NOXID

New Work

2011-08-05T11:55:00.000-07:00

New work

2010-11-16T13:57:00.001-08:00

New Chewy Stuff

2010-04-18T10:33:00.000-07:00

New Stuff

2010-02-21T15:47:00.000-08:00

Tinkerings

2010-01-03T06:27:00.001-08:00

Walter Carothers

2009-10-23T06:32:00.001-07:00

The End is the Beginning, works in progress

2009-10-15T16:16:00.000-07:00

new drawings

2009-07-25T20:01:00.001-07:00

more work

2009-07-12T20:46:00.000-07:00

Drawings

2009-06-24T16:25:00.001-07:00

MICA

2009-06-24T14:22:00.000-07:00

New paintings

2009-05-13T06:59:00.001-07:00

David Gordon Green interview

2009-04-21T09:38:00.000-07:00

Here is an interesting interview with filmmaker David Gordon Green. Green made one of my favorite movies George Washington which is set in Winston Salem, NC. I was just down there at a wedding.

http://www.believermag.com/issues/200611/?read=interview_green

"My house looks like a fourteen-year-old kid stole some cash and ran away from home, decorated it with his ass. There’s remnants of my toilet-seat watercolor painting high-school art phase—I used to paint on toilet seats I would find in the garbage. A large horned whitetail deer head that’s mounted on my chimney—a kill my grandfather made when he was young. He died last week. A suit of armor I won at a carnival in San Antonio. A treasure chest from olden times. A collection of medicine and doctor tools from the ’20s I got out of my great aunt’s house in Mangum, Oklahoma, when she died at 102 years old. An old douche bag I stole from an abandoned funeral home. A piece of chewed bubblegum I sculpted into a square that this pretty girl Erica Bader gave me in the fifth grade after she told me she liked my Gumby half-shirt."

George Washington, 2000

Synecdoche, NY

2009-03-31T11:13:00.000-07:00

Wow! Best movie I've seen in a long time.

NYC visit

2009-03-16T06:33:00.000-07:00

Went to NYC this weekend to see the final day of Peter Doig's joint shows at Gavin Brown's enterprise and Michael Werner Gallery and to have dinner with some friends. It was a beautiful day to walk around the city and I'd have to say I really like Doig's new work (however not necessarily better than early stuff). Mostly made up of Trinidadian scenes his new paintings display soft bleeding surfaces with washes of color and occasional geometric grids denoting buildings. As a friend said to me, its nice to see such an accomplished artist change and do new things. I would agree. Also nothing seems forced here. There was an honesty and straight-fowardness throughout both shows. The idea of remembering a place still exists in the work but unlike his other paintings Doig is making paintings about a place he currently resides. I should have asked him about this when I met him at Michael Werner.
Yeah he was there! See the great photo I took of him impersonating a man dressed as bat in front of "Man Dressed as Bat". Doig was a super nice guy with a humble demeanor. I asked him about ping pong and his film club in Trinidad and then trying to play it cool I said good-bye. I really wish I'd (and should've) unloaded question after question but a few other folks in the gallery began to move in and "I didn't want to be that guy."

Woods Ate the Tent Ate the Man

2009-03-11T07:54:00.000-07:00

So they walked up the mountain and found a man in a tent. He was naked. He did not move. Was he dead? He was naked laying on his back and the tent flaps were open. Was he asleep? There was a shit smell. They walked on conjuring up an explanation of the scene.

current workings

2009-02-02T09:35:00.005-08:00

another one

2009-01-14T09:40:00.001-08:00

currently in the works

2009-01-09T07:53:00.001-08:00

Albert Oehlen

2008-11-18T14:01:00.000-08:00

One of my most recents

2008-09-24T08:21:00.001-07:00

Peter Doig,Tate Exhibition

2008-09-10T11:54:00.000-07:00

Francis Bacon

2008-05-01T07:11:00.000-07:00

andreas eriksson

2008-04-24T11:27:00.000-07:00

When it comes to art I'd rather be confused than be completely clear on what and why a work is the way it is.

Newark UD visit

2008-04-20T06:34:00.000-07:00

Went to the University of Delaware, where Kelly and I met and went to school, yesterday. The town has changed a lot. A ton more restaurants and the Stone Balloon closed. It was a great time. I forgot how beautiful the campus is, classical architecture with huge flat lawns to lounge and look at the buildings. And then the critically criticized Trabant Student Center (Venturi) which I love. It makes me laugh because of all the people it pissed off when it was built.
We stopped at the bookstore, the National 5 & 10, and Margherita's Pizza (amazing NY style pizza). Charlotte got a little fussy so we had to head home a little early. Oh well, I'm sure we'll visit again soon, its only an hour drive.

