For the Love of God as a Pumpkin

Thanks to the kids over at Boing Boing, where I came across the above image.  It’s Damien Hirst’s For the Love of God rendered as a pumpkin.  It would be awesome if a consortion of pre-teen lemonade stand operators went in together to buy this as an investment.  It was made by Adrian, [...]

Return of the Balut

I’m a reverse blogger – aren’t we all supposed to post all week and take the weekend off?  But I’ve got a whole bunch of little things to post about, and my weeks are crazy.  I joined Studio Artists Jon Nakamura and Edith Abeyta (we just placed Edith – I had to recluse myself [...]

The Pogonator, Fully Assembled, Front and Back

I think I’ve uploaded too many images of Terry O’Donnell’s Pogonator, but here it is, with surf racks and boards installed, front and back.  Damn, it’s a good looking vehicle.  I love how the racks bring the boards right over the driver’s head.  Great aesthetic when it all comes together.  So sorry If I’ve [...]

The Scan of the Crazy Drawing

So later, after some introspection, I’m totally convinced that the above drawing was made either by someone who’s astoundingly mentally ill, or someone under the influence of LSD.  Every element, from the randomness of the URL (presumably taken from the makeup that was used to draw the colours), to the most dead giveaway [...]

What a Wacky Way to End the Workday

So, it’s just about the end of the day and I’m at my desk at Angels Gate, doing the stuff that I do. Just an ordinary day. Completely normal (although I did have more Balut at lunch today – this one was way more formed – it was totally like eating a big-eyed, baby [...]

Chicken Boy Rises

Props to to Amy I nouye and Stuart Rapeport for restoring this clucking giant to his proper place in the Los Angeles skyline. I’m the proud owner of a tiny Chicken Boy statuette, and since coming across him during a visit to Future Studio Gallery I’ve been totally obsessed with seeing him return [...]

Christine Nguyen at Andrew Shire

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‘ve been showing Christine Nguyen since she was knee high to a baby bear. The scale of her work has ruined me, made me a big painting, big installation lover. She’s doing great stuff, really getting her work out there, including a recent Hammer Project and just took part in a big group [...]

Lisa Solomon at LittleBird Gallery

Last night I managed to get my act together and get over to Silverlake to see Lisa Solomon’s show, over the river and through the woods, at LittleBird Gallery.  I’ve blabbered enough here about how into her work I am, so I’ll save you the verbage and get on to the imagery.  I [...]

Eating Balut!

So I really had no idea what Balut was until it was shoved in front of me. I have a sort of peripheral awareness of the strangeness of Filipino food. A friend of mine used to date this guy who introduced me to pig’s blood/liver gravy (probably the only thing I’ve ever eaten [...]

In the AGCC Ceramic Studio with Edith Abeyta

I had lunch (much, much more on that later) with my friend Edith today, and caught her in the middle of some serious multiple making for her upcoming solo show at El Camino College, Salty: Three Tales of Sorrow.  Edith has been renting time in the Angels Gate Ceramic Studio to mass produce [...]