tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283674332012-02-11T05:33:50.923-08:00The What and Why of Induction Damping: a magnetic system that brings the dial to rest in its correct position many times faster than in a conventional compass. The compass itself acts as a brake, eliminating most over-swinging dial flutter. The result is a highly accurate compass that gives fast, smooth leadings even under difficult conditions.hydrocoilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03189810456190248378noreply@blogger.comBlogger851100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28367433.post-50651089648977925372009-03-05T13:06:00.001-08:002009-03-05T13:07:39.977-08:00

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Correction... it's a video by 11 year old boys. But who can tell the difference these days?

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a paragraph by Milosz, pertaining to criticism:Every author should be sensitive to criticism, should ponder it for a long time and draw conclusions from it. This statement is not as obvious as it might seem. There have been periods in the history of literature when a dismissive attitude towards criticism was part of the writer's toolbox and progress was made despite it. Critics are sometimes

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"An intimate look at Gypsy refugees in Belgrade suburb who make a living by transfoming Citroen's classic 2cv and Dyana cars into MadMax-like recycling vehicles, with which they ollect cardoard, bottles and scrap metal. These modern horses are much more efficient than the cart-pushing competition, but more important - they also mean freedom, hope and style for their crafty owners."Video Link

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"Much of my recent work is about the emotional texture of technological experience: using Google Earth to revisit places you once lived, for example."

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"Peter Sutherland is a New York City based artist. His work employs some of the techniques of traditional documentary photography to capture the hidden beauty of ordinary objects and everyday situations." Sutherland's Website

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I've been thinking a bout that lately: estrangement. I love that wiktionary defines estrangement as "the state of being alien", and I laugh at my old resident alien card. It looked identical to the above, except it had a picture of an eight-year-old on it.The thought of a picture of an eight-year-old on a green card depresses me. How much time has been spent analyzing the politics of (e)(im

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(stands & hair)From White Cube Gallery: "Comprising installation, sculpture and video, Miroslaw Balka’s work has a bare and elegiac quality that is underlined by the careful, minimalist placement of objects, as well as the gaps and pauses between them. Often using his own body and his studio as a template or first point of reference, Balka’s work might incorporate personal or self-referential

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Longing: strong persistent desire or craving, esp for something unattainable or distant. Longing is in direct contrast to having- therefore is directly related to time.PROSPECTIVE longing (longing stemming from not having) is entirely different than QUONDAM longing (stemming from no longer having).Prospective longing is potentially exciting. It inspires the initiation of action (which may

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I have been, noncommittaly, reading some work by Milosz, but doing so only in English. Today I read a piece of his in Polish, and simultaneously the translation into English. I found the translation to be pretty inadequate so I re-translated it, obviously with much help from the skeleton of the original translation. Here it is:Bees build a casing over a red liverAnts build a casing over a

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My book arrived today. "To Begin Where I am" by Czeslaw Milosz. It came used with an inscription."Dear Professor Carol Lambert, Every time I'll go to the office of International Affairs, I'll remember you; when people complement my English, I know deep inside that your courses brought my English skills on a higher level. But now, it's time to thank you for all your help, and wish you a very happy

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"Our indulgence in fantasy disconnects us from the anchor of the banal.Our indulgence in the banal disconnects us from the pull of fantasy."Just an opening paragraph to a statement I'm writing. It's similar to the essay below, but really stretches further to encompass a more broad body of work. ___The body of work is the study of the relationships of individuals to time- in its trinity of the

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But I wanted them whole, including the roots- no rarity should ever be destroyed. So I asked him to use my cerulean hair brush to comb out his hair during the rest of my stay in Berlin. Six months later I received the brush with the last strands of hair.- CernickyJiri, in his art and writing, is a perfect example of sweet, sincere, unadulterated communication. He makes intensely personal work

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Last December, while looking for gifts I came across PREFAB, a book on modular housing. I was immediately smitten. I am always surprised by how much time people spend on their personal look and how little effort they put into the functionality and appearance of their homes, and more so, how strong of a hold traditional rules have on the way we arrange our living space. I've always seen a home

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Jana SterbakI've been doing a little work on Czech art and literature. I'll be posting some information this weekend. I know it's been something like a month now since an update. I promise it will be exciting.

