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Time traveler Molly Lewis has been to the Jurassic and returned with crayonic documentaion that hipsters once roamed the earth in reptilian guises. Now the question remains… Were dinosaurs “too hip” to survive and is hipsterdom a sign of the decline of the species? I’m by no means the only person to have fallen headfirst down Kusama’s infinitely reflected, obliterated work. Flickr user Sanhelsington has captured the distillation of the intoxicating power of Yayoi Kusama. via C-Monster. Since what us little people hear out of Deitch is either the “we smoke our own Kool-Aid” marketingspeak out of the MOCA PR department or terrifying quotes from inside a cocaine-filled James Francosphere, FakeDeitch on Twitter is all we’ve got. LACMA turned over its Twitter account to actor Rainn Wilson, who proceeded to wax moronic about many things in 144 characters or less. Why? I love you LACMA, but please, never again. You just finished showing American Stories and now you’re currently hosting a Thomas Eakins show and a Catherine Opie show. You’re already pleasing and impressing us, and there’s nothing that you’re going to accomplish with Twitter that’s even going to measure in comparison. MOCA may get away with embarrassing itself with “novelty hour programming“, but we expect better of you. I’ve loved being part of Angels Gate Cultural Center for the better part of ten years, being part of an incredible staff and extended family of artists and community members who make this little campus on a hilltop overlooking the Pacific such a special place, but it’s time for me to pass the baton to a new Visual Arts Director as I move on to new horizons. This is a position that’s filled with opportunities and challenges for the right person. If you love actively supporting the important work of artists within a community-centric organization, then this could be your dream job. I thought that this position should have been decided by gladiatorial combat (or at least a karaoke sing-off), but apparently that’s not legal/fair/advisable, so here are the details on the position and how to apply: Visual Arts Director Position at Angels Gate Cultural Center Angels Gate Cultural Center seeks an energetic and capable Visual Arts Director. Responsible for the oversight of all exhibition programs, visual arts special projects and events as well as curatorial and planning duties related to Angels Gate Cultural Center’s Studio Artist Program. Tasks include curatorial work, overseeing exhibitions by guest curators, creation and oversight of budgets, grant writing, exhibition installation duties, supervision of preparatory and docent staff. The Visual Arts Director also takes the lead role in attracting and vetting candidates for the Studio Artist Program and overseeing the activities and studios of 50 Program participants. General office computer skills, internet skills and familiarity with graphic design and digital image processing a plus. Candidate must have a BA degree or equivalent professional experience in curatorial, gallery or program management. Salary is commensurate with experience. Benefits available. An application package should contain a letter of interest and vitae with 3 names of references. Please mail to Deborah Lewis, Executive Director, and Angels Gate Cultural Center, 3601 South Gaffey St., San Pedro, CA 90731 or email to Deborah@angelsgateart.org. The application deadline is September 1, 2010. Angels Gate Cultural Center is an equal opportunity employer. Loud Music + (Flamethrower x Slomo ) + (Fire Extinguisher x Slomo) = Awesome x 2 MOCA and Cinespia have partnered with Cinefamily to present a month-long retrospective, Wasn’t Born to Follow, of Dennis Hopper’s filmic magic. While I have a feeling that MOCA’s Scnaubel organized?/curated? retro of Hopper is going to feel a little off base, Cinefamily will have the real Hopper, doing his “Hopper Thing”, showing ten amazing films. The series kicks off this Friday with a double feature of Easy Rider and The American Dreamer at 7:30 & 9:30. Cinefamily was kind enough to invite me to write the synopsis for Easy Rider, and in my pre-synopsisation watching, I was reminded of just how powerful the film was. L.M Kit Carson will be in attendance for the showing of The American Dreamer, and will be sharing “voluminous Dennis Hopper stories”. Can’t beat that. The “don’t miss” film of the entire series is the July 30 showing of Out Of The Blue, in which returns to directing in 1980 to cast himself as one of cinema’s most disturbingly abusive parent to a disaffected and nihilistic teenage girl whose curios conflation of Elvis and punk rock iconography is simultaneously disjointing and a revelatory turn of aesthetics. A friend turned me on to this film when I was in high school, and it legitimately and seriously changed my life. Rammelzee is dead at 49. Graffiti has lost its high priest. Video via LAist. Bravo is debuting Work of Art tonight, and Jacyln Santos, whose work reads like a “primer on rehashed post-feminist painting”, took the time to get her teeth fixed for television and to bless us with a video testimonial on her dentist of choice. I’m currently betting that we’ll be hearing some quality soundbites on The Dish and The Soup from Jaclyn in the near future. Discovered this in the comment thread of Art Fag City’s guide to the “characters” on the show. Technorati Tags: Jaclyn Santos, dentist, YouTube, testimonial, Work of Art
Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! This space has been blank for a while, as I’ve been up to my neck in preparation of Open Studios at Angels Gate. Sometimes you’ve gotta choose between doing your job right and busying yourself as an unpaid internet loudmouth. Spring is always the busiest time of the year for me, and it’s been worth it. In Mass Emergencies, we’ve hustled up a great exhibition brought to you by the ever excellent Devon Tsuno, his students at Cypress College and a crack team of CSULB folks. Elana Mann and Autumn Rooney are experimenting economically and performatically through their project, Artist Bailout: Renegade Bounty Exchange, which brings a host of artists to Angels Gate in search of support for their projects. About 50 artists in our Studio Artist Program will be opening their doors – lots of new folks to see at Angels Gate this year. Oh, and the Tastymeat truck is coming – think doner kebab, shaved fresh from the spindle. You can download the brochure for the event here, which lists everything. Beyond Angels Gate, another 30 artists will be opening their studios as part of the San Pedro Studio Tour including all of my studio mates at The Loft. If you’ve come to 1st Thursday before, don’t think you’ve seen everything, we’ve got a lot of folks off the 1st Thursday path to open up for this one, including Austin & Lida Lowery, Norm Looney and Craig Antrim on Pacific Avenue, Karena Massengill just down the hill from Angels Gate and Dar Horn at Union Art Works on 5th & Mesa. Download a map for the Studio Tour here. My studio is on the tour, but I won’t be able to be there (I’ve gotta work or something…) – come check out the awesome sparseness and cleanliness of my studio at the Loft while you’re there. Where: Angels Gate Cultural Center & San Pedro See you there. |
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