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The Cool School
Walter Hopps and Irving Blum's Ferus Gallery was at the center of the art movement in Los Angeles that put the city on the map. With the likes of Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp, LA became a refuge for artists that were considered too unconventional for New Yorks traditional style. This cut down narrated by Jeff Bridges comes from the full length documentary "The Cool School" directed by Morgan Neville. Walter Hopps and Irving Blum's Ferus Gallery was at the center of the art movement in Los Angeles that put the city on the map. With t... more
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Art in a Can
A blogging site based in Madrid, Spain is calling on artists to use discarded drinking cans to create mini-masterpieces.
The site encourages artists to "Use the can as a blank canvas, express yourself on it, and send it to us. Just follow the specification: Keep the “easy open” for hanging it. The perimeter of the can is the limit. Do not use filled cans, it must be crushed."
Any individual or any group from anywhere in the world can be part of the project. The painted cans will be placed in a digital gallery on paintingcans.com and sold, displayed in a show in Madrid, and also published in a book.
The project is to support the use of mediums such as aluminum cans which are only limited to the brief time of their consumption and then not used again, and to encourage independent art. Whether its green, innovative, or just art; it is different.
You can learn more about the project at paintingcans.blogspot.com. A blogging site based in Madrid, Spain is calling on artists to use discarded drinking cans to create mini-masterpieces. ... more -
Shaman Art Farmers
Mexican-American artists Armando Lerma and Carlos Ramirez aka "The Date Farmers" hit the big time with works based on found objects and the sights and sounds of places like the Date Festival in Indio, California. Mexican-American artists Armando Lerma and Carlos Ramirez aka "The Date Farmers" hit the big time with works based on found objects an... more
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Chop Chop Salon
Chop Chop is a extraordinary hybrid: two parts hair salon, one part art gallery and zero parts pretense.
Located at 830 N. La Brea Avenue in the heart of trendy LA, Chop Chop Salon is a simple mix of chic and grass roots style whose mission is to create color and cuts that befit their client’s personality, taste and lifestyle.
The creative force behind the salon is owner and bay-area native, Darin Birchler who after 18 years of styling hair came up with the concept of integrating an art gallery and hair salon.
The artist, Jorge Oswaldo explains why this collaboration is fresh and how it has affected his career.
Reception for this artist will be at the salon on:
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
7-11pm
http://www.chopchopsalon.com
http://www.jorgeoswaldo.com
Chop Chop is a extraordinary hybrid: two parts hair salon, one part art gallery and zero parts pretense. ... more -
cute chinese waitress experiences the power of special effects!
The lovely oriental girl who is number one waitress in Chinese restaurant! A smile and a star!
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London Tate Modern Crack
A visit to London for a few beers with a pop in at the Tate, checking out the big crack.
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The hand of God
A confused and mad political message that become clear
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My Houston "Chandra Wilson"
Chandra Wilson is an actor who has done quite well for herself. She plays Dr. Bailey on the award-winning series Grey's Anatomy on ABC. She is also a Houston native and gives a lot of credit to Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts for helping her achieve creative success. http://visitmyhouston.com
http://hspva.org
Produced by the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Executive Producers: Holly Clapham Rosenow, Lindsey Brown, Laurette Canizares, Katy Huggins
Production Company: http://www.zenfilm.net
Producer: Merideth Melville
Director: W. Ross Wells
Cinematographers: Raul Casares, W. Ross Wells
Unit Production Manager: Jarrod Gullett
Key Grip: David Zenteno
Best Boy: Michael Turrin
Make Up: Darcie Teasley, AM Studios
Production Design/Motion Graphics: Luis Clavell
HD Post Facility: Zenfilm
Editorial: W. Ross Wells
Audio Post Facility: http://www.sugarhillstudios.com
Sound Designer: James Garlington
Cameras and Lens Systems: Panavision Plus 8 Houston
Lighting and Grip: MC Lighting and Production Services Houston.
Chandra Wilson is an actor who has done quite well for herself. She plays Dr. Bailey on the award-winning series Grey's Anatomy on ABC... more -
100 hours 10 art pieces 1 minute
We get a quick 1 minute snippet of the labor intensive work that goes into making the self-adhesive art of Jorge Oswaldo. Shot over the period of 100 hours we see how he goes from making the frames himself to designing and finally to assembly.
Check out his site for other videos and stills of his work.
www.jorgeoswaldo.com
Music was provided by blackdaylight. Listen to more at myspace.com/blackdaylight. We get a quick 1 minute snippet of the labor intensive work that goes into making the self-adhesive art of Jorge Oswaldo. Shot over th... more -
My Houston "Mark Scrapdaddy Bradford / Art Car Artist
Houston's art scene is one of the most diverse and experimental on the planet. Houston is also home to the world's largest and oldest art car parade. Mark "Scrapdaddy" Bradford has built some of the most innovative pieces of engineering, art and transportation for the parade since the beginning. This is one of 9 spots in the "My Houston" which spotlights some of the truly unique people and places of America's 4th largest city. http://visitmyhouston.com
http://www.orangeshow.org/artcar.html
Produced by the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Executive Producers: Holly Clapham Rosenow, Lindsey Brown, Laurette Canizares, Katy Huggins
Production Company: http://www.zenfilm.net
Producer: Merideth Melville
Director: W. Ross Wells
Cinematographers: Richard Lacy, W. Ross Wells
Art Car Footage: Eric Kolflat
Unit Production Manager: Jarrod Gullett
Key Grip: David Zenteno
Best Boy: Michael Turrin
Make Up: Darcie Teasley
Production Design/Motion Graphics: Luis Clavell
HD Post Facility: Zenfilm
Editorial: W. Ross Wells
Audio Post Facility: Sugar Hill Studios
Sound Designer: James Garlington
Cameras and Lens Systems: Panavision Plus 8 Houston
Lighting and Grip: MC Lighting and Production Services Houston.
