22.4.09
15.4.09
Portland Souvenir 2
This is an artwork by Carina Karlsson from Bristol Virginia. Or not exactly so. In fact Carina is the one finishing the necklace started by someone else. It is one of the projects that involves collaboration of artists. So Carina is the one to add the final touch (which actually changed the whole look of the piece). Among other things Carina added is a pendant - a humming bird in a shell. What is the shell made of? It is constructed of tiny wires wrapped in ... a piece of animal intestine! covered with pearly polish. Other little things she added are a metal bee and a butterfly wing caught between two pieces of tape. All the materials are bought or found. Carina showed me the last thing she got. It was a bracelet with little metal things attached to it. Each metal thing represented a rule from the Christian 10 Commandments. Check out Carina's blog to see her other charming creations.
Portland Souvenir 1
A theatre in a window shop in Portland street. It was raining, but there was a big crowd anyway. They had speakers outside which projected different bird sounds. A very smart way to integrate art and the city.
12.4.09
11.4.09
Seattle souvenir 1
I met Ken in Green Tortoise hostel in Seattle. He was the one always sitting in the lounge by himself drawing all day long. I don't know if he saw any of the city, but his inspiration seemed to keep him drawing for hours. He showed me his multiple ink pens all with different tip diameters. One was as tiny as a mosquito nose (0.03) I was amazed when I found out that Ken is a Los Angeles resident!!! Like many independent artists in LA Ken lives in a warehouse Downtown LA. So far he feels pretty comfortable living in Seattle and does not know when he will be able to return home.
Ken's portfolio has a bunch of his weirdly cute drawings and designs.
Ken's portfolio has a bunch of his weirdly cute drawings and designs.
15.3.09
Kehinde Wiley
http://www.kehindewiley.com/main.html
Admission: Free; reservations required. Call (310) 440-7300
Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium
13.3.09
Antarctic Constellations
A team of 4 artists headed by Lita Albuquerque
+one scientist (Simon P. Balm) went on a trip to Antarctica to create a scientifically precise mirror reflection of the stars above that certain locaion in Antarctica. A fantastic adventure turned into a movie by Sophie Dia Pegrum (Bristol - Los Angeles) will be shown around the world. Bold, bizarre and full of mysterious beauty.
http://www.stellaraxis.com
stellaraxisdocumentary.com
Body Knots
I enter this second-hand bookstore they just opened on Melrose and Heliotrope. Books on the floor. A guy drilling holes in some shelf. Clouds of dust. I am sneezing. Among shelves of obscure literature a book by Howard Schatz BODY KNOTS.
http://www.howardschatzfineart.com
http://www.howardschatz.com
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