art, music & travel.
The Lost Tribes of New York City from Carolyn London on Vimeo.
The Lost Tribes Of New York
The latest short film from London Squared Productions.
Urban Anthropologists, Andy and Carolyn London interview some of New York City’s more overlooked citizens.
I’m getting a kick out of these gallery exhibit names lately… the golden ass, talk dirty to me….
I’ll be swinging by this exhibit in soho.
Stricola Contemporary
3 Wooster Street
New York, NY 10013
www.stricola.com
917-744-3437
The Golden Ass and Other Stories
New work by Mark Jenkins
3.21.09 – 4.25.09
Stricola Contemporary is pleased to announce the opening of Mark Jenkins’ new show, The Golden Ass and Other Stories on display March 21st through April 25th, 2009.
Mark Jenkins is a Washington D.C. based artist most widely known for his realistic human sculptures and packing tape street installations. Continue reading “The Golden Ass and Other Stories”
Listen to ‘Esperanza’ Demo * Listen to ‘Song for Anne’ Demo
As long as I’ve known Jacques, he’s been playing his guitar and writing music…and that’s since freshman year in high school….(man, time flies)… And here is is today, rockin’ the Gothenburg music scene, living the dream and loving it. It’s nice to know that people you meet throughout life are doing what they love.
photo by Wphoto.se
I remember Jacques having great taste in music. I still have some of the mixtapes he made back in ’93, which included music by radiohead, the beatles, dinosaur Jr., talking heads, morrissey… His tapes are still floating around in my sisters vw and I still listen to them today.
Jacques songs are sweet, upbeat and rich with melodies. I would love to see his band live. They are finishing up his latest record and will be playing festivals soon (hopefully by spring) . For more songs, info on his upcoming album and shows go to his myspace music page.
photo by © Lupo Lupo
ps: One of the things I feel make a band stand out are their posters and flyers. Here are 2 examples of them, done by Jacques’ good friend Hanna. She is a multi-talented girl, with a band of her own, as well as being an artist and photographer. love her work.
art by © Lupo Lupo
If you are ever in Gothenburg, swing by and show your support. Hej da!
what a great ideaaaaaaa… Museums/Galleries should do this everywhere and more often. The MoMA is advertising solely at the Brooklyn subway stop of Atlantic Pacific until March 15th. This is not just an ordinary ad… this is a complete take over and i LOVE it. check out the cool website and take some photos if you happen to be there.
http://atlanticpacific.moma.org/
From the website:In a gift to the city’s subway riders, MoMA takes over Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street subway station, filling the station with reproductions of over 50 works of art in the MoMA collection. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, walk through the station to see images of works by Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Charles Eames, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol, and many other great artists, filmmakers, and designers.
photo by baxterjeff
Paul Cezanne’s The Card Players
Paul Cezanne has always been one of my main influences in painting. He’s caught my eye since young. His style and technique are poetic and effortless… the rich brushwork, luscious color… I truly love his work.
NPR.org has done a little piece on him and the people he has influenced, which you should listen to.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art as an exhibit from 2/26 to 5/17 ’09. Click here for more info.
detail of a Cezanne still life
no nooo.. not literally.
‘talk dirty to me’ is an upcoming show at the Larissa Goldston Gallery. Got a friend showing alongside this very talented bunch and I will try to make my way to show some support. I expect mayhem at the opening…and a lot of….dirty..ness.
Opens this Thursday 2/26 & it’s up till 3/28. I will update the post with photos of the event if I can make it.
Showing: Mel Bochner, Thomas Brouillette, A.K. Burns, Mary Coble, Clayton Cubitt, John Currin, Tracey Emin, Rachel Feinstein, Rochelle Feinstein, Mark Fox, Orly Genger, Jane Hammond, Peregrine Honig, Sean Landers, Kevin Landers, Cary Leibowitz, Matvey Levenstein, Kalup Linzy, Paul McCarthy, Suzanne McClelland, Alex McQuilkin, Bruce Nauman, Jockum Nordstrom, Todd Norsten, Richard Phillips, James Siena, Ned Snider, Zak Smith, Jessica Watson, Alexi Worth, Lisa Yuskavage
update: click here to view the photos from the opening.
