The Apology Show is over. Farewell forever Gigantic Spray-Painted Penis wall installation.
I detest the title I originally gave this drawing, so now it doesn’t have one.
“Untitled” Mixed media on cardboard, 2015.
A drawing of Mark E Smith inside the shape of Idaho. What more could you possibly want?
If anyone out there finds themselves with time to kill in the vicinity of Pittsburg, CA. between today (4/18) and May18th, I have a solo show at the Los Medanos College Gallery. The Gallery is located in the Library Building and is open Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 12:30 - 2:00 and 4 -6pm. There’s a reception this Thursday, 4/20, from 4-7pm. All welcome.
It’s March 9th, also officially known as “National Panic Day”. Which makes this the perfect launch day for my latest collaboration with the awesome folks at The Compound Gallery. So, without further ado, here it is – a limited edition Artisanal Fly Swatter.
Painstakingly constructed from hand forged steel and laser cut leather, this unique instrument of insect annihilation comes ready to display on its own pine wall plaque, complete with laser etched type and a hand crafted hook.
Only 20 of these astonishing artifacts exist. And each was individually created, assembled and finished by me, for the sole purpose of furnishing you with a life filled with joy and free of insects.
You know you can’t live without one.
I painted a bowl for potato chips. And potato chips only.
This will be appearing, with several other hand-painted plates, in the exhibition “A Full Plate” which opens at The Compound Gallery, in Oakland on Saturday, August 27th and runs until October 16th. All plates and bowls will be for sale in the gallery, and online here.
Part of the proceeds of each sale goes to
support City Slicker Farms, which helps the West Oakland community meet the immediate and basic
need for healthy, fresh food by creating high-yield urban farms and backyard gardens free of chemicals.
“The Sweet Fulfillment of Our Secret Longing”
This will be in a group show entitled ‘Destinesia’ at the Stephen Romano Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. from June 2nd - July 29th, 2016.
More details to follow
Are you the kind of person who loves free downloadable magazines that feature my artwork? Well then I’m about to make your day. Because Composite Arts Magazine is a magazine that you can download, free, from http://compositearts.com/and issue number 14, entitled “Reprobates”, has several fine reproductions of my artwork included in it. Leaving aside my own tawdry contribution, there are many more excellent and enlightening things to be enjoyed between its digital pages.
Did I mention it was free?
It’s free.
I have a little feature in Issue 3 of Art Crush. It’s a free, downloadable, digital art magazine, and you can flip straight to page 46 to find my contribution. Because let’s face it, you wouldn’t want to waste your time trawling through the work of all those other artists, some of whom you might end up liking better than me. Not that I’d care of course. Here also is an alternative way of looking at it that I just discovered - it seems simpler.
My solo show at The Compound Gallery ends this Sunday. There will be a Closing Tea complete with Artist Talk, although as of now I’ve no idea what I’ll be actually be saying during this talk. I suspect there may be some apologizing. Anyhow, it’s all happening between 3 -6 pm and this will be your very last chance to feast your eyes on the above wall installation, because it’ll be disappearing forever once the show closes. Hope you can make it.
The Apology Show is coming up at The Compound Gallery, and I’m going to be banging on about it incessantly. So get used to it.
Here are two things. These are two of the things that are for sale in The Compound Gallery Online Art Shoppe. These two things would look simply stupendous adorning the somewhat bare walls of your otherwise sumptuous and well-appointed sitting room. You should buy them and hang them there. Then you could host a lavish soirée for your many influential and amusing friends and admirers. Your guests would quaff fine wines and nibble upon exotic, artisanal canapés while they admire these things and compliment you on your impeccable taste in contemporary art and your remarkable ‘eye for a bargain’.
Just imagine that.
Things don’t get much better.
I think it’s about time we had another apology, don’t you?
I haven’t posted many apologies lately. And I’m truly sorry about that.
I have a bunch of artworks appearing in an exhibition at the Westergasfabriek Museum in Amsterdam called ‘A Perfect Day’. My fellow exhibitors are an illustrious bunch indeed, including artistic and cultural luminaries like Raymond Pettibon, Chris Johanson,Dave Eggers, David Shrigley, Richard Prince, Simon Evans, Royal Art Lodge, Leonard Cohen and Rene Magritte (yes,THAT Rene Magritte).
The exhibition is described as ‘a collection of drawings with text, featuring observations, thoughts and ideas about life. Funny, clever, poetic, ironic and hilarious.’ The show is actually a continuation of a highly successful exhibition called ‘Lots of Things Like This‘ that took place in 2008 in New York and was curated by Dave Eggers, author, artist