Trabant Student Center

Gore Hall

Old College

avish khebrehzadeh

2008-04-15T06:51:00.001-07:00

Christian Hoischen

2008-04-11T10:10:00.000-07:00

FRANK AUERBACH

2008-04-08T10:44:00.000-07:00

Run Wrake

2008-04-03T10:37:00.000-07:00

Brendan Monroe

2008-04-02T06:25:00.001-07:00

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Writer / End Of The World.

I am making a small book and needs fact in regard to End of the world. If you believe that now is the end of the world and you have solid fact I will buy the info from you for $5.00 each fact, For example you can say: According to ABCD- EFG this is the end of the world. I need a total of 200 solid believable facts it equals $1000. I will buy as little as 1 fact for $5.00 All payments are done by paypal.com please do-not email any facts until you have talked to me and you get a confirmation. You can call or email for us to call you back.
http://karimmovies.com/
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malibu,ca.90265
310-488-0403
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JULES DE BALINCOURT

2008-04-01T10:57:00.001-07:00

Overheard in New York

Waspy woman #1, walking into J.Crew: It smells like J.Crew!
Waspy woman #2: It smells so good!

Cornelius Völker

2008-03-31T12:10:00.000-07:00

Neil Farber

2008-03-28T10:59:00.001-07:00

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Brackett St Guy Who Pees Out His Window

You are the super-hot dude who pees out of your second floor apt window. Just want to let you know that the m/f couple who live in the building next door love the show! Keep getting hammered!!!!

Tala Madani

2008-03-21T05:57:00.001-07:00

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I spilled grandma on you around spadian station - w4m

You: unsuspecting lonley sad looking boy on subway

Me: Girl with blue Urn

I spilled my grandmother on you, im sure you remember, If you see this we should do lunch...this time without grandma

CHARLES YUEN

2008-03-18T05:45:00.001-07:00

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To the Drunk Hottie who fell off my motorcycle

I met you at the bar last night, and we hit it off. Ya we were both a little buzzed, but you seemed as into me as I was into you. Things got to things, we made out a bit, and you ended up going home with me on the back of my motorcycle, which was awesome because that doesn't usually happen to me. I luckily had the extra helmet with me and let you wear my bike jacket while suffering the cold on the way home. I was feeling pretty happy and lucky to say the least.

This is where things got crazy.

I don't know if you slipped, or thought I was taking you home to kill you, or if your're just plain crazy and had a change of heart, but all of a sudden you let go of me MID-TURN and went flying into the bushes at about 10-15mph near the park by my house. I was so freaked out!!! when I looked back to see you fumbling in the bushes I could only PRAY TO GOD that you didn't hit the asphalt or something worse.

I really thought you must have been hurt at least a bit, but as I turned around to come check on you, you took off into the unlit park running full speed with my helmet and jacket still on! I parked my bike and looked for you for over 2 hours calling your name until I was so cold I had to go home or risk freezing to death.

WTF

Im sorry for what happened and I really hope your're ok, really I do, but seriously WTF. Running into a forested park in the middle of the night like that....I really can't begin to guess what you were thinking, and you weren't that drunk, but i suppose my "crazy-bitch o' meter" wasn't working at the bar that night, and from the speed you took off I can only surmise that your're not that hurt. I would like my expensive bike gear back though, I hope it kept you warm during your psychotic episode, but it IS mine and I kinda need it to get around in the winter. If you could return it to the bar for me, check in with your shrink, and promise to never come near me again that would be great, cause you scared the #*$% outta me and are costing me alot of money.

Sincerely,
Very cold/poor motorcycle rider who will never let women near his bike again.

BLU

2008-03-14T06:49:00.001-07:00

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Free Man's Toupee
Only worn twice. From The House of Frank. Real human hair. Brownish blonde with a sprinkling of gray highlights. One size fits all. Can be trimmed to suit taste. Wash in washing machine, gentle cycle. No bleach. Looking for new owner because neighborhood dogs growl at me when I wear toupee. Also squirrels chase me down the street. Maybe you will have better luck. email for p/u.

Cecily Brown

2008-03-13T07:51:00.000-07:00

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Celebrity Nail clippings for Elementary Math tutor

I work at a very prestigious nail salon in new york, with an a-list clientel. I have a collection of nail clippings from various clients such as Cameron Diaz, Gweyn Stephani, Beyonce and Scarlett Johansen. My son who is in 7th grade is in desperate need of a Math tutor. I live in Manhattan and I would be willing to meet at a mutual location with my son. I will be willing to trade my collection for four one hour sessions. Serious inquiries only please. Thank you.