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La Persistencia de la MemoriaThe experience of time is one of transience, impermanence, and entropy- these are integral aspects of life regardless of culture and historical context. The sharp shifts in my life, the highlight of which was immigration, revealed this to me at a very early age.Because of this, I have developed a particular interest in fantasy (defined as any mental incarnation which

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"This is not to say that there are no brilliant, world-changing young architects and designers out there at this very moment developing the ideas that will transform the way we build and live in cities for the next 100 years. But add to the paradoxes raised by Glazer the paradoxes of working in the 21st century: Technology and global culture allow a limitless exchange of ideas, but they also

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I know this is a bit redundant, but here are some recent pictures of the current endeavor.

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So I decided to check back with a gallery that I consider an indulgence(with an odd sense of guilt) Little Cakes and checking through some of their old shows I saw Mr. Aron. I don't feel at all thoughful enough to actually say why I liked it. I could say something about color and patterning and it relating to my interests in native and folk art....but we'll just omit all of that . There was

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I've been stupidly distracted with laundry and writing and avoiding sending out my resume. But here is a sneak preview of a hanging piece I'm working on right now. Aprox. 40''x90''

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"Although all three shows explore non-traditional forms of portraiture, I believe that the subjects are secondary to the concepts represented. I’ve shown what is hidden inside cabinets to give the viewer a glimpse of what’s on the inside. I place people in boxes to categorize and isolate them. In the latest series, the pedestal takes the photograph off the wall, allowing it three dimensions. The

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“Do you want plastic cutlery? Cutlery. Forks and Knives. You know…to cut?” I’m sitting behind two poorly English-speaking gentlemen who don't know the word 'cutlery', in front of a bowl of half-eaten chicken noodle soup that tastes like salt, in front of a flashing illustration of the Titanic (not meant to be at all ironic). The diner has five of these types of paintings; three TVs. I drove

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ParisVenice BeachI had a moment of complete clarity! Complete fucking clarity...as if suddenly someone ran a magnet in front of me and aligned all of the needles in my brain in the correct, front-facing position! I was looking over the galleries of Adam Bartos, and reading an interview with him in "The Morning News": The homes and streets of Adam Bartos’s Los Angeles have a still, reflective

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Wooden stepladder, mother of pearl, shell, coral, fresh water pearl, cultured pearls, white opal, diamond"The pieces all use different types of trompe-l'oeil effects in order to investigate issues concerning identity, craft, value and labour. Everyday objects, etched, splattered and stained with the marks of work and wear & tear, are seen, at a first glance to

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I am always so excited whenever technology is created to advance play, communication and creating things. The more I write in this blog the more of an idiot I feel like, because no one really gives a shit about my commentary. In fact, I don't really give a shit about my commentary. But damn...I wish I could see something like this come to a local exhibition just so I could play with it. MAN OH

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The purpose [of the project] was to use progressive technology to give voice and visibility to the women who work in the "maquiladora" industry in Tijuana. We designed a headset that integrated a camera and a microphone allowing the wearer to move while keeping the transmitted image in focus. The headset was connected to two projectors and loudspeakers that transmitted the

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She's one of those banal documentarians that I have always enjoyed. Once again, I don't know much about her. She was born in '80. Lives in Brooklyn, but what the hell does that matter. Her website has very little content and basically no information about her, but what is there is nicely moody and understated.

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If I see one more reference to shitting or farting in art I'm going to uppercut a small child.P.S. I'll buy anyone a beer if they guess which one is me. Mike, don't give it away. I'll buy you a beer anyway.

