art, music & travel.
I’ve neglected daydreampilot for one reason only… i’ve been preparing for my shows in SF and LA this coming january. above is the flyer for the san fran show ill be sharing with my friend Katie.
I’ll also be showing in LA on Jan 17th at thirdsaturday.org. RSVP needed for LA show.
Please come and support. should be a blast.
banksy style.
If you are in the hood, swing by banky’s latest. The rabbit is filing her nails…chicken nuggets dip in sauce…the monkey breathes, blinks, and chews while watching tv…the hot dogs wiggle in their cages…giant fish nuggets swim around in a bowl…lizards are camouflaged in a darken room…twitty bird is old and featherless…
There’s a lot to look at and the anthropomorphism of these objects made me smile, laugh out loud, and think about the all ironies in this small room.
Here’s a blurb from Banksy about ‘The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill’, which I grabbed from Wooster Collective…
Banksy: “New Yorkers don’t care about art, they care about pets. So I’m exhibiting them instead. I wanted to make art that questioned our relationship with animals and the ethics and sustainability of factory farming, but it ended up as chicken nuggets singing. I took all the money I made exploiting an animal in my last show and used it to fund a new show about the exploitation of animals. If its art and you can see it from the street, I guess it could still be considered street art.”
The guys from Lazarides Gallery in London & Newcastle popped up at 282 bowery. On my way to Delancey, I stumbled into this unexpected gallery. It’s so refreshing seeing a lot of work on a large space in this city. Temporarily, the walls of 282 bowery are a good example of urban decay ironically decorated with current graffiti and street artists work. The collective totals 19 artist from all over the world including Blu, Faile, Ian Francis, Vhils and David Choe. The work varies from all kinds of genres. I truly enjoyed seeing this and will return to pay attention to detail and take notes. If you don’t have the chance to see it, I took photos of the work. check them out here. If you are in NYC, the show is extended ’til Oct 26th. a MUST see.
A 50kg solid gold statue of model Kate Moss, created by artist Marc Quinn, is unveiled at the British Museum.
ummmm….So this is the largest GOLD statue since the time of the Egyptians… I can see this being found 3000 years from now and teach our descendants about today’s civilization… But I just can’t help but to look directly at Kate Moss’s crotch… Whats with the extreme Yoga move? Couldn’t the artist Marc Quinn have found a more flattering pose? I do find the upper part of the sculpture, with her arms and legs intertwining to be beautiful… But I don’t know.. I don’t think I like it… 1.5 Million £’s to look directly at her you know what? …. thoughts?
click here to read an article about the sculpture on the BBC.
anything amazing out there that we should check out?
I haven’t written about architecture, but after this article I felt compelled to.
Everyone has heard and seen how Dubai is growing as an architect’s dream city. The land, the space, the freedom… or so it seems to me anyway. This article talks about a new waterfront city plan for the western side of Dubai. I feel like these landscapes and buildings are beautifully done and are an artistic representation of modern humanity.
This city, once finished, will look like the futuristic cities from the sci-fi world. I ‘d love to visit one day.
Images © Office for Metropolitan Architecture
I just returned from a trip back home to Maracaibo where all my extended family lives. I had the chance to run around with my godmother, artist Maria Cristina Romero, and view a few exhibits around the city. Below are a few examples.
I got to see artists such as Freddy Paz, Elvis Rosendo, Martin Rincon and Irma Parra. On my flickr I documented as much as I could.
just wanted to say that I added a new link to my big list of the right… found a cool site housing a bunch of street art http://www.oddwall.com/… aaand! and I got a show in San Francisco with my friend katie this JANUARY!!!!!!. ill write back with a date. Hope to see you there. (wait… did I announce this already.. i might have.. aah! its been a crazy week.)
Going to the Os Gemeos show this week! ill let you know all about it.
I’m back to reality and nyc. was away for 6 weeks in california, land of sunshine and no humidity….I got to visit my friend Joseph in San Francisco and saw the new SENSEI (Project One) space. Also got myself and my girl Katie a show in January! So if you are in the SF area, save it for a kick ass gallery exhibit…I’ll keep you posted on the date.
I documented as much as I could from my west coast art experience, photos on my flickr.
Glad to be home and ready to immerse myself in at nyc art scene….
Spent the day yesterday walking the Metropolitan Museum of Art on 81st and 5th Ave. Its been over 10 years since my last visit (god I feel old), and I forgot how HUGE that museum is. I tried to go through the whole thing, but it must be about a weeks worth of walking….So pretty much just walked around and stumbled into places and eras that seemed interesting.
Loved the Victorian rooms:
Saw plenty of sculptures and paintings. Saw my favorite painters and also took detail pictures of their brushwork. Painters such as Van Gogh, Gauguin and Cezanne really get me in the mood to paint. I love their colors, the richness of the paint, the brushwork and subject matters. I adore the tropical still-lifes and landscapes. They remind me of Venezuela and my godmother, who’s first oil paint lesson for me was a mango still-life on her backporch over-looking the Maracaibo Lake.
Detail of Van Gogh’s ‘Shoes’ 1888
Also swung by the SUPERHEROES exhibit, which was surprisingly small and overly hyped for what it is..as well as the Jeff Koons sculptures on the Rooftop garden. the view was great…the sculptures… meh. I did get a kick of the reflections.
I love the MET. one of my favorites. So much history and so much art. I need a free week to walk it all.
Took a stroll to check out Walton Ford’s exhibit at Paul Kasmin Gallery and ended up viewing 3 other artists in the area. Yoko Ono, Paul Winstanley and Bruce Porter.
Walton Ford’s watercolor works are beautiful and impressive.
Yoko Ono’s exhibit has a fun Polaroid wall which anyone can become part of. I left one behind, see if you find me 😉
Paul Winstanley’s Paintings are soft and subtle, and very beautiful. Except for one that had reds and darker colors. Very different from his very large curtain and green paintings.
And not but not least, Bruce Porter’s paintings are cut-outs addressing mythological themes. There is pencil lines around the shapes and messy color fills. He’s work is interesting, but not my favorite. His exhibit opens tonite 5-22-08.
To view more images from all the galleries, go to my flickr.
i love this!!!
MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.