Last night I met up with a friend and checked out the Will Cotton show at Mary Boone Gallery on 5th ave. First time I go further than 23rd st. for a gallery exhibit… but it was worth it! Will Cotton’s paintings left me in a candy coma… Immersing myself in a fairytale of gingerbread men and dancing cream puffs… thought about rolling down the sugar hill or jump into the chocolate lake… it was a nice little getaway. His portraits brought me back to reality though, with their brooding backgrounds and stares……
Cotton’s paintings will be up through March 28th at Mary Boone Gallery on 745 Fifth Avenue.
Go and indulge.
got to take a peek at the band of outsiders show on canal & broadway. I’ve never really seen this kind of set-up to showcase a collection. But I did enjoy the gallery vibe versus the chaotic runway show I’ve experienced before. I took a few photos if you’re interested.
I’ve been to the MET a bunch…and today, I stumbled into a section I have NEVER seen before. How is that possible… maybe because I usually turn around after egyptian artifact overload…this time I kept walking and found myself at the American Wing. There was beautiful furniture, with a lot of american indian influence. Some was a bit gaudy, but pretty beautiful nonetheless.
I also paid a little more attention to some paintings that I’m sure have been there for longer than I’ve been around… And I found the one below to be extremely romantic… But maybe I’m just being ultra sappy… either way, it was a wonderful & surprising day at the MET.
by Jean-Leon Gerome
© Jeff Peters
Jeff and I met 10 years ago on a sunny day in Southern California. We both attended LCAD, formerly known as the Art Institute of Southern California. Those days were pretty amazing I might add. A small wooden school a mile away from the pacific ocean, in a small town filled with galleries & art festivals, we had classes outside or on the cliffs overlooking the endless water… I remember visiting Jeff’s studio, drinking wine, talking, laughing… good times back then, I miss those carefree art school years…sigh.
Anywho, Jeff Peters is talented. Very. Beautiful oil paintings. Very delicate and fragile, his detail intricate and brushwork mastered. Jeff is completely dedicated to his work. He has kept a theme of nature throughout the years, but lately his work has picked up bolder colors and he’s ventured into depicting animals in rather unpredictable situations. I’m a fan.
Jeff Peters will be showing at Peter Blake Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA., February 5th, from 6-9pm. More info here.
For more of Jeff’s work please visit peterblakegallery.com.
© Jeff Peters
I had the opportunity to set up a little interview with my friend Ryder who has been rocking the art scene in NY lately. I hope you enjoy some of his thoughts and take a look at his work, which I find dramatic, clever and very interesting.
How long have you been doing art?
– I’ve been drawing and making artwork since I can remember. One of my earliest memories would be of drawing naked woman on the sidewalk in chalk after stealing Playboy magazines. My sister was pretty pissed off about that. I was about 5 years old. I’ve always been making something. I went to two different art schools, one on an illustration scholarship, the other just to figure out what else I could do. And I’m still working on that one. Still trying to see what’s next.
What/who inspires you to create it?
– I find New York very inspiring. Since my first trip here with my old band years ago I found it strangely comforting here. I find a lot of inspiration in the libraries through researching old myths and superstitions about the explanations multiple cultures put behind different things, especially in the natural world. It’s really intriguing how one object can undergo such drastic reasoning of why it exists and how it should be feared or worshipped.
What inspires you in your everyday?
– It almost always changes. But my walk to my studio from my apartment is nice and I’ll listen to music and get very driven. Conversations from the night before. The people I’m surrounded by. Other artists, designers and my fiancé. People may not have to say anything in particular at all, it’s just their energy that can be very telling. The levels of ambition we each have to accomplish something substantial versus being apathetic.
What medium do you consider most exciting or would you LOVE to master?
– I would love to master sculpture. I keep envisioning the paintings I do in three dimensional form and then some form of light splitting them open. I’ve begun work on a few new things and I’m happy with the progress. I like the idea of being able to walk around the entirety of a piece…
what IS art/music to you?
– The same thing it is to you I would imagine: very personal.
find more of ryder’s artwork at www.pantherattack.com.