Houston's art scene is one of the most diverse and experimental on the planet. Houston is also home to the world's largest and oldest ... more -
My Houston "The Art Guys /Conceptual Art"
For over 25 years The Art Guys, Michael Galbreth and Jack Massing have asked "What is art?" Internationally acclaimed, their creations are unique, whimsical, and have provoked a running dialogue on the nature of art, media, fashion and pop culture. Their cremated remains are on the auction block, they plan to marry a plant later this year. This spot is one of 9 in the "My Houston" campaign which spotlights the truly unique people and places in America's 4th largest city. http://visitmyhouston.com
http://www.theartguys.com
Produced by the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Executive Producers: Holly Clapham Rosenow, Lindsey Brown, Laurette Canizares, Katy Huggins
Production Company: http://www.zenfilm.net
Producer: Merideth Melville
Director: W. Ross Wells
Cinematographers: Richard Lacy, W. Ross Wells
Unit Production Manager: Jarrod Gullett
Key Grip: David Zenteno
Best Boy: Michael Turrin
Make Up: Darcie Teasley
Production Design/Motion Graphics: Luis Clavell
HD Post Facility: Zenfilm
Editorial: W. Ross Wells
Audio Post Facility: http://www.sugarhillstudios.com
Sound Designer: James Garlington
Cameras and Lens Systems: Panavision Plus 8 Houston
Lighting and Grip: MC Lighting and Production Services Houston.
For over 25 years The Art Guys, Michael Galbreth and Jack Massing have asked "What is art?" Internationally acclaimed, their creations... more -
Dissent - Rough Cut
Hey guys. Just finished the rough cut and looking for some feedback. Clearly there's some sound work that needs to be done, and I'll need to do a little color correction. I'm going to add music, but I'm still searching for that perfect song, but when that goes in it should pick up the pace of the piece. Any suggestions are welcome. What do want to see more of? What do you want to see less of? Any bites I should lose or visuals that might help to tell the story? Thanks! Hey guys. Just finished the rough cut and looking for some feedback. Clearly there's some sound work that needs to be done, and I'll n... more
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Patriotic Woman Banned from Photobucket
Painting the illuminated woman in red, white and blue, I was feeling fiercely patriotic.
Thinking about how sexism is draining support for Hillary Clinton for President like a cut artery. Seeing young idealistic women buying Hillary's platform when it's shortened to 3 word sound bites by a tall younger man who looks presidential in a suit the way a woman never can, I was heartbroken by how people hate smart women.
The banning of this "Patriotic Woman" painting confirms how sexist America and the world is.
Pictures of penis's are ok and lingams like obelisks are the focal point of parks and monuments throughout the world like the Washington Monument and the Obelisk at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, and television is filled with commercials about male erectile disfunction, but "Patriotic Woman" must be deleted?
Painting the illuminated woman in red, white and blue, I was feeling fiercely patriotic. ... more -
Immersed
Art by American Artist Charleen Touchette 2008
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Would you like Jesus on your Tortilla?: Joe Bravo redefines Chicano Art
excerpt from the article:
"Bravo, 57, admits that he never consciously set out to do anything avant garde. the early 1970s, he was a starving art student at the University of California, Northridge. 'I didn't have the money to buy canvas,' he said in a telephone interview from Los Angeles, where he lives. 'I was looking at some tortillas in my kitchen and was just tripping on the textures.' So Bravo painted five tortillas with Mayan codexes and hung them as a mobile in a school exhibition..."
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Artist drops his balls
Approximately 500,000 coloured plastic balls thundered down Rome's famous Spanish Steps this week as activist artist Graziano Cecchini pulled off his second dazzling stunt in three months. City officials, charged with clearing away the balls, were nonplussed. eternallycool.net comments that the Italian word for balls, 'palle', also means untruths. Approximately 500,000 coloured plastic balls thundered down Rome's famous Spanish Steps this week as activist artist Graziano Cecchini... more
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Houston artists seek to auction their cremated remains
Houston artists the Art Guys, aka Michael Galbreth and Jack A. Massing, are taking their provocative and outrageous art to a new extreme.
With "Forever Yours," the duo are offering their cremated remains to the highest bidder. Bidding begins at $1 million. A sales brochure has been distributed, noting that the bidding will end at midnight on April 1.
The purchaser will receive the cremated remains of both Galbreth and Massing, housed in life-size bronze replica busts along with all the related legal documents, project drawings, contracts and other documents related to the project. Houston artists the Art Guys, aka Michael Galbreth and Jack A. Massing, are taking their provocative and outrageous art to a new extre... more -
Own The Art Guys...what's left of them. From MySA...
Celebrating 25 years of collaboration and still much alive, the Art Guys ? Michael Galbreth, 52, and Jack A. Massing, 49 ? are a whirlwind of activity with plans for a new DVD compilation of their performance art and a CD of music inspired by their work, featuring musicians such as Terry Allen, Pauline Oliveros, Joe "King" Carrasco and Daniel Johnston. Celebrating 25 years of collaboration and still much alive, the Art Guys ? Michael Galbreth, 52, and Jack A. Massing, 49 ? are a whirl... more
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"Forever Yours" The Art Guys Sell Themselves
The Art Guys Sell Themselves!
In what could be their most ambitious, outrageous project to date,
The Art Guys offer to sell themselves to the highest bidder!
Who: The Art Guys (or what?s left of them)
What: The actual remains of The Art Guys are offered to the highest bidder
When: Bids accepted beginning April 1, 2007. Bidding closes April 1, 2008. The Art Guys Sell Themselves! In what could be their most ambitious, outrageous project to date, ... more
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