Luc Tuymans

2008-03-12T07:23:00.001-07:00

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Found: Short, Fat, Smelly, Fugly Critter

April 8, 2007

At about 7:00p.m. tonight, after a near-perfect day in Santa Cruz, the evening was shattered by a frenetic, biblically ugly dog.
I was driving home on Corral de Tierra Road near the country club, and nearly hit a small furry thing running in the road. Well, I didn't hear a thump, so I looked in the rear view mirror, and there was still a black dot running up the road.
So I turned around, parked and got out of my truck. It was quickly apparent that it was a little dog, which came running toward me, oblivious of traffic. It nearly ran under a passing SUV on the way. As it got closer, I got a look at it. It is about the size of a bread box, and looks like a turd with fur.
It darted at me, and right passed me, in a game of suicide tag. Traffic on that part of the road does about fifty and it was getting dusky. On the third pass, the dog did a sweeping turn in to the road, and a large truck had to cross into oncoming traffic to avoid it.
So I decided to see if it had a tag, which it did not. Has a collar though. So, knowing that being a tiny black dog playing with fast traffic at night would almost certainly be a less than stellar life choice, I scooped the wet, smelly critter up and took it home.

I have now spent fifty-seven minutes with the dog in my house, and can describe some things about it.:

* It looks like a cross between Dustin Hoffman and an Ewok.
* It smells bad.
* It was very thirsty.
* It was very hungry.
* It wants to be friends
* It is some class of terrier
* It is pitch black.
* It is probably a she.
* Its kidneys are functioning properly.
* It is not very bright.

The dog walks toward and then past my file cabinet, pauses, thinks better of Plan A and whips quickly around in an about face - and smacks it face square against the metal file cabinet. Acts completely undaunted and saunters off to stand in the middle of the room, staring blanky at the wall. So I get up and let it out to piss. The dog spends fifteen minutes outside and does nothing. I let it back in, and it promptly pisses on the rug. This dog is really stupid, and really ugly

If this is your dog, I do not expect you will be rushing to claim it. Nevertheless, I will be posting signs around tomorrow, and contacting the SPCA. If this is your dog, please claim it. No reward required - having the dog gone will be reward enough.

So, obviously your dog is missing or you wouldn't be looking at this ad. You're reading it, going "No way. That couldn't be my precious Wumsypoo". The problem is that beauty really is in the eye of the beholder - this IS your dog, and deep down, you know it is. So come claim her/him/it.

April 9, 2007

OK, I let your dog out at 7:30 this morning to piss, and it took off for the hills like a rocket. Fifteen of my valuable minutes later, I located it. This is what it looked like (note the Dustin Hoffman resemblance):

So I issued the sure fire, dog-obedience #1 command "come". Here is the instant result:

Hi, sorry to be the one to break it to you, but your dog is dumber than dirt.

So here's the deal. I am now offering a reward - not for the dog ( I already have it, right?) - this reward is for you, the owner of Stupidpoo. I am offering 47 cents and a sample package of Mujarep coffee beans to anyone who can locate the owner of this dog. By lunch I will probably increase the kitty to dump the doggy.

donald baechler

2008-03-11T07:31:00.000-07:00

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lvl 8 ogre mage seeks moon queen or druid

I am a lvl 8 warrior seeking my adventuring companion for game play and fornication. I partake in only adventure/fantasy role play, no creepy goth stuff, it’s too weird. Only sanctioned spells allowed, costume dress optional but preferred. I have the body of a wandering Norwegian brawler and short brown hair. Please be quite buxom and imaginative for play and enjoy fantasy role play aesthetics. Please send pics, leves, preferred adventure type and spell list. We could go get dinner (under $20), and watch a movie. Also I’m allergic to cats.

Jan Steen

2008-03-10T06:34:00.001-07:00

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Awesome handstitched rug made from ex's fave shirts.

Allright folks...I have this lovely, amazing rug made hade out of my evil ex-fiance's favorite shirts! My idea was this...I would cut them up and sew them together in order to make a mat to place under my cat's litter box. Seemed pretty deserving, right? But then I thought...when my ex left me for a 19 year old hussy, really he ditched Tony Montana (my awesome cat) as well, and Tony shouldn't have to walk on the ex's shirt day in and day out (even if it is only to do his kitty "business").

SO! I am offering you all a piece of history. This rug was made from 3 of my ex's most prized shirts, including an old school Beastie Boys shirt he got at a concert years ago. It really is something, and I spent a lot of time making it, so I don't want it to go to waste.

What do I want in return? Well, I'm pretty broke. Our breakup left me essentially pennyless, but whatever. I'm willing to accept anything in return (extra points if YOU have a tshirt rug made from your evil ex's shirt that you would like to trade). Here's the catch though...you have to promise to abuse this rug. I mean straight up abuse it. Make it a front door mat so everyone can wipe their feet on it. Put it under your cat's litter box. Hang it on the wall and throw offensive things at it...I don't care. But if you could send me a photo of the rug once you've had your filthy way with it, I would be much obliged :D

This is a small photo of the rug in question. It is quite large, and if you want, I have a couple more shirts of his that I would gladly attatch to this rug, making it much larger. If you would like a better photo, please just ask, and I will send one your way. But please, serious offers only. This is a work of art, and I am quite proud of it.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

Tim Gardner watercolors

2008-03-07T06:28:00.000-08:00

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Thanks, Mr.Hipster Record Store Clerk.

