i snapped a lot of pics from the most recent & most amazing Sylvia Ji solo show at white walls gallery in san francisco this last month. the show ran from june 14th, 2008 through to july 5th 2008. and it really was amazing! such beautiful paintings and imagery! and it looked like every piece sold too - congrats white walls & congrats sylvia ji!. all the pics i snapped are posted after the break in the gallery as well as posted on my flickr site. be sure to check out the great video of sylvia ji preparing for her last show at white walls from february 2007 (prior to this one). oy - her work is SOOO good! thanks sylvia for your artwork!
Archive for the 'art' Category
dark roasted blend has a great post with some amazing photos of artwork by jim denevan and his incredible and beautiful large scale sand drawings. seriously very beautiful. and seriously very large! the artwork seen below is three miles across and took 100 miles of walking to draw the pattern. a massive undertaking that would only be temporary. i love it! i posted some of the photos below, but be sure to check out the post on dark roasted blend for more amazing pics.
the Bucheon Gallery located at 389 Grove St in san francisco is hosting Mental and Material Realms featuring art by david choong lee and mars1. the exhibition opens this saturday may 17th with a reception from 7pm to 10pm. the show runs through june 21st. also there’s a preview of the art show on the bucheon website.
quite possibly the coolest graffiti project i have ever seen. absolutely amazing animation considering all of it was done in public as painted graffiti on walls & sidewalks. wow. i’m talking about muto: an ambiguos animation painted on public walls, done in buenos aires and baden. wow. double wow. the amount of planning and time this must have taken boggles the mind. please watch it. it should amaze you. be sure to also check out blu’s other amazing animations & videos when you can.
the super fun and super exciting maker faire is fast approaching! how fast? well, the maker faire is this weekend! saturday may 3rd and sunday may 4th at the san mateo county fairgrounds (map)! the maker faire is a metric ton of fun! you should definitely go! here are some pics from 2007’s makers faire to entice you. see you there!
the makers of the fantastic & inspiring film One Giant Leap are coming out with a new film titled What About Me? the first chapter of the movie is titled Bombardment. the entire chapter (spanning 15 minutes) is available to view on the whataboutme website & even better at dailymotion as well. this movie looks to be as moving and as powerful as their first project, with a wonderful message that we all have & share many more similarities than we do differences. the project creators use music & song as a common thread to connect artists & musicians from around the world along with interviews with people like eckhart tolle, noam choamsky, timothy “speed” levich, and more. take a look when you get a chance & thanks claudine for the link!
… just launched his new website featuring new art, paintings, photos, & past art too. congrats ethos! nice site!
the crucible in oakland, california is hosting its amazing fundraiser & fire ballet for 2008 titled Firebird (a more intense take on stravinsky’s firebird)! it looks fantastic! tickets generally sell out. performances on Wednesday April 16th & Thursday April 17th are $55 and the gala performances on Friday April 18th and Saturday 19th are $150 (though saturday’s show is now waitlist only) . it’s a great way to support a non-profit, the arts, an amazing creative community, and see a great performance! here’s a link to the event flyer. see you there!
the cardboard institute of technology presents welcome to cardburg. welcome indeed! cardburg is an amazing art installation going on at cellspace in san francisco. an entire city - built all in cardboard - with magic, myth, and lore all its own. amazing! and you should see it! opening night was April 3rd, 2008. There’s another opening/show tonight, April 10th at 7pm, and a final show next week on friday April 18th at 8pm. you can read the hype on sfgate or read the great post on extreme craft (& flickr set too!) but go! good art can be hard to find (but actually, in SF, not lately. lotsa goodness out there!). is SF ready for a ducksquatch? yes!
for spring break week, it’s taxidermy gone wild! yes, monday morning bringeth the beaver jokes with the most awesome beaver case mod ever (maybe the only beaver case mod ever). built by kasey mcmahon. for steaming PC action, check out the specs on that hot beaver too! a very nice beaver at that! some pics of the amazing project below. awesome job kasey! i think i love you!
my friend sasha is having a party to celebrate the 3rd issue release of her magazine meatpaper. meatpaper (nominated for utne’s best independent press award in 2007) is a print magazine of art and ideas about meat. so come celebrate with meatpaper! the meatpaper 3rd issue release party is sunday, march 30th, from 6pm to 9pm and will be held at serpentine in san francisco. $10 - $15 sliding scale entrance includes drinks and dee-licious snacks (of the meat & non-meat variety). congrats on your hard work sasha!
the luggage store is hosting feral, an art show featuring works by swoon and monica canilao. the show opens tomorrow (friday 6pm - 8pm) march 21st and runs through april 26th. the highly rad fecalface dot com has a great sneak preview of the feral show which i highly recommend if you can’t make the actual show.
a new art show opening titled solo flight featuring the art work of mike davis will be held at the lovely white walls gallery in san francisco this saturday night (3/15/2008). the show runs through to april 14, 2008. peep the white walls website for a preview of the show and more information.
it’s very nice to see something low tech and simple executed with great style. from late show with david letterman comes this clip of austrailian artist/unusualist raymond crowe performing his art of hand shadow puppetry. very amazing - right down to louis armstrong’s eye! see more of this unusualist at raymond crowe dot com.