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This guy makes some hilarious videos. Certainly check out "How to speak body", and "Modern Daydream 1". He writes: "Having been a choreographer, I always considered myself a student of 'spacial politics'--the dynamics that influence how people arrange themselves in space, both in relation to each other and to their environment. " and "I am an obsessive pattern seeker and deconstructor of the

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like there are horses on top of her head?For added humor: Here is an image I found on Wayne State U's website. I call it "Passion: homage to Jackson Pollock [orange]."

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So, a while ago, I found this YouTube video and posted it here. It wasn't until today that I actually checked out more videos by this AMAZING "xboredz" and I'm totally engaged. (S)he has 10 short videos posted...everything from granpa, to goldfish, to Maury and wrestling. It is an unadulterated exhibit of "average".Xboredz's YouTube Posts

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(Take that, Barry McGee and MoCAD)websiteI saw this picture on myspace and immediately thought it looked a lot like the photo I posted here before by Michelle Cheiken.

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I remember seeing one of his video installations in new york. It was one of the most memorable pieces from that trip...one of three or something. I lost track of him though, forgot his name and all of that..but not his work. Then there was a post about him on the detroitarts blog, and I got pretty excited. You can glance at some of his screen shots here , as well as check out his bio. I will try

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Explosions. Reappropriation of objects. A rational interpretation of chaos.There is an easy interview with her here which is pretty lighthearted and uncomplicated. There is an undeniable sense of play and, even though this could be seen as a criticism, carelessness in her work. If you listen to the interview, you discover her acceptance of the influence of her upbringing, which she admits

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Michelle CheikenBettina von ArnimSo I'm all over the board today, but let's start with a quote from Kundera: ...why should he have passion for painting? what is so praiseworthy about passion? isn't the cause of most bad paintings and bad novles simply the fact that artists consider their passion for art something holy, some sort of mission if not duty (duty to oneself, even to mankind)?

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No introduction this time. I like this guy a lot. He has an aesthetic that I want. It's nice to see something that is so removed from the idea of appealing, whether intentionally or not, to a specific demographic. This instead, at least in my opinion, really is a sincere exploration. One that I am really jealous of, actually. I mean, this was his grandfather's apartment after his death.

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I've been using a lot of mountain imagery recentlyThought I'd stare at some for researchthese are what I found

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of sitting around with tea and looking at art. It's nice to see art prints sold for as little as a DVD (you can get prints for as little as thirty bucks) Check out we*heart*prints , or Thumbtack Press . They have this print by Erik Swanson, and I'm not too crazy about his work, but this one has mountains! and a little house! ahhh.. i think it would be a wonderful christmas present for me, eh? and

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Somehow, I found myself on the FBI website today. I must have been prepossessed by 'High Sierra' and Bogart into searching out criminal lovers or something. I was totally floored when I checked out the top ten most wanted because the descriptions read just like personal ads. For instance: "Donald Eugene Webb, who is considered a career criminal and master of assumed identities,

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Man, I've been so distracted with my speech, my artist statements, resumes...all of that garbage. It has taken me out of the studio and that is no good at all.Actually, I think it is really stressing me out. I need to make a fantastic huge installation somewhere...christ. Someone give me some gallery space, or a corner of a public restroom or something. I've got my new watch, looking at a new

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My friend Pedro recommended a book by Craig Thompson called Blankets . Although I haven't had a chance to read the book, I did check out his website and found this really amusing picture he did as a "two-page spread for National Geographic Kids magazine. 'While a scientist eats a Bacon Lettuce and Tomato sandwich on his lunch break, his experments are running amok. Each of the ten...experiments

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I took this off. Too much visual space. If you are still interested in reading it, it is now posted as one of the comments, instead. For fun, here is a picture by Jason Bright.

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Just for a minute, try to be a bitter bastard while looking at his work. These should be dropped like propaganda flyers.

