I was even able to get started on the porch piece while my friends slaved away at the cut paper project.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
MadArt Homes Install: Day 2
Got a lot more done on the wall piece today, thanks to the help of Sean Clemmons, Kara Weaver, Ian Schooley, and Becca. SO GRATEFUL!
I was even able to get started on the porch piece while my friends slaved away at the cut paper project.
I was even able to get started on the porch piece while my friends slaved away at the cut paper project.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
MadArt Homes, Install Day 1
HUGE THANKS to Sean Clemmons, Jess Rees, and Laura Dean for invaluable assistance today! There is no way I can get this project done w/out the help of my generous friends.
Here are a few shots from the installation, day 1, of the MadArt Homes project. Sean and I painted the walls grey, then Jess, Laura and I tackled the big drawing, the hardest part being cutting out all the shapes with exact-o knifes! Pain in the ass, but great progress was made.
I'm exhausted, but looking forward to more work.
I managed to install one of the sculptures on top of the drawing towards the end of the day - it looks very insane. Violent, actually. I'm happy with that and can't wait to install the rest.
Here are a few shots from the installation, day 1, of the MadArt Homes project. Sean and I painted the walls grey, then Jess, Laura and I tackled the big drawing, the hardest part being cutting out all the shapes with exact-o knifes! Pain in the ass, but great progress was made.
I'm exhausted, but looking forward to more work.
I managed to install one of the sculptures on top of the drawing towards the end of the day - it looks very insane. Violent, actually. I'm happy with that and can't wait to install the rest.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
JUNE 2011 - FIRST THURSDAY - MOLORAZZI IS BACK!
Back with more awkward pics of art that caught my eye and some people who were foolish enough not to avoid me.
Elizabeth Perkins at SOIL. (above and below) I really dug the catcher's gear.
Julia Freeman with a huge, dynamic installation at Gallery4Culture. Fantastic, creepy domesticity (as my friend Jameson mentioned)
A great deal of sound came from inside those bricks, the floor vibrated in front of it!
Jesse Higman and friends Lauren and Matthew
Scott Fife's severed panda with purple eyes, what can you say?
NEPO House supporters Bond (above) and Susanna (below) and another fella sell baked goods to fund raise for the NEPO House 5K race (walk don't run!)
Yarnbomb
Darin Denison (these are not actual crystals, they are hand cut glass) at Lawrimore Project
Courtney Branam
Sam McMillen at Lawrimore
Artists Brian Lane and Todd Jannausch (creator of Gallery 206)
Gallery 206! Surrounded by the craft tents in the park
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Us in Flux and Darren Waterston
I paid an 11th hour trip to Greg Kucera and Lawrimore Project to check out the Us in Flux and the Darren Waterston shows. I've been interested in Waterston's work ever since I saw the cover of the first Silversun Pickups full-length, one of the few times I've been turned onto an artist by seeing their work on a record cover (Stanley Donwood being another that comes to mind). Waterston is one of those guys who has used some similar abstract techniques to some of the things I have done, and frankly, I wanted to see what he was up to so I could steal from him. I was surprised to see that he had incorporated a bunch of animal imagery into his work.
Well, turns out that before he was doing these non-representational works that I was more familiar with, he had used a lot of iconic imagery in his work, some of it animal form, so in a sense, he was returning to some older material. To me, though, it felt like he might have been embracing current trends.
Never-the-less, interesting to take a look at them. The way he painted the animals was excellent, I'm just not so sure they belonged in the environments he placed them in.
Also, it was the last day for the Us in Flux show - an exhibition of artists doing takes on jewelry that was a a lot more stronger than I expected - some of the artists really created some interesting pieces, I particularly enjoyed Robert Longyear and Celia Braga's works, although I wish Celia's weren't hanging from the light tracks. The show was mostly in the back at Kucera, with an installation by Iris Eichenberg over at Lawrimore Project (I swung by, but had to gaze through the window)
Slightly fuzzy pics of Robert Longyear's creations. They now are reminding me of Batteries Not Included, but that's not a fair comparison.
I didn't really get very strong pics of this show at all.
A ghostly tiger painting by Darren Waterston.
Darren really painted the hell out of that bird, but in that space, I was way more into the rock shapes the bird was posed on. Why always with the animals? Of course, I just did the same thing with some of my latest works so who am I to talk.
Lawrimore Project - installation by Isis Eichenberg
Well, turns out that before he was doing these non-representational works that I was more familiar with, he had used a lot of iconic imagery in his work, some of it animal form, so in a sense, he was returning to some older material. To me, though, it felt like he might have been embracing current trends.
