want it: brad adkins

Untitled (pink balloon end), 2006

C-print

36 x 36 inches

artspeak: paula rego

"I was very scared and a bit daunted! But to find one's way anywhere one has to find one's door, just like, Alice; you see. You take too much of one thing and you get too big, then you take too much of another and you get too small. You've got to find your own way into things..."
- Paula Rego

make crochet, not war

I love these creative crochet bombs from woowork.com. Make them yourself!
There is even a video to go along with it ;-) Enjoy.

Green 'round Grenades from WooWork on Vimeo.

love it: reuben margolin

Reuben Margolin's kinetic sculptures are pretty amazing. Sculptors like this really blend the line between engineering and art- and nature for that matter.

RIP Sam Maloof

Designer and woodworker Sam Maloof has passed away. I saw a documentary on PBS a few years back on his work that blew my mind. He was the kind of artist who wanted to infuse the artist, the art, and the viewer in one experience. He refused to commercializre his work when offered multi-million dollar design deals because he felt his art and design would be lost without the touch of the woodworkers hands. He wrote books on how to make his furniture so everyone could be an artist and (up until his death), prefered to be refered to as a 'woodworker' because, "I like the word. It's an honest word." Here is a link to a fantastic article in the Los Angeles Times about his work and his life.

want it: tara tucker, this year's prom queen

Tara Tucker
This Years Prom Queen
Graphite on Paper, 30 x 38 in

www.stevenzevitasgallery.com

artspeak: william eggleston

"It's just about impossible to follow up with words.
They don't have anything to do with each other"
-William Eggleston

Bernardi Roig

I always enjoy checking out Claire Oliver's artists. Today I wish I could go see Bernardi Roig's installation in Italy. More work here: www.claireoliver.com

Takeo Okamoto

Takeo Okamoto, former Sushi chef turned Ice Sculptor.
www.okamotostudionyc.com

artspeak: alexander calder

“My fan mail is enormous.
Everyone is under six.”

BLU Wall Animation

www.blublu.org

Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey

Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey work with grass to reproduce photographs.
Very cool! I'd love to see them in person...err or maybe as a bird.

"We are exploring the capacity of grass to record complex photographic images through the production of chlorophyll. The equivalent of the tonal range in a black-and-white photograph is produced in the yellow and green shades of living grass. Although these organic "photographs" are exhibited in a fresh state for a short time, excessive light or lack of it eventually corrupts the visibility of the image."

Alexandre Arrechea

Saw Alexandre Arrechea's work in ArtNexus the other day and was intrigued with the juxtaposition of hard and soft, bitter and sweet.
There's nothing more poignant than a glass punching bag.


www.alexandrearrechea.com

artspeak: barbara kruger

"I always say that I'm an artist who works with pictures and words, so I think that the different aspects of my activity, whether it's writing criticism, or doing visual work that incorporates writing, or teaching, or curating, is all of a single cloth, and I don't make any separation in terms of those practices."

Guillaume Reymond's Human Tetris

This is a little old, but I thought I would share it anyway. Guillaume Reymond used blocks of people to play a live game of tetris with an audience.

want it: david shrigley, CAT

David Shrigley. The BEST sense of humor.
www.davidshrigley.com

Peter Callesen Paper Art

These intricate paper sculptures and installations are phenomenal. It must take extreme patience and vision to complete these.
www.petercallesen.com

Nick Van Woert, Sculptor

I love the stilled velocity in Nick Van Woert's mixed media sculptures.
This first piece is "Untitled (Julius Caesar by Unknown by Nick van Woer). It's almost as though the bust of Caesar got a pie in the face. For more of his works, check out his website.

artspeak: dave hickey

My favorite art critic, Dave Hickey, from his book
"Air Guitar: Essays on Art and Democracy"

"Bad taste is real taste, of course, and good taste is the residue of someone else's privilege."

Buddha with A Thousand Hands

David Horvitz's Art Homework

To check up on daily assignments, go here.

artspeak: philip guston

I am a night painter, so when I come into the studio the next morning the delirium is over. I come into the studio very fearfully, I creep in to see what happened the night before. And the feeling is one of, "My God, did I do that?"

want this: jiha moon painting

www.jihamoon.com

Dirty Mouse Pads

This is such interesting, dirty art. I love it when something we use everyday can be taken aside and looked at in a new way. Check out more at J.K Keller's website.

Fay Ku, New Work

I've always loved Fay Ku's work and vow to own one someday. Among her new works, I really like these.
www.fayku.com
www.eightmodern.net

artspeak: Banksy

"The time of getting fame for your name on its own is over. Artwork that is only about wanting to be famous will never make you famous. Any fame is a by-product of making something that means something. You don't go to a restaurant and order a meal because you want to have a shit."

pillow fight club

My sister did PillowFight Club in Vancouver recently and it sounded like a blast.

Rules:
1. You do tell everyone about PillowFight Club
2. If someone whines or has no pillow, you cannot hit them
3. Everyone joins in the fight
4. The one fight starts at the designated time- No Earlier
5. No tar, no heavy things in pillows
6. PillowFights will go on until they're done
7. If this is your first night at PillowFight Club, you have to get feathered

For more information on organized PillowFighting, you can go to www.pillowfightclub.org

want this: barbara kruger print

Rachelle Mozman Photography

www.rachellemozman.com

artspeak: frank stella

"I don't like a lot of the stuff that goes on in the art world,
but it's hard to be old and like what goes on around you"

found artist: john dorgan

Unfortunately, this is the only painting I found by
John Dorgan and there isn't any real info on him either.
It's titled "Einstein's Rainbow Effect: From Within, From Without".
Magic.

Helen Levitt

Photographer Helen Levitt passed away this past March. I've always adored her photographs and thought I would share some here. She revealed day-to-day life as something special and filled with colorful moments in places you'd least expect to find them.

Marlene Mocquet

I love these whimsical, dreamy paintings by Marlene Mocquet.