May 10. Me, my dad, Evan apRoberts, Brad Eberhard, Eric Trine, and more paint mongrels making abstract visual noise (maybe music). Come and see our paintings. It will be good. Alegria Gallery is on Sunset in Silverlake, google it.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Upcoming show
May 10. Me, my dad, Evan apRoberts, Brad Eberhard, Eric Trine, and more paint mongrels making abstract visual noise (maybe music). Come and see our paintings. It will be good. Alegria Gallery is on Sunset in Silverlake, google it.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
I am stoked on Daniel Tienrney
His art is awesome and exploratory and some great things are happening. Check it out, www.invincibleclock.com.
Also Steve Roden is reconstructing Allan Kaprow's 18 Happenings in 6 Parts at LACE next week. Go on the LACE website. It should be rad. Tammy and I are going on the 23rd.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
ACE GALLERY | David Amico
ACE GALLERY David Amico
At work today I was following a Ryan rabbit hole, chasing paintings and painters through the magnet 0's and 1's, and I ran accross ol' man Amico's name and revisited his ACE page and BAM I re-fell in love with his tough paintings. Color, composition, and materials giving you a smack on the ass, but with a follow up hug of an awesome sensative eye for the poetic and beauty Awesome stuff and all the confidence of a chain smoking, whiskey drinking, white t-shirt wearing, self romanticized idea of an L.A. painter "dude" who secretly listens to Belle & Sebastion and Nick Drake.
Give a look.
At work today I was following a Ryan rabbit hole, chasing paintings and painters through the magnet 0's and 1's, and I ran accross ol' man Amico's name and revisited his ACE page and BAM I re-fell in love with his tough paintings. Color, composition, and materials giving you a smack on the ass, but with a follow up hug of an awesome sensative eye for the poetic and beauty Awesome stuff and all the confidence of a chain smoking, whiskey drinking, white t-shirt wearing, self romanticized idea of an L.A. painter "dude" who secretly listens to Belle & Sebastion and Nick Drake.
Give a look.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Peter Halley essays
So I have been reading most of Peter Halley's essays lately and especially for my painting pals out there it is good stuff. Especially his mid 90's to recent stuff as it is a little more whimsical and less postured. He wrote a rad essay on Piet Mondrian that I liked a lot and is easily found online (check his site for a few essays). He talks about Mondrians stasis in his practice (and Halley is the king of practice stasis) and as a 21st century boy I liked the almost monastic quality of finding an area of painting to be passionate enough about to mine out for years instead of being an a.d.d. painter (musician, writer, photographer, accountant, fill in you own blank) and following every hunch that comes to mind, although that is really fun. Hmmm, good stuff to ponder. I would encourage you to read some of his stuff.
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