Blue Scholars, Brother Ali and the City Arts Fest

Hey y'all.  In case you haven't heard, I'm going to see like 7 events at the City Arts Fest and I will be bringing you and the world live coverage on my brand spankin' new Twitter here.  You should like totally folly me, yah dig? I know you can't resist witty language like that.  (see:  sarcasm)  Seriously, though, check it out.   I'm a tweet newbie, so please bear with me.

Meanwhile, here are 2 pics from the excellent Blue Scholars and Brother Ali show.  I won't go into too many details about the show at this time, other than to say that it was great to see such an energetic hip hop show at the Paramount and a huge, enthusiastic crowd!  Brother Ali was the shit.  Oh, and check out the City Arts Fest Pool for far better pictures than these.

One new painting, one new review, and a bunch of work on the Portrait Challenge show

I've been really busy getting materials ready for the Portrait Challenge at Bumbershoot, and haven't been keeping up with my blog, but I did have time to write a bit about Kate Tucker's show last week on the CAB here.  And I just managed to finish a work for the Kirkland Arts Center Redux Studio Challenge.  The theme was "architecture" which is a reoccurring theme in my work, which made that aspect relatively easy.  Well, relatively easy once I gave up on my initial idea (long story) and just decided to devote one of my last works in the Place series to this project.

So, here it is, 95 Place -

The KAC Redux show is in October and preliminary details are to be found on their website.


The rest of my days have been devoted to Portrait Challenge preparation stuff like this:

Drawing by Sharon Arnold

making buttons is hard!

Molorazzi at BLITZ August 2010

Check out my thought and some better pics over at my post on the CAB here.

Meanwhile, here's a couple other pics!

BOOM

Andie DeRoux in front of her work at Ghost Gallery

 Artist Greg Boudreau and Brittany in Greg's studio with a coloring contest happening in the background

Artists Julie Alpert and Laura Dean and a couple tall boys

Thank you!

I want to take this opportunity to thank all my loyal readers over the last couple years.  I might not have the readership of say...Jezebel...but I'm proud that I've accumulated 5000+ site visits!  In the coming year I hope to increase the frequency of my posting, and develop stronger content.  Additionally, thanks for bearing with me as I contribute to the City Arts Blog in addition to Molo's Sketchbook!  I know it's a little weird to be directed from here to there at times, but I appreciate everyone who does.  I believe that the City Arts Blog (the CAB) has the potential to become a unified and comprehensive online community arts resource  more expansive and thorough then anything currently out there for Seattle.

Thanks again, and check out my latest posting on the CAB , about The Off Hours Reading Series.  

with respect,

Ryan Molenkamp

Hoot Hoot - Joey Veltkamp at The Living Room

Somewhere in the middle of my vacation I found the time to check out Joey Veltkamp's new show at The Living Room, It is Happening Again, which was very enjoyable and which I wrote about for the CAB.  Check it out here, with more pics!

Molorazzi @ Blitz in July

Head over to the City Arts Blog to check out my full report and pics from the Blitz last night!  Molorazzi-Blitz-aka-Sweatbox.  Here's a couple bonus pics from the night:

Daniel Carillo's installation in Gallery 40

Bad angle of one of Bette Burgoyne's amazing drawings

Is that who I think it is?

Diana Adams in the courtyard at Ghost

 Lauren, Amanda and Justin (eyes closed) outside of ACTION.

Pity, fool

Have I ever told you about the time I met Mr. T in Hawaii when I was 8?  It involved getting roped into a private party for Hollywood big wigs and other "important" people...the party had a lady in a mermaid costume, there were various soap opera stars, but I didn't care about all that, because Mr. T was there.  BA Baracus himself!  The only person I would have been more excited and frightened to meet at that point in my young life would have been Darth Vader.  My friend Derek and I were way too scared though, out mothers basically had to drag us over there to meet him.

Check out my  City Arts Blog review of the new A-Team movie to read more about it! 

Tiger's Lament

 Trevor Johnson and I have been hard at work on a mini-golf hole for the Kirkland Arts Center Links Invitational

Read all about it on City Arts Blog

Here is the artist statement about the show:

Tiger Woods is widely recognized as the most famous athlete in the world.  He has done more to promote the game of golf and to break down racial boundaries in a very exclusive  game than any athlete before.  His stardom and success has made millions, billions for the companies he endorses and the game of golf in general.  Tiger was better than everyone, and he knew it.  Nothing could touch him.  Except, well, for the women.  Tiger's Lament explores how far one can fall when one thinks, as Tiger himself put it, that he thought he "could get away with whatever [he] wanted to" and that he  "...deserved to enjoy all the temptations...".  Tiger thinks "it's not what you achieve in life that matters, it is what you overcome."  Tiger's Lament challenges you to overcome some of the same obstacles that he has been facing over the last several months, with putter and ball in hand.

Kurt vs Andy - my review on the CAB

I went to my first official press preview at a museum that I don't work for on Tuesday and it was a great show!  Read about it here on the City Arts Blog.  And special thanks to JOEY VELTKAMP for providing image and for catching an embarrassing error on my part on the blog!   Meanwhile, here's a few images from the press kit:

 Kurt Cobain, 2006,  Archival cardboard, glue, and screws,  Scott Fife, American, born 1949
22 x 18 x 20 in,  Collection of Theodore M. Wight,  Courtesy of the artist. © Scott Fife

Nirvana, Rajis, Los Angeles 2/15/90, 1990,  Inkjet Print,  Charles Peterson, American, born 1964
66 x 44 in.  © Charles Peterson.

Untitled (Forensic Scene), 2006,  Oil on Canvas,  Jordan Kantor, American, born 1972
32 x 48 in.  Photo courtesy of Ratio 3, San Francisco

Robert Rauschenberg, 1981,  Polaroid Polacolor [reprint],  Andy Warhol, American, 1928 – 1987
4.25 x 3.375 in.,  The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts,  © 2009 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts /ARS, New York

Self-Portrait [with Skull], 1977,  Polaroid Polacolor [reprint],  Andy Warhol, American, 1928 - 1987
4.25 x 3.375 in.,  The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh;Founding Collection,  Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual,  Arts. © 2009 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual
Arts / ARS, New York

Let's Go Fly A Kite - Heather and Ivan Morrison at Open Satellite

On Tuesday Joey and I checked out the reception for Frost King at Open Satellite, here's some photos of the piece and be sure to check out my full write-up and more photos on Peer Review for the CAB  (City Arts Blog)  HERE. 

Right-O!

Final The Abodox show

Last Friday, at the Comet Tavern The Abodox played their final show. I wrote about it on the CAB here.

P.O.S.

I saw P.O.S. play Nectar last Thursday and wrote about it for the CAB here

From Wikipedia:

"P.O.S. began as a punk rock musician. In high school, [Stefon] Alexander and his friends played punk shows in a band called "Om," in which he first came to be referred to as "Pissed Off Stef." The abbreviation has taken on various and indefinite meanings including, "Product of Society," "Promise of Stress," "Promise of Skill," "Plain Ole Stefon," and "Piece of Shit.""

Definitely not Point of Sales. He's a great performer, go see him if you get the chance.