performed in the main concourse at grand central station in new york city, the skit frozen at grand central by improv everywhere has been so successful and inspiring that the performance is now spawning copies around the world. there is the great trafalgar square freeze in london, freeze on grafton street in dublin, ireland, and the san francisco freeze to name just three. but there are many many more freeze events listed on the improve everywhere website & definitely worth checking out. video of the original grand central freeze plus a few more are posted below. so great! & speaking of freeeeze …
Frozen at Grand Central - january 31st, 2008
The Great Trafalgar Square Freeze - february 16th, 2008
SF Freeze - february 23rd, 2008
it’s friday and let’s celebrate billboards. first, there’s the fantastic AT&T and the National Security Agency billboard re-interpretation done by the marvelous billboard liberation front (BLF) around san francisco. awesome! thanks BLF! (& here’s more detailed photos of the AT&T & NSA billboard and the billboard liberation front’s photostream on flickr). if you don’t know what the connection is between AT&T and the NSA, there is plenty to read online about domestic spying.
and although it has nothing to do with the NSA, there’s is the equally powerful king of jews - king of beers billboard masterpiece done near hoston, texas back in 2006. i’ve always looked at billboards as public space and am glad to see these magnificent uses of those public spaces. more please!
the art gallery anno domini located in san jose, ca is currently presenting ‘victims’ by barron storey. the solo show features new illustrations, sculpture, and installation pieces by barron storey that depict the damaged and the wounded. you can also see extensive images of the ‘victims’ art show via the flickr photo art show sets of astrogirl and atomicmonk. barron storey’s ‘victims’ art show runs at anno domini from february 1st through march 15th 2008. definitely worth a visit.
sent in from jonathan, here’s a link via ticketbooth to view all the Oscar nominated animated shorts online. listed below are embedded video links to the five nominated animated shorts. the oscars are broadcast this sunday Feb 24th, 2008. thanks jonathan for the link!
Peter & the Wolf - part 1 (part 2) (part 3)
Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
I Met the Walrus (trailer only) (website)
if you like to browse websites with lots of interesting eye candy, then i recommend yanko design. it’s a great design blog that showcases cutting edge design ranging from concepts, products, gadgets, interior spaces, industrial design, branding, tools, toys, everyday items, and more. it’s very advertisement heavy, but still very much worth a visit.
check out these beautiful glass art pieces created by dylan kehde roelofs consisting of hand-blown incandescent light bulbs sculptures. very lovely!
artist maurizio savini creates some very amazing sculptures using pink chewing gum as his medium of choice. check out a few of the the fleshy looking creations below. link via dumptrumpet.
the fantastic visionary director michel gondry will be appearing at the stockton street apple store in san francisco this monday january 7th 2008 at 7pm. gondry will be there to promote his new movie ‘be kind rewind’ and probably discuss how the film was edited using apple’s final cut pro software. i know this will be crowded but i’m gonna try to make it. all of this information via slashfilm (thanks /film!).
very cool time-lapsed video clip of what is called an automatic graffiti robot. the art is created using a spray can attached to cables running on a X / Y axis. the cables control or press the nozzle on the spray can at precise moments. the cable are moved & controlled by a computer program. it reminds me of a giant plotter printer. very cool idea! the clip is from 2006 but i haven’t been able to find any other info on this artist other that the video. anyway, enjoy!
take a look at a really amazing animated short by alan becker via deviantArt titled animator vs. animation. the battle takes place on the flash interface! so so great & clever! thank you alan for the hard work and great animation!
i am very much enjoying the illustrations created by artist christoph niemann. very clean, narrative, playful, and bold. you may recognize some of his work from the new yorker. f you have a moment, please check out his website.
what if michelangelo’s david was based on david currently living in the united states of america today? goodbye six pack, hello one pack! i don’t know about you, but adult cherubs are totally hot! personal reminder: i must hit the gym ASAP. pic via stupid photos, not!
if you are like me, you’ve always wanted to give all your friends syphillis, maybe some HIV, a touch of black death, and even some athlete’s foot each & every holiday season. well now you finally can! the geniuses at GIANTmicrobes have created a plush line of just that - giant microbes! yes, there’s the flesh eating virus (with embroidered knife & fork!), gonorrhea, mad cow, and so much more! with marketing tag lines for their dolls such as scum that go “he may look like the scum of the earth, but once you cross paths he’s sure to grow on you” - how can you resist?
i’ve been really enjoying the art of aaron jasinski. great illustrations, style, scenes, and colors. his website has a great interface too, but you will find his gallery on deviantART easier to peruse. thank you aaron for your work!
is it me you’re looking for? answer: yes. why wasn’t sculpture class like this when i was in school? to truly understand the magic of the video for Hello by lionel richie, one must become the video for Hello by lionel richie. hence, the hello experiment. the hello experiment seeks to capture the wonder, imagination, and beauty that is lionel richie’s massive jaw lovingly formed in wet brown clay by sightless, open hearted souls. awesome! it’s either a goofy and fun nostalgic paraody or a tragic spell created by demons to open a hell-mouth that will swallow us all. watch and see (note: please download the song Hello at your leisure so you can sculpt your very own lionel richie). thanks cobras!
download:
Lionel_Richie_Hello.zip (3.9 megabytes)
i’m very happy to see the beautiful paintings and illustrations of the talented bay area artist larissa martin online! please visit larissamartin.com when you get a moment. some really beautiful works in the paintings section (and in the watermedia & drawings sections as well). there is also a shoppe section showcasing her current original works available for purchase. very stylish website layout too.