New Ushio Shinohara Video

ぎゅうちゃん、こと篠原有司男氏「1億人の大質問!笑ってコラえて」に出演。 from First and last name on Vimeo.

What could be better than a non-subtitled biographical video about Ushio Shinohara that begins with George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and then quickly moves to his Boxing Painting as Pocari Sweat Ad before visiting him in his Manhattan studio?  Nothing, dammit. Even for the non-Japanese [...]

Forming – Work Arriving

This is the show I’m hanging right now at the Center, so I’m cross-posting this from the Center’s blog.

So work is arriving for Forming, and the show is taking shape.  When I started putting together Forming, it was a loose gathering of sculptors whom I think are really cooking right now, but [...]

I am in a place where no one else is! (UNLESS YOU ALSO DID A 3 FT. LINE OF COKE WITH ME)

My friend, Nicholas, who drew the above to my attention (and also provided the title for this post), calls the above Johnathan Meese clip funny. I don’t think there’s anything funny about it. I recently participated in a talk about artists and economics and I posed the question “Are many contemporary artists with [...]

Do the Weekend

Sorry for the lack of regular posting on this site right now, but I’m in the Black Shack, so to speak. Be out soon with less brevity.

Thursday, November 6

Finishing School: Little Pharma Drug Run @ MOCA. Bring a bike for this dress-up & ride pharmeceutical hoedown. Meet at MOCA at 7 [...]