TEL-ART-PHONE

AN ART THING YOU MIGHT LIKE: Beacon Arts Presents TEL-ART-PHONE An 80+ Artist Exhibition Based on the Classic Game “Telephone” Curated by Mat Gleason Saturday, May 28 – Sunday, July 3, 2011 Opening Reception: Saturday May 28th, 6pm – 10pm Beacon Arts continues its Critics-as-Curators series with TEL-ART-PHONE, a unique art exhibition that investigates the …

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Bob Dylan Birthday Essay

Bob Dylan turns 70 years old today. I wonder if I would be alive (figuratively and literally) without this man, this artist. It is pretty easy to write about stuff that is immediate and less so the stuff that runs deep. The first thing about the man is that he is a poet who found …

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Michael Salerno

Roland Reiss also makes an appearance, providing commentary on LA’s best abstract pioneer.

Video of me talking about art for ten minutes…

Here is ten minutes of me talking about the topic of greatness. All questions were asked spontaneously with no time to think about an answer. I’m supposed to get the finished painting in this video…

three hats

I wear three hats Today I wore them all. A friend called urgently needing money and asking for help in selling some art. I put on my art critic hat. A friend called with an interesting story of the powers that be in a situation regarding my favorite baseball team. I put on my sportswriter …

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Finish This Essay

Here is an essay that I started writing and then lost comeplte interest in … have at it, write your finish of it, post it in your blog and send me a link. Winner get a free published critique of their art (via jpeg) by me if that means anything if not, winner gets proclaimed …

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weird

I would ordinarily just post this in FaceBook but here is a bone thrown to LiveJournal: The two most financially successful radio voices in history, Rush LImbaugh and Howard Stern, were born on this day in 1951 and 1954 respectively.

Street Art? Pasadena Rose Parade Floats

We thought we were headed up to the Sunday Pasadena City College swap meet. Because Pasadena is a New Years orgy of Tournament of Roses events, the monthly flea market was postponed until next weekend. At PCC, the parking attendant had never heard of the swap meet. He had a tournament of roses ski cap …

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L.A. Artist Interview

An in-depth interview of artist Laurie Hassold at her solo show at Bert Green FIne Art in downtown Los Angeles. Laurie has been a fixture on the Orange County scene for years now and her intense sculptural visions have made an impact on SoCal’s art scene at large now… LINK TO INTERVIEW

Early to Rise

So we got up early to go to the PCC flea market. I bought some John Miner silkscreens, got a great deal. We bumped into lots of people we knew. Gyorgi had a table with merchandise in Miner’s studio, Davis and Davis were there buying gardening supplies. Kyle from the American was there with Mary …

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taggers

just saw some taggers. could have called the cops. didn’t. pissed me off, they sped away in a nice car. so ghetto it was funny.

Hey Portland Artists:

Just trying to spread the word to people in PORTLAND who read my blog about a new art exhibition opportunity. This is being run by a good old friend of mine, Jerry the Priest, who is looking to make a difference in the Portland art scene: CALL FOR ARTISTS:the 6708 gallery/ashram/linner CLUB +in conjunction with …

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