Dear Hipster Record Store Clerk,

Thank you for judging me on the CD I bought yesterday. Our passive-aggressive altercation made me realize how conformist I am for buying an old Rage Against The Machine album. Your condescension was just the intellectual wake-up call I needed.

I discovered a new me yesterday, and my eyes were opened in a new way. Thanks to you, I realize now that the key to enlightenment is reading Pitchfork, watching High Fidelity, listening to Velvet Underground, having a tattoo of a star on the inside of my wrist, growing an ironic mustache, living in the Mission, and wearing a too-small sweater, multi-colored 70’s ski-vest, chunky plastic-frame glasses, a high school sports T-shirt, air-tight black jeans, and Nixon-era Chuck Taylors.

I had it all wrong, man. You showed me that a skilled job and a comfortable living is just a lie. I need to go to art school, have my parents pay my rent, join a Joy Division-influenced band, and wait for a record deal, like you. I’m totally missing out in life.

So thanks again for mocking me. I mean, at first I thought you were just a pathetic, frustrated musician trying to feel better about yourself. But now I see you’re an uncompromising visionary.

No one will ever understand you. You’re so different.

Signed,

Everyone Not Like You

ULLA MAIBAUM

2008-03-06T06:54:00.000-08:00

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FOUND: Canadian Tire $Money$

Brief case full of Canadian tire money…one Dollar “bills” very neatly bundled up with those fat purple elastic bands generally used for broccoli. Also, blueprints for some kind of under ground bunker. The only other thing in the briefcase was a mini Etch-e-sketch on a key chain. No judgments people!

So if you can correctly answer at least 2 of the questions below; you must be the rightful owner and I will gladly return the case & contents to you.

1.What is the name of the country where the broccoli was grown? (they are all the same elastics)
2.Can you describe the case? (color, texture, handle(s) etc)
3.Address of the proposed bunker…
4.Bonus points if you care to tell me what the heck you are up to with this much Canadian tire money, who do you know in the broccoli biz, and just generally WTF?!?

I hate Canadian tire so I have no use for this money, I’m just not sure what else to do, so please come get your funny money. P.s. if this is some kind of weird Canadian tire mafia thing, I don’t want any trouble eh?

Henry Darger

2008-03-05T06:42:00.000-08:00

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Carton Of Irregular Cat Hats

Hello. I have a big box of used cat and kitten hats that I have collected over the years for various occasions. As of recently my cat, Snowman, is no longer living and thus I am forced to get rid of these precious memories. I would not feel right asking money for them so I am offering the whole box for free. There are many styles from formal to cute and funny.

There is a variety of 14 different hats total. I just hope you and your pet can find as much joy in these hats as me and Snowman once did.

E-mail me if you are interested and I will give you my address where you can pick them up. I can also arrange for a free delivery if you are not too far away.

Thank you, Patty

Suellen Parker

2008-03-04T06:28:00.001-08:00

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To the Crazy-bat-shit-lady who picked up the free fridge

Dear Crazy-As-Bat-Shit-Lady:

I am honored that you chose my ad for a mini fridge out of all the ads you could have chosen. It makes me feel good that my mini fridge will be supplying you with the ice cold beverages you've obviously become accustomed to.

Next time you answer one of my ads, please note the following:

1. I am not Home Depot. If you travel thirty minutes to pick up a bulky 40-pound object, please come prepared with the necessary items you'll need to secure it to your vehicle. Yes, I have rope. I have a lot of rope. I have many different colors and sizes of rope. No, you can not have my rope. The ad said I was giving away a fridge, not a fridge with rope. Nor was I offering a fridge with padding so that the pleather seats on your piece of crap 89 ford pinto with no hub caps car don't get marked up.

2. What part of ' must pick up' in the ad was confusing to you? Yes, I have a vehicle. No, I don't want to haul your fridge all the way to East BumbleFuck on the coldest day of the year. No, I'm really really sure I don't want to do that. No, really. I'm sure.

3. Please call me only once with ALL your questions. I left for the day, and had 5 messages on my answering machine, the last one was at 11:30 pm. Frankly lady, you were sounding a bit too crazy by the end of the day. It's a fridge. A small metal box that keeps shit cold. I don't have the fridge's family tree. For all I know the fridge's was conceived by a slutty young Maytag that graced some hillbilly's side porch. I don't know the exact age of the fridge. I bought it a few years ago, I used it for a couple of months, ok, I lied, I used it a whole year. The fact is, you're not buying a race horse, you're buying a used fridge.

