Art thread

[J~$$$]

WOO-HOO 8x10. PM'd.

[algunz]

Done!

[TomAz]

The Barney/Beuys exhibit in Venice was all re-hash.

wasn't that the point?

[wmgaretjax]

wasn't that the point?

i guess, but given the title of the event; "all in the present must be transformed," you get the impression that I was supposed to take more away from the event than a bunch of stuff I had already seen independent from each other. I'm a big fan of beuys so I was happy to see his work again, but the parallels between their work didn't really extend beyond the surface for me.

EDIT: and the Beuys show in Berlin at Harburger Banhof was better in my opinion.

[TomAz]

well they both work with gloppy stuff sometimes.

I will admit to ignorance: I'd never heard of Barney and had only very limited exposure to Beuys prior to seeing that exhibit. So it was fun for me. Beuys > Barney, agreed.

[wmgaretjax]

well they both work with gloppy stuff sometimes.

I will admit to ignorance: I'd never heard of Barney and had only very limited exposure to Beuys prior to seeing that exhibit. So it was fun for me. Beuys > Barney, agreed.

You know, I have to admit, I like some of Barney's stuff. I thought the Cremaster stuff was interesting, often boring and ridiculous, but there were some fantastic moments. At a minimum, the guy puts together some incredibly well polished exhibits (the Drawing Restraint exhibit, 7 and 8 in particular, at SF MOMA). He needs to get off of his own ego though.

[ewiggy]

hi jared! are you back?

[wmgaretjax]

hi jared! are you back?

i am! how have things been? I got back yesterday and school starts tomorrow, ugh.

[miscorrections]

this thread makes me happy, so i figured i would finally contribute something.
i just stumbled across this photo on my computer, painted it 3 yrs. ago. 16x20 and everything that isn't face is fingerpainted.

[TomAz]

is that a bug on her forehead?

[miscorrections]

er, no. it's like a bindi, i did this from a reference photo.

[Hannahrain]

[miscorrections]

ezackly.

[TomAz]

jeez what's next. Footbinding?

[J~$$$]

http://www.wgal.com/slideshow/boredr...21/detail.html

[TomAz]

ahahaahahhahahaha! even better.

[J~$$$]

cuz sometimes you just want your goldfish to get some fresh air.

[Grandma]

I have a few thomas kinkade prints that im rather proud of. Ill have to take some pictures sometime as soon as I can track down some darn flashcubes!

[ewiggy]

i am! how have things been? I got back yesterday and school starts tomorrow, ugh.

hooray. i was reading your blog the other day. nice pictures. looks like you had a great summer. i didn't do much except move to california, become unemployed and then i saw okkervil 3x.

[wmgaretjax]

hooray. i was reading your blog the other day. nice pictures. looks like you had a great summer. i didn't do much except move to california, become unemployed and then i saw okkervil 3x.

ya, I still need to throw up pictures from tunisia and the sahara. That was the highlight for me. Are you in LA? how do you like it so far? I'm really jealous, I missed OR by a couple weeks here. Ah well, next time...

[ewiggy]

ya, I still need to throw up pictures from tunisia and the sahara. That was the highlight for me. Are you in LA? how do you like it so far?

yeah, i'd like to see those. i am actually in Anaheim Hills. which is not LA but whatever. so far i hate everything except for the nice boardfolk i've hung out with and the awesome shows i've gone to see.

I'm really jealous, I missed OR by a couple weeks here. Ah well, next time...

yeah - next time i'll go travel all summer and you can stay home and see okkervil river. deal?

i believe they'll be touring again in the spring, and my money is on Coachella for sure.

[wmgaretjax]

yeah, i'd like to see those. i am actually in Anaheim Hills. which is not LA but whatever. so far i hate everything except for the nice boardfolk i've hung out with and the awesome shows i've gone to see.

you know, i'm not a big LA fan... saying that kind of quietly. hope the transition has gone, and will continue to go, smoothly.

I'm gonna take a nap, jet lag is still killing me.

[J~$$$]

ewiggy, will you please go to this gallery during october sometime and see the new Bob Dob exhibit and report back to me. I would appreciate it.

Thank you,
Justin.
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http://www.laluzdejesus.com/

[J~$$$]

So awesome. The place that used to just be a p.i.n.g pong table that you could rent out has changed again. So fucking cool, what a perfect idea for a date.

http://www.139norfolk.com/

[algunz]

At the fair grounds in Coasta Misery, they have an inflatable screen that they put up and do a drive-in movie. It's awesome. We can bring our 2 year old to movies that Jim and I actually want to see and she just falls asleep in the backseat.

Oh, and why is it p.i.n.g?

[Courtney]

Beuys and Barney both really don't do it for me. In the world of big art egos, they pretty much win for constructing entire fictitious realities circling around their created personae. I guess Barney is slightly more palatable just because of the sheer craftsmanship of his work. And Beuys gets a certain level of props just because he did it first. And some of his work dealing with issues of nationalism is more engaging. But still, ugh.

And I want to go on a date to that drive-in theater so much. That's bad ass.

[wmgaretjax]

Beuys and Barney both really don't do it for me. In the world of big art egos, they pretty much win for constructing entire fictitious realities circling around their created personae. I guess Barney is slightly more palatable just because of the sheer craftsmanship of his work. And Beuys gets a certain level of props just because he did it first. And some of his work dealing with issues of nationalism is more engaging. But still, ugh.

i agree for the most part. I think Beuys gets some credit for integrating mythologies that have serious basis in reality. A lot of his work explores what reminds me of the paradox of history that is explored in Umberto Eco's "Foucault's Pendulum." For whatever that is worth...

The ego kills a lot of it, because I find myself looking for reasons to hate them while experiencing the work.

[ewiggy]

ewiggy, will you please go to this gallery during october sometime and see the new Bob Dob exhibit and report back to me.

i plan on it. i wish they wanted some of my work, though.

So awesome. The place that used to just be a p.i.n.g pong table that you could rent out has changed again.

i love this place. but that is the second time in 2 days that i have said i love something in new york, and hannah is bound to find out and call bullshit.

[Hannahrain]

Quicker than you'd imagine.

[cansei de ser sexme]

a print i did in 8th grade