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you love Detroit. We all fucking love Detroit. It's like that convenience lay you start to have feelings for. And you resent her because she isn't the beautiful, perfect woman you had always hoped to be with, but very few things are as comforting as seeing her at the end of the day. What made me think about this? It's been on my mind on every goddamn drive down, but today especially I picked up "

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Rachell Sumpter rocks. She has shown up on fecalface before, and I've always wanted to check out her website and post on it but haven't gotten around to it until tonight."I paint what I paint because it’s what I think about; it’s what's important and has to come out. I don't really choose it, it sort of chooses me – there's no compromise. I couldn't compromise; it wouldn't be mine anymore.

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I accidentally had an interesting experiance this morning. I woke up, made my tea, like the ritualistic animal that I am, and headed online for the usual art research. If you ever wake up in the morning and wonder what the hell I am doing, it is staring at pictures while listening to pandora and drinking sweet tea in a christmas mug, wearing non-matching house garb and socks only if it is

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...probably a little over a year ago, along stacks of 'artist statements' and 'paragraphs of intent'...It's really funny how it all comes full circle after all.As usual, it has been a while. As usual, there is no time but countdown. How do we change what we look at to understand the dimensions? He is leaving in 3 weeks. turns to 1month. 2months. 6months. Everything will be over before you live it

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Could her videos BE any better? I mean, seriously. I especially like Feld Wald und Wie. I'm going to find a way to project that onto my ceiling in the morning instead of my alarm.

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So this is the official replacement for my favorite fhakin object, which I lost on the trip to the porkies. Actually, in the picture below I'm still wearing it. Damn. Still makes me really sad. I just want to get this one (it's coming from Saint Petersburg) and open up the back and stare at the movement for at least half an hour. I'm excited.

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I wish I was doing something like this again. It's a lot like confession or the first beer of the evening after a long miserable day.

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I like this guy. I really do. I really like his placement, his patterning, his clean, organic (while simultanelously explosive and nonsensical) forms. It's a lot like what I feel I was trying to get at in my most recent installation. More of Ernesto Caivano's work can be found on the Richard Heller Gallery. and a detail...

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I've been looking at so much crap recently that my head feels like I just poured some creme into a cup of coffee...which I suppose is all fine except that every black and white urban photograph begins to look like every other and the names turn into alphabet soup. So I guess I am just a tense clusterfuck right now, which made finidng Matt Weber kind of nice. The bastard actually made me laugh a

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So I found this guy through a video posted on fecalface (The Maidenhead Voyage Into Dark Waters, or First Fuck-Worst Luck). I started digging around his site and I thought his work was okay but what I thought was particularly cool was his artist statement.He wrote:_I am a self-taught artist who learned from looking over the shoulders of friends. I am attempting to be as honest as I can possibly

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fake flowers are a staple of an y high class joint along US2(golden tablecloths, another)There is one thing better than eating alone on the road:...being able to cross one eye.

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I'm noticing that galleries have a tendency to overcrowd artwork. I'm going to sound like a totall douche but I have to say it....it kills my buzz. Maybe "overcrowding" isn't exactly what I dislike. My problem is when the work is in that limbo between being overcrowded and having healthy breathing space. Pick one, goddamit, but don't just hang the crap up on the wall with two feet between pieces

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Current project based on this sketch. I've finished this piece, so I'm trashing the shots "in progress". I will post the finished beast as soon as I get the photographs.

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william hundley

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...really beautiful

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This guy, Glen Murphy, has some good stuff going on. If you know anything about compys you can try some of it out yourself. Check out his installations. Now, I don't really know where he stands on the scale of technology, but having tried out his programs, I have to say there were bloody good fun. And when you mix art and fun, that is a surefire cure for malaria, or at the very least

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how creative chaps utilize the full potential of a broken visor

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I have to confess that I am at least minimally biased towards immigrant artists. Somehow, I think there is some connected line of thinking between most of them, at least from what I've been able to gather, and I share that sentiment. It seems to consist of 1/3rd longing, 1/3 realization of the universailty of mundane experiance, and the rest, I suppose, is personal. Kvartström is an immigrant,

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"His 1970s photography was primarily concerned with objects of the everyday, highlighting the banal by the sheer obsession of his careful photographic technique in series such as Salvage (1981)." "The 1990 series, Windows through the Curtain, consists of photographs capturing the artist’s reaction to communist Poland and the former Czechoslovakia, where "my most powerful sensation

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When I shop for pants, I always try the suckers on. Sometimes I immediately like them and sometimes I don't. The true test is the next 60 seconds in front of the mirror. Sometimes what I loved immediately becomes less than spectacular in that minute, and sometimes a pair that I wasn't sold on grows on me. That is how I make my decisions about pants, and usually how I make my decisions about art.

