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 single one is beautiful. The dark alien feel sucks you right into the paintings and the ethereal, ghostly  appearance haunt you. Personally I found his “Void” series to be my favorite, while the “Lack of Darkness” series is less dark (go fig), yet just as distant.

His work was also referenced in the y2k film “The Cell”. The filmmakers cut Nerdrum’s “Dawn” into a pretty eerie scene…

For more, visit his site at www.nerdrum.com

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 his alter-ego which can be easily identified by a black dot as the signature. A few of the favorites that I saw in the documentary, I wasn’t able to locate on his gallery, but there is quite a cross section of his work within.

Visit his site at www.chuckconnelly.com

Below are a few to whet your appetite. Enjoy!

“Trojan Rocking Horse”

“Artist and Model”

“Gold City”

I visited the Ron Mueck exhibit at the Warhol last night with the local Arthouse Meetup Group. I had a great time talking with the local members and touring the work.

Mueck has a real command of his craft. It was interesting to see the process in an informational video. He seemed almost as alien as his work, speaking just about as much. I went in liking “Mask II”, a self portrait, but I left with my favorite piece being “Wild Man”. It almost felt as I crouched down and examined his feet that the giant man would hop up and give me a non too gentle kick to the teeth.

The “Spooning Couple” was also quite impacting along with any of the smaller works. The level of detail on such a small area was intense.

Examining all of the pieces, I could see a resemblance between all the pieces of the artist himself. The depth of the eyes were all very akin.

There were seven works in total that were shown: “In Bed”, “A Girl”, “Wild Man”, “Spooning Couple”, “Man in a Boat”, “Mask II” and “Mask III”.

His work is a must see, cameras cannot capture the mood of his work… Truly impressive work.

It is upon us again…

DnA had a great turnout and DnA 2.0 looks like it will be even better!

Performances by: Doughnuts in November, Pfunkt, and Apefight.
More artists than you can shake a stick at(Depending on the size of stick).
Pance Darty afterwards.

Get all of the details at:
doughnutsandart.com

Dont forget to come… thats the important part.

Doughnuts in November is kicking off an art/music experience come April 23rd, 2007…

Why should you attend you might ask?

FREE DONUTS! (And to check out the bands and local artists of course.)

Besides, I’ll be there. Isn’t that reason enough? … Don’t answer that.

The event will be held at the Creative Treehouse in Bellevue, PA.
For more details, go to DoughnutsAndArt.com!