No limits

“There’s a whole new audience out there and it’s never been easier to sell it, particularly at the lower levels. You don’t have to go to college, drag ’round a portfolio, mail off transparencies to snooty galleries or sleep with someone powerful. All you need now is a few ideas and a broadband connection. This is the first time the essentially bourgeois world of art has belonged to the people. We need to make it count.” — Banksy speaking to Wired


True dat.

Balloonatic

I was thinking about using balloons in my next sculpture project, but it looks like I've been beaten to the punch.  Jason Hackenwerth work is pretty damn awesome.  Luckily, this isn't the form or style I had in mind for my own project.

 

Photos borrowed from designboom.com and http://www.flickr.com/photos/scpr

Urban Outfitters Solo Show

My solo show at Urban Outfitters is up!  Reception next Friday, and the show will be up for all of February.   Hope to see you there!

 

"Foundation"

Altered book sculpture.  No adhesives. 

Spin off of "Do It Yourself" altered book:

D. Shockles

Daniel and I went up the 1 yesterday.  California has been pretty intent on trying out this whole "winter" thing lately, but it cleared up this weekend for a brief & beautiful respite.  The ocean was exhibiting its glorious fury though, and it was quite a spectacle from up on the overlooking cliff.  He shot with film so I'll have to try and be patient for those.  :)

 

Sculpture Freaks

Sculpture class is wonderful.  Everyone plays and chats and collaborates and gets dirty.  Really, really dirty.

David is making rings out of a deer skull.  They're so rad it might even be worth inhaling the bone dust--perhaps the foulest smell on the face of the planet.  Think burnt Chinese food meets shower drain mold.

Folly: a folly?

MOCA at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood has only one exhibit on at the moment: FOLLY—THE VIEW FROM NOWHERE.  According to MOCA's website, "follies are autonomous structures that might serve as memorials, meeting points, or observation towers; typically, they serve no function at all."

In brief: an exhibit dedicated to architectural failures.  Hilarious?  Yes.  Entertaining?  Yes.  A failure in itself?  Well... I don't want to be rude...

Featured designs include a Texas replica of the Eiffel Tower (which boasts a ten-gallon hat at the top!), a huge building shaped like an elephant, and Iowa's version of the leaning tower of Pisa.  Buildings and designs from around the world and throughout history were photographed but left unframed along the wall, which seemed a bit half-hearted for such an esteemed establishment.

There was also a constructed folly in the center of the room--a large white staircase which led to a "lookout" of panoramic cityscape photographs.  A sign instructed us to enter the folly at our own risk.  Enjoyable but useless: I left feeling amused, albeit slightly confused.