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Recently, I've been really considering finding a prison pen-pal. I'm considering this guy Any suggestions?-i.

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You would think that the internet has information on bloody everything. I guess it is something I take for granted, because I can't seem to find anything besides a few loose images and vague statements about this guy, and I would really like to.

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So this is the last time I post the progress of the installation. The first panel, along with a barebone statement of intent can be found here. I realize how bloody redundant this is getting. so I will quit posting until I have finished photographs of the realization of this thing in 3D. The previous two panels were actually finished at the end of April. Just yesterday I finished the third one

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tim carpenter.I venture to say that he is one of my favorites. His website, however, is currently out of comission. As soon as his site is up and running (or IF his site is ever up and running) I will certainly post it among the links.In the meantime, here is a link which features some of his photographs, but it is a bit of a downer because the choices are hardly the highlights, in my

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Once again I find myself with my ass planted on the seat for “Confession Time”. It's hard to write these things with any sense of decency. You just always feel like an asshole, that fact is universal. In other words, you have to come to terms with being a young, irrational nimrod and hope that you can skate by on your apologies and retractions. My situation, the one that requires apologies and

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Probably two or three years ago, I ran into this website. It is an enormous clusterfuck surrounding Frank Moore, who organized a ton of erotic performance art in the Bay Area. He writes and he has several degrees as well, and cereberal palsy. Somehow, though, this isn't one of those stories of rising above some intense cicurmstances straight into the pages of Reader's Digest's everyday heroes. I

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I love art that makes me feel both stunned and completley inept.-thank you brian-

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I found this site a little while ago. I think that there is a good chance it is already out of comission, but it is still up, available, and pretty bloody amazing, in my opinion." In March of 2004 the Found Photos project came together on accident, by using a filesharing program seeking music and finding hundreds of photos in a folder instead. 120 Archives of photos have been created since then,

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Here is a link to some more photography, this time by Brian Lesteberg on The Morning News' Gallery.Check out the Morning News and Lesterberg...you know...for a good time.

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This is a website I ran across. Worth a look. Some of it I could take or leave but overall good stuff.

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A little sense of humor goes a long bloody way. "My grandma used to plant tomato seedlings in tin cans from tomato sause & puree & crushed tomatos she got from the Italian restaurant by her house, but she always soaked the lables off first. I don't want them to be anxious about the future, she said. It's not healthy" -Brian Andreas

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Just read this small paragraph and found it hillariously up my alley. "12 March 1988. Most artists are afflicted with more than common stupidity, and this makes them even more desperate than they need be, and so they make themselves even more stupid than they really are, and so they make themselves artistically impotent - because, by panicking (consciously or unconsciously) at their own

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This is another small panel/ acrylic transfer/ collage piece.

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I have always enjoyed making art, but I also always enjoy installing a sink, taking a shower and making someone breakfast. Somehow, in my largely hollow mind, I concocted that being an artist was a moral and valuable endeavor. There is prestige, mystique and identity in making art, or so I thought. And I justified to myself that there is no prestige without a possibility, therefore, of tragic

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What I am attempting is to bring the personal into the public sector saying "This is the reality that we try not to notice, frequently ignore and otherwise hide...and in the midst of this entropy, happiness happens." Through these photographs I am admitting to my clutter, my clothes on top of the toiled, my plunger- opening doors to associations with showering, sleeping eating, acting- in fact...

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