Never-the-less, interesting to take a look at them. The way he painted the animals was excellent, I'm just not so sure they belonged in the environments he placed them in.
Also, it was the last day for the Us in Flux show - an exhibition of artists doing takes on jewelry that was a a lot more stronger than I expected - some of the artists really created some interesting pieces, I particularly enjoyed Robert Longyear and Celia Braga's works, although I wish Celia's weren't hanging from the light tracks. The show was mostly in the back at Kucera, with an installation by Iris Eichenberg over at Lawrimore Project (I swung by, but had to gaze through the window)
Slightly fuzzy pics of Robert Longyear's creations. They now are reminding me of Batteries Not Included, but that's not a fair comparison.
Cory Arcangel's One-Liner or Everything new I learn comes from the New Yorker
Instead of the usual obligatory return to the blog you can have this link http://sorry.coryarcangel.com/
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Art(is)voxpopuli (art for the people!)
Dozens of articles in the last decade or so have delved into the subject of whether or not anyone reads on the internet anymore. Do people just skim? Look for pictures, porn and cat antics? Surely someone is reading all those long blogs and news articles out there, right? We don't all have to resort to 5 sentence twitter language posts do we? Is that the new attention span of 'Merica?
Heightened, it may well be, in the art scene? With all the art blogs out there, with the barrage of imagery, pictures, etc especially on Facespace and such, does anyone bother to read any articles about art front-to-back? Or are we all just looking to see if any cool names are mentioned and such....
Sharon Arnold is working to stop that attitude. She has created website for writing about art that anyone can submit to called art(is)voxpopuli. Here's her premise: "I have a writing assignment for each and every one of you: Go see art, write something about it, and send it to me." Anyone can write any old damn thing they want to about art. You don't have to be an artist, a writer, a curator, a historian, or any thing like that. You don't even have to like art. You just have to see a piece of art, and write about it.
Personally, I love writing about art, especially when I can be very informal and essentially do a soapbox rant.
And I think more people should do the same - and art(is)voxpopuli is a great place to start!
Check out this piece I sent Sharon about animal imagery in local art "Kill Shot"
And go out there and get writing people!
Heightened, it may well be, in the art scene? With all the art blogs out there, with the barrage of imagery, pictures, etc especially on Facespace and such, does anyone bother to read any articles about art front-to-back? Or are we all just looking to see if any cool names are mentioned and such....
Sharon Arnold is working to stop that attitude. She has created website for writing about art that anyone can submit to called art(is)voxpopuli. Here's her premise: "I have a writing assignment for each and every one of you: Go see art, write something about it, and send it to me." Anyone can write any old damn thing they want to about art. You don't have to be an artist, a writer, a curator, a historian, or any thing like that. You don't even have to like art. You just have to see a piece of art, and write about it.
Personally, I love writing about art, especially when I can be very informal and essentially do a soapbox rant.
And I think more people should do the same - and art(is)voxpopuli is a great place to start!
Check out this piece I sent Sharon about animal imagery in local art "Kill Shot"
And go out there and get writing people!
Friday, February 11, 2011
MOLORAZZI - February 2011 BLITZ ATTACK
Last night I hit up my 3 favorite galleries on Capitol Hill, The Living Room, Ghost Gallery, and Vermillion, to see the 3 exciting exhibitions that opened - here's the images I got:
Klara Glosova's Hot n' Cool and Bittersweet at The Living Room
Klara made so many popsicles, this show was delightful! Popsicles with real chocolate on them, popsicles with felt covers, popsicles elegantly painted/glazed...just dozens of them in every hidden corner and crevice at The Living Room!
And a video animation of a clothed popsicle in the wind....
Artist Saya Moriyasu and Jeffrey heading to the Living Room
Architect Sarah Durkee and artist/animator Laura Dean outside of The Living Room
Gerry Judah
Gerry Judah is the kind of artist I want to grow up to be - just look at these "paintings" and then take a look at this huge sculpture/installation he did below, and then go to his website. I'm blown away, thanks to Bette Burgoyne for turning me onto his work.
Wonderful apocalyptic, abstract sculptural paintings...I may be in love. They come in white, black and kind of a burgundy (that i've seen). And then he does work like this:
Yes, this is REAL. Check out his website for more amazing work.
Wonderful apocalyptic, abstract sculptural paintings...I may be in love. They come in white, black and kind of a burgundy (that i've seen). And then he does work like this:
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