4. No, I will not throw in a couple bucks of gas money to pick it up because your anal retentive eyes picked up the ittiest, bittiest hairline scratch with a microscope so it wasnt completly described. I'm not making judgements on you, but I'm pretty damn sure Donald Trump didn't send you across the state to pick up a used fridge for Trump Towers. Though I'd wager the whole concept of the mini-fridge bar is a familar one to you.

5. Yes, you can unplug a fridge without any harm to the fridge. Believe me, the fridge is fine. The manufacturers have figured out a way to extend the life of a fridge that has been unplugged. Yes, I'm absolutely sure of that. No, you did not have to leave 2 messages about your concerns with the fridge being unplugged, and frankly it was a little embarrassing having the same conversation with you in my driveway where my neighbors could hear.

6. No, I don't have the operating instructions. I can write them down for you though: Plug fridge in. Open door. Put crap inside. Take crap out when it's cold. Eat or drink crap.

7. I am not a fridge pimp. I don't have any more fridges at that price.No i dont have one in a diffrent color to match your other appliances, No, I don't know where you can get another fridge just like this one for your friend. Yes, I know it's in great condition, and I'm sure you'd like your other crazy-as-bat-shit-mini-fridge-finding-friends to have one just like it, but this is all I have. Here's a thought, there's this online classified ads website. Yeah, you may have heard of it, it's called CRAIGSLIST. I dunno, maybe, just maybe, in this great land of ours, there's another mini-fridge being advertised there.

8. Please remove my phone number from your address book. I think our relationship is over. Oh, and if you've added me to your AIM Buddy List, please delete me. Please. I beg you.

Yours truly,

the guy that gave you the fridge

JON KORNER

2008-03-03T13:53:00.000-08:00

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To the Man in the Motorized Wheelchair

You have restored my faith in humanity.

Lamentably, I work in the Lloyd District, and the largest assortment of food offerings in one place is, in fact, that true testament to the Portland Ghetto zeitgeist, The Lloyd Centre Mall. As I was walking toward the down escalator near the cinemas, having procured my foodstuffs, I noted a group of kids in front of me that should, undoubtedly, have been sitting in class in their middle school and were probably reveling in their shared truancy. As they walked, you came zipping around into their path in a motorized wheelchair like the place was the Portland International Raceway.

The quartet of young punks either did not notice or did not care enough to cede the right of way. That did not seem to phase you. No—you plowed right into the middle of them slammed to a stop, and grouchily shouted something akin to, ‘Jesus Christ! Move, motherfucker!’ out of your toothless maw.

I assure you that the profanity was utterly delicious.

Then you shoved down on that chair’s joystick and took off at a speed that indicated that the world had damned well better move for you.

The kids looked on in disbelief. I think on some level they were too flabbergasted to be offended.

Is it wrong that the cockles of my dark little heart just warmed at you schooling those young punks? And is it wrong that I then thought of myself in my old age shouting at kids to get off my lawn? There is hope. There are young punks a-plenty, and it is my most fervent wish that I get to plow down as many as my heart desires when I’m flying around the mall, my colostomy bag blazing like a standard.

Sir, I salute you. Huzzah!

Phoebe Unwin

2008-02-29T07:40:00.000-08:00

MONICA JOHNSON & MATT BORRUSO

2008-02-28T11:01:00.001-08:00

Matthew Blackwell also 1 by Fred Stonehouse

2008-02-27T07:17:00.001-08:00

ALESSANDRO PESSOLI

2008-02-26T06:31:00.000-08:00

JOHN COPELAND

2008-02-25T12:12:00.000-08:00

some new old music

2008-02-07T07:35:00.000-08:00

Lucky Dragons

2007-12-19T07:20:00.001-08:00

Allyson Mellburg

2007-12-18T11:32:00.000-08:00

LARS ELLING

2007-12-17T07:22:00.000-08:00

Untitled #2

2007-11-08T10:06:00.000-08:00

got a turntable for my birthday. its about time. I started buying records a couple years ago. Its hard not to when you see good music at the local thrift for only $0.50- $1.50. I've been listening to music I'd most unlikely be listening to right now if it weren't for the record player. Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Randy Newman and Joan Baez.
It's crazy how expensive turntables can be. I had no idea. In searching for one I found one for 100K.
http://www.needledoctor.com/Clearaudio-Statement-Turntable?sc=2&category=347
I ended up getting a Technics 1200mk2. Sounds pretty good.
Some records that I've been listening to.

Untitled #1

2007-11-08T09:59:00.000-08:00

trying to get back into blogging. not that I was ever really "into it" but I noticed as I was checking some other blog folks that they have a link to here from there. Kind of embarrassing considering my blog died about 6 months ago.

