Saturday, September 20, 2008

A whole lotta dang.

This great little animation was ruthlessly ripped off from The Fourth Samba. I couldn't help it. It was too delicious.



Also, Peter Saul is coming to PAFA! And they've also got a bunch of great events to go with the exhibition.Click the link to check out the lineup for their symposium: Laylah Ali, David Carrier, Enrique Chagoya, Sue Coe, Robert Cozzolino, Daniel Heyman, Patricia Hills, Jane Irish, Peter Saul, and Art Spiegelman. And they left Robert Storr and Peter Saul himself OFF THE LIST. DANG. Go PAFA.


Peter Saul, Self Portrait with Haircut



Peter Saul, The Neptunes

Saturday, September 06, 2008

Hiatus, schmiatus.

Okay, I guess this hiatus thing isn't working out. As soon as I declared hiatus I wanted to post all kinds of things.

Like, for instance, the work of Jon Rappleye. I went to see his work in New York this week. He's a freaking genius.


In the Tremble this Nature Abounds


Brutal Ardor

From Jeff Bailey Gallery.



These images are too small to see well, but click here to see a big image which still does not convey the amazingness of the work in person. He's a crazy draftsman and makes pieces that look like collage but aren't. They have a totally original visual language and an incredibly comprehensive range of scale: there are finely detailed parts and cartoony parts and flat color and greyscale...and it all works together. They have creepy birds and star-eyed owls and beautiful deer...They're amazing. I saw one a couple years ago at Vox Populi and then he was in New American Paintings and now he shows at Jeff Bailey and Richard Heller Gallery in LA. Jeff Bailey was kind enough to take a piece out so that I could look at his work in person when I went in to the gallery today, and I highly recommend the experience to anyone who's heading over to Chelsea.

When I was in New York I also saw the Turner show at the Met, which was a revelation, and Charles Burns' show at Adam Baumgold Gallery. It was terrific. The man's a genius, but I figure everyone already knows that by now. If you don't know that, go buy Black Hole right now. And while you're there, buy Maira Kallman's The Principles of Uncertainty. That book is the best thing I've read in a long time.

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Bells.

This video kills me. I love it.