Look Up Gospel Choir: July 2009

Thursday, July 30, 2009

cute city

It's tomato season and what do you do with all of the extra's from the garden, get capitalistical. She made $12 and bought a gumball machine with the proceeds which might even be cuter than having a tomato stand. Thanks Jen (www.blackpheobe.com) for the pic.

Friday, July 24, 2009

Dante's Inferno

Today at the museum Sandow Birk mailed me a copy of the film that he made (with others) based on a contemporary take of Dante's Inferno. It was amazing. All puppeted flat drawings and props. It was funny with great voice overs (including the voice of Master Shake from Aqua Teen Hunger Force). But it was the visuals that blew me away. Composed in a lot of scenes, like the iconic Birk paintings that I've seen over the years, I was struck again and again by the visual complexity of what was happening. We are in the works to include a screening of this for our film series at the TAM, and it will most likely be the next film screened, so stay tuned for details. Also visit www.dantefilm.com which is the official movie site.

Monday, July 20, 2009

Society of Interested Persons Salon this Saturday night...

Much more to come on this event and it's participants, but my first teaser is this.....
Which of these beardo's is presenting his photographs this Saturday night in Seal Beach?

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Fiiiiiiilm Niiiiiiight July 17th @ TAM

Yes, next Friday join us at the Torrance Art Museum for film night out on our sculpture garden deck. Bring a lawn chair, blanket, and some friends and watch video art under the Torrance stars.

This month's night is curated by Los Angeles artist Kristi Lippire and is titles "Narration, Animation, Provocation. Video Screening Pt. 2". Click on the image for the artist list which is an impressive group of folks from LA and NYC. We are stoked.

Kristi's work is awesome and she's shown at D.E.N. Contemporary, ACE, Raid Projects, Project 210 and recently had a solo show at the Riverside Art Museum.

Doors open at 8, it is free, and you can visit www.torranceartmuseumblog.blogspot.com for more info.

Statement...

The work I have been making for the last couple of years is primarily about conceptual and pictoral exploration. Following rabbit holes of ideas, visual stimuli, process, pictoral structure, and what it looks like when I trace my time by having said traced time manifested visually or situationally. My work varies with each new smaller project that I am working on but the above umbrella is how I work. My overall artistic project is less about a rigid research of a few well articulated ideas, and much more about “maybes” and “what ifs”. Theology, philosophy, freedom, and the like, have metaphors that lie dormant waiting to be discovered and brought to light, and art making is where I find these most often.

Resume

I eat, sleep, surf, and make art in Seal Beach CA
MFA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont CA 2007
BA Biola University, La Mirada CA, 2002

Select Solo Shows:
2009 Are You Ready To Testify, Taylor De Cordoba, Los
Angeles CA
2007 The Grand Order of the Salt Dippers, MFA thesis show, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont CA
2006 How It Feels To Be Something On, Taylor De Cordoba, Culver City CA
2004 Do You Hear Me?, Ghetto Gloss, Los Angeles CA
2003 Memoirs For My Wake, Ghetto Gloss, Los Angeles CA

Select Group Shows:
2010 The OsCene, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna CA
2009 ARTRA at the T-Lofts, Santa Monica CA
Orphan Kitties Go To The Circus, LACE, Los Angeles CA
2008 Cover Version, Taylor De Cordoba, Los Angeles CA
2007 Aqua Art Fair (Taylor De Cordoba), Miami FL
OCMA Benefit Art Auction, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach CA
Art LA (Taylor De Cordoba), Santa Monica Auditorium, Santa Monica CA
2005 Easy Action, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana CA
Collectors Series, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco CA
2004 Tree Trimmings, Track 16, Santa Monica CA
Paper Works, Mimi Barr Gallery, San Francisco CA
The DL, Star Shoes, Los Angeles CA and traveled to Tokyo

Select Press:
2009 New American Paintings,
Riviera Magazine, 12/09
Los Angeles Times, "Design Loves Art" by Suzanne Muchnic, 9/23/09
2008 New American Paintings
2008 Los Angeles Times, "Cover Version..." by Lynell George, 7/13/08
2007 Los Angeles Times, "45 Painters Under 45" by Christopher Knight, 12/2/07
2006 ArtForum, 3/06
2005 OC Weekly, "Step to the New", 6/9/05
2003 ArtWeek, review by Craig Stevens of Memoirs For My Wake @ Ghetto Gloss, 6/03

Random Other Resume Worthy Things:
2007/2008 I taught two sections of 4D design (new media) at Biola University, La Mirada CA
Paintings Edge Residency, Idywild CA
I did the album art for singer/songwriter supreme Barrett Johnson's new record, In Case I Went Missing and two covers for the band Summer Darling's e.p.'s
2006 I had paintings in 2 movies, Art School Confidencial, and Havoc
I did art for the interior for the awesome shop Scout in LA
2004 I had a painting sell at Christies in NYC for a benefit sale held by Chrylalis Records
I also had a fake solo show at Ghetto Gloss to film the fake reality show about Roseanne Barr. That was weird.