If you haven’t already listened to any of the TED Conference presentations, I encourage you to hop over to TED.com and check them out. I watched quite a few and all of them were quite excellent and engaging. There are talks about mushrooms to the intelligence of crows (I love crows), so I’m certain there [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Vontinka Fashion Show
I had a chance to stop out to Future Tenant tonight for Dr. Sketchy Pittsburgh. Its headed up by Joe Wos curator of the Toonseum and this local installment is a part of the greater Dr. Sketchy Anti-Art School. It was a pretty great time, really my first time figure drawing since… High School (Which [...]
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Odd Nerdrum
While visiting Norway, I stumbled across a book whose face captured me… The piece was “Limbo”, by Norwegian artist Odd Nerdrum… whose name is a little hard to forget, especially after seeing his work. As you burrow through his gallery, you may stumble on a few pieces which are a little “odd” (sorry), but every [...]
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Chuck Connelly
I recently watched the HBO Documentary “The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not for Sale”. It was a very good documentary, and it opened me up to his work. Chuck has a very interesting style, and I personally was drawn toward a lot of his Scaboda pieces. They are the pieces that were painted by [...]