Igloo of Sin

2007-05-17T07:05:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of the igloo we made in sculpture class. After much discussion of what to make one of my students had the idea.
We have had it up for some time (since April) and have allowed students to do work in the igloo. Its fairly large and holds 5-6 comfortably. I have tried to monitor conversations and behavior as best as I could but neddless to say it has become an easy escape from our opressive rules at Lakeside, like: no drugs, sex, or violence.
As I was taking it down this week I found a bag of "sticky icky" green hrebs stashed in on of the cereal boxes.

Album Covers that I Like

2007-05-03T12:44:00.000-07:00

Rubens dared me to make a visual list of some of my favorite album covers, it was like this: "Rob and I are doing it you should too!"

Why I like dem:

Milo's cartoon is so simple that any kid can draw it all over his school folders

The passion displayed in the expression of Juan Garcia's face

OK Computer is just a brilliant cover, I think it fits perfectly

Howard Finster is one of my favorite artists

When I first saw this album I thought it was a copy and that my friend did the drawing

I love that color of red and the whiteout splatter makes it!

Deerhoof albums are all good. This one is so creepy and playful, is that banana really coming from the MILKMAN's butt?

Bjork's cutest picture, adorable, beautiful, lovable.

This cover is even cool with out the 3D glasses it came with to view it.

Smoking is cooler in pictures than in real life and again the red.

Baby Cakes is #1

2007-03-23T11:30:00.001-07:00

plooshers and drizzles!

Its Log!!!

2007-03-22T07:22:00.001-07:00

Whenever I see my friend Ben I hum this tune.
http://www.benjaminvolta.blogspot.com/

Trigger Happy and World Shut Your Mouth

2007-01-10T10:43:00.000-08:00

Remember the show Trigger Happy TV. The creator Dom Jolly has made another show called World Shut Your Mouth. Just as funny, it's bizarre and hilarous public stunts inspire me so much. Why don't we see more of this nonsense happening everywhere? Serious comedy about making life not so serious. Yes!!!

Best of Pitchfork's Best of

2006-12-15T10:38:00.000-08:00

Pitchfork listed their 25 favorite videos. I was excited to check these, I've lost touch with music videos since college. Here are some of my favorites.
Artic monkey's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEukS2YN9B8

Drawing in progress

2006-12-07T10:56:00.000-08:00

A student and I are working on this drawing with rubberbands. The process is very slow but we don't have a set idea so it makes it interesting.

A Shallange

2006-12-03T17:34:00.000-08:00

My Morning Jacket is the BEST live band alive!
They rocked Philadelphia to the bone on friday night, to the BONE!!!

Meatwad and Hangers

2006-11-29T10:32:00.000-08:00

Here is the start of the hangers piece that we are working on. I'm thinking it will hang from the ceiling like a cargo net.It might make some cool shadows with the overhead lights.

Hangers

2006-11-28T10:50:00.000-08:00

My students are working on a project in groups of two using everyday object to make sculptures. There was an odd number so I am working with a student. We are using clothes hangers. She made this small piece today.

Cereal Killer continued

2006-11-20T13:25:00.000-08:00

Rubens on Banners

2006-11-19T19:08:00.000-08:00

Cereal Killer

2006-11-15T10:40:00.000-08:00

A project originated from a friend's idea to use cereal boxes to make art (Lynne Ghenov). With my sculpture class we learned about installations and made this one until we ran out of boxes.

Also, I found a cool site of old cereal boxes. Jets? Tutti Frutti Twinkles?

My favorite growing up was Fruity Pebbles. I only ate them at a friends house because Mom said they had too much sugar.

In the Studio

2006-11-13T11:02:00.000-08:00

Here are some pics of newer work.

Above the Studio

2006-11-10T10:43:00.000-08:00

Pics taken the day before we made the horror movie in the studio space. Its beautiful up there during the day.
Check the dates on the wall, back to 1946.

I'm laughing...!

2006-11-03T15:42:00.002-08:00

I'm laughing so hard I can hardly type!

Girl Talk

2006-11-02T12:29:00.000-08:00

Not much to say about this guy except, I can dig it! Coming to Phill in Jan. Lets all go, "Fu#* art lest dance."

Funny Short

2006-10-30T12:26:00.002-08:00

A truely disturbing YouTube Vid

2006-10-04T15:29:00.000-07:00

Kelly and I are expecting...

2006-09-11T14:54:00.000-07:00

a 32" Samsung flat panel LCD TV in the mail soon!

Brad Neely is funny

2006-09-09T07:46:00.000-07:00

This does have bad wordies, just warnin' ya!

Hey look a new post!

2006-09-05T15:33:00.000-07:00

Another pic from my summer travels. We photoshopped in a buddy who couldn't make the trip. Can you guess which one?

3 places i went this summer

2006-08-13T16:16:00.000-07:00

Arches National Park

Yellowstone National Park

Grand Tetons National Park

Yes, I did lose my fingers.

2006-08-07T15:25:00.000-07:00

Its true, for sometime now i have been living with out fingers. I didn't like them so i got rid or them. some new ones are coming in the mail soon. "How am i typing then?" you ask, with my nose, tongue, chin, and eyelids (basically my face).
If you’re bored with your fingers check out:
http://www.livingskin.com/hand_finger.htm

Sick and Six Feet Under

2006-05-15T12:50:00.000-07:00

I've been feeling ill since mid last week, and being sick with without cable sucks! Luckily our local library his some great shows on DVD including Six Feet Under. What an awesome show. Just about to finish up season one,...4 more seasons left.

Oh, and when i was looking for pics for the blog i came across this awesome band!

From Red Hook to Greenpoint

2006-05-13T08:01:00.000-07:00

Went to visit friend and brother in NYC last week. Ben wanted to do a photo shoot after I got lost in Brooklyn for 4 hrs. after 4 hrs. of sleep.

GoldsWorthy

2006-05-02T18:21:00.000-07:00

After watching Rivers and Tides in our art class Rubens and I lead a team of students outdoors to makes some art out of sticks and sweet gum tree balls.

New Drawing

2006-04-25T20:23:00.000-07:00

detail

detail

Self-Portrait in Photoshop

2006-04-25T12:52:00.000-07:00

Aaronious the Twin and Jacques Callot

2006-04-22T12:32:00.000-07:00

Jacques Callot, the french engraver, has been my most recent facination. I really enjoy his figurative work, they remind me of a game I used to play with my brother Aaron in long car rides.
The game: draw something that will make your opponent laugh. Aaron always won, so now I propose a match, Aaron vs. Callot.

Spring Break 2006

2006-04-17T06:56:00.000-07:00

A 4 day trip playing in the Shenandoah's.

prisoner in his own house

2006-04-04T13:38:00.000-07:00

Sam Maitin, Prisoner in His Own House, c. 1964

(A more recognizable Sam Maitin) Wildflower, c. 1993

I recently purchased this piece (the top one) by the Philadelphia artist Sam Maitin from an antique store in Glenside. Its from the same place that I bought the Gropper pieces. Its small about 15 X 18 in. and the medium according to the back is "construction". I like the smeared lines and ink markings, and how it comes across as some kind of 3-D map. It also reminds me a little of that addictive marble maze game. One thing, I'm not too keen on the title, I think its a little much.
To know more about Sam Maitin check. http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v51/n16/death-sm.html

Otto Dix

2006-04-01T07:39:00.000-08:00

The German painter Otto Dix is one of my favorites. His paintings can be down right hilarious and then at the same time very haunting, and for me, they are immediately engaging/entertaining. His portraits are especially odd, possessing the vulgarity of realistic portraiture and the simplification of caricature.
I know very little of his life but what I have read reveals an artist who was affected greatly by war. Having been a soldier in the German Army he saw first hand the brutality and repulsiveness of war. His depiction of trenches and war scenes show a curiosity/disgust with death. He even states in an interview in 1963:

"I had to experience how someone beside me suddenly falls over and is dead and the bullet has hit him squarely. I had to experience that quite directly. I wanted it. I'm therefore not a pacifist at all - or am I? - perhaps I was an inquisitive person. I had to see all that for myself. I'm such a realist, you know, that I have to see everything with my own eyes in order to confirm that it's like that. I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered." (taken from: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ARTdix.htm)

This fascination with that which you despise interests me. Because he experienced war he has an even greater hatred of it and can somehow communicate that hatred and propagate it through his paintings.

Go Biscuits!??

2006-03-29T08:41:00.000-08:00

A friend just told me about this minor league baseball team. i didn't believe him so i had to check it out. This is no joke, but this is...
(When you read this, every other line glance up at the biscuit mascot on the hat.)

The Biscuit Rap

yo, our team is the truth, yeah we da biscuits.
don't laugh "B" cuz we run dis business.
a witness try to testify against us,
but we gangstuz and da case got dismissed, cuz...

we da muthaf#&%'in biscuits
playaz tryin to end us, but they can't
we da muthaf#&%'in biscuits

yeah! damn right I said, "BISCUIT!"
all dem other playaz are "Triscuits"
all dry be tastin like paper bitses.
chill "B" can i get a witness?

eat sleep walk

2006-03-27T06:45:00.000-08:00

So my life up til now has been spent trying to figure out what i can and can't live without, or better stated, "What are the things i want to pursue without getting spread so thin that i don't really do anything?" So I've narrowed my main interest to a few things: making art, backpacking, and watching movies and hopefully making some.
This past weekend I was able to finish the southern portion of the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania. It was a beautiful stretch of trail and it lacked the rocks the rest of the PA section is notoriously known for.
Hiking is another favorite of mine but it doesn't compare to carrying all necessities on your back and entering into a space that simplifies life into three categories: eat, sleep, walk.
....ahhhhh...simplicity.

CLAP YOUR HANDS AND SAY, GO! TEAM!

2006-03-24T09:53:00.000-08:00

The Go! Team

Love Is All

Cause Comotion
Brilliant! ...The GO! Team strikes Philly with a fabulous debut performance. The cheerleader fronted band brought down the roof last night at the starlight. It was amazing to see philly rock like that, all smiles with hands up screaming. By the end of the show everyone was dancing even the chaperoning parents of some of the kid fans. One of my favorite parts of the show was when Ninja divided the crowd and had us help out on the song "Huddle Formation" we was killin it, "Keep bangin on the door, cuz we don't hear a thing! keep shutting down the power cuz we can always sing!"

daddy can i go see Animals Collection?

2006-03-23T11:40:00.000-08:00

Nix Noltes-$13

Animal Collective-$13

Sleeping... Playing with cell phone...
In the middle of the show.-Infuriating!

Rubens left out a fourth thing on the list he made entitled "3 things that get the dix ticked".
#4-Kids who, with the help of their enabling parents, buy up all the Animal Collective tickets (so my friends can't go), and then, instead of watching the whatchamacallits, they sleep in booths and play with their expensive cell phones.

The Animal Collective show was the illist. Nix Noltes was the opener, a fun high school marching band sounding crew, that made a few heads bob and a few bobs whistle. I tolerated about three songs before i started plotting of ways to end them without getting tossed out.
Then the Animals came out and the madness began. Starting out with some stuff i hadn't heard before they set out on a brilliant set that included mostly songs from their latest, "Feels", including the song "Banshee Beat" my fav from the album. (sorry Rube no "Leaf House"). They played for about two hours and the show ended approx. midnight.
It was nice to enjoy the show sitting down, a luxury the church doesn't afford, however, most of the real fans where packed in at the front of the stage and I found myself surrounded by wasted space/tickets. I don't normal hate this much on other fans of bands that i like, but on the real, they aren't fans just "urban outfitter" mannequins.

YOU THINK JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE BIG, YOU'RE RIGHT

2006-03-21T13:09:00.000-08:00

So over the past few months I've been asked to illustrate some children's books. I was, and still am, excited to help make these books. I was looking at the library and came across this odd book by Albert Cullum, illustrated by a bunch of different artists. The buttfaced mom kills me,... what?

Word to Bird!

2006-03-20T06:55:00.000-08:00

What do you call a comedian who can paint? The artist Brandon Bird. About as random as they come but good at what he does (reminds me a bit of the nintendo cover band "The Advantage"). Check his site and laugh inside and most likely out! http://www.brandonbird.com/

Amy Sillman is favorite

2006-03-19T07:49:00.000-08:00

I see her paintings as impulsive, child-like, sort-of-abstract, sublime, sharp, honest, exploding with color, atmospheric, rhythmic, complex, violent, unsettling and beautiful.
A balance of disturbance and intrigue is a quality I seek in my own work, and I feel this when I look at her paintings. Also, I like her merging of complex abstraction with childish cartooning.
She did one of the "Ramp Projects" at the ICA back in Dec. 2004. Some of you may have seen it. I didn't. But some photos can be seen here.
http://www.icaphila.org/exhibitions/past/sillman.php

Blogging Blogs

2006-03-16T06:29:00.000-08:00

So this guy I know gets a lot of hits on his blog. The comments are always insightful, compelling, and thoughtful. If you have just started a blog and want to know how to do it right, stop visiting this blog and visit his, you will experience true blog blessings!

Days of Heaven

2006-02-23T14:15:00.000-08:00

Terrence Malick is a punk for not making more films. Days of Heaven and Badlands are becoming my favorite films, the settings of both films are so beautiful its like walking through a photography exhibit. the story is interesting too! It has a biblical feel like Abraham and Sari and there time in egypt. I also love how he throws in weird/funny shots of animals and detailed aspects of the environment. At times i would just laugh out loud.
Don't let the silly title turn you off. Check it out you won't be sorry.

BEN GOLDSTEIN - PHOTOGRAPHER

2006-02-06T14:26:00.000-08:00

Some of you may have remembered high school and college friend Ben Goldstein. he is now living in NYC and working as a photographer. check out his website, his Ph. D photographs are hilarious.
http://www.bengoldstein.com/

Mural at Lakeside

2006-01-27T09:02:00.000-08:00

For the past month some of our smaller art classes have been working on a murals in the art room. Inspiration came from ancient chinese portrait and landscape paintings that we found on the internet.