13th 2006 Performance some time after 9 pm October 13th 2006 Harvest Records · 415-b Haywood Rd · Asheville · NC · 28806 harvestrecords@gmail.com 828 258 2999 So far I cannot find one thing on the internet about this art school. technorati tags:Asheville, Black_Gum Blogged with Flock |
{Monday, September 18, 2006}
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Banksy Got Banksied "This is so genius I kind of can't believe more people didn't do something like this this weekend."  “Los Angeles artist Jeff Gillette ‘banksied’ Banksy this weekend by sneaking in and installing his 11×14 painting Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass with with Taliban, Burkhas, RPG’s and McDonalds taken out. Apparently Gillette made it through security with ease and installed it in the back room. It was only up for 15 minutes.” link Labels: art, street-art |
{Tuesday, September 12, 2006}
 'He created his own universe and became its star'Director David Cronenberg explains the debt he owes to Andy Warhol's bizarre and chillingly prophetic work Empire is the classic. It was outrageous - yet somehow it worked. An eight-hour shot of the Empire State Building, it was high concept, not in the Hollywood sense, but the art sense. It's got potency, resonance. Andy even said the Empire State Building was a star. It's so New York, which was the centre of the artistic universe at the time, the 1960s. That's why I decided to begin the Andy Warhol show I am curating with Empire. Andy Warhol Supernova: Stars, Deaths and Disasters, 1962-64, curated by David Cronenberg, is at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Canada, until October 22. Details: 001 416 979 6648 or Ago.net. Guardian Unlimited Arts | Arts features | David Cronenberg: on Andy Warhol |
{Monday, August 28, 2006}
 "With the Burning Man art festival in the Nevada desert starting Monday, a group of San Francisco scientists is busy calculating how much the event contributes to global warming." Oops! The San Francisco Chronicle article got it wrong. The "cupcakes" are NOT gas-powered; they're electric. Not to worry. The burners set them straight. See the link at the bottom. What got into these scientists? I always thought the Burning Man participants were very conscientious. See Cooling Man. link Labels: art |
{Friday, August 25, 2006}
 Coast To Coast-Whitley StreiberNo matter what your beliefs are about ufos, crop circles or ghosts and intelligent life "out there" you must admit Coast To Coast is a very interesting talk radio program. Early this morning I listened to author Whitley Strieber discussing his experiences with alien entities, some of which were incorporated into his new novel The Grays. I haven't read anything by him except Communion: A True Story but I'll have to read this one now. George Noory interviewed Whitley Strieber last night, but he'll be back on the show with Art Bell this Sunday. Amazing stories. But are they true or not? The Saturday show's guest is the good doctor, Rick Strassman. link |
{Saturday, August 12, 2006}
 The Life Of Roderick RomeroRoderick Romero has a boyish face and a sideways grin. He wears his hair in reddish-brown braids that fall to his waist (it was last cut in 1990, when he took a Swiss army knife to it in the middle of a concert he was performing with his band, Sky Cries Mary.) His strong forearms are covered in tattoos of voodoo and Santeria symbols and illustrations from the Indian writer Rabindranath Tagore's firefly poems. While he has been many thing -- rock star, yogi, premed student, aspiring tennis pro -- his current incarnation may be the most unlikely: His is a tree house designer, and his growing list of clients includes Sting, Donna Karan, Val Kilmer, and Julianne Moore. This new career began in 1998, when a friend asked him to contribute an art piece to an outdoor exhibition she was curating in Bald Hills, Washington. "I told her I would build this big nest," Romero says, "and you could sleep in it." He had no idea he would tap into a national fascination with tree houses.  For the next nine months, Romero was firmly steeped in the world of his nest. Like a bird, ne gathered fallen twigs and reeds and vines from nearby trees and then had to figure out how to build something structurally sound, sustained at 30 feet off the ground. "It was coming straight out of the ether," he says. "I had no idea what I was doing. It was purely conceptual, but it had to be engineered well. It had to be safe." The result was a creation that looks sort of like a bearded bungalow perched among the branches of a giant leaf maple. When his brother saw the nest, he requested one, so Romero built him the Eagle House, a pine and cedar trapezoid that straddles four trees in the Cascade Mountains. A few months later, Romero was visiting Sting and his wife, Trudy, at their home in Tuscany (Romero knows them through the yoga world). He told them about his first two tree houses, at which point Trudie asked, "Why don't you build us a tree house?" And so came tree house No.3. For more information on the treehouses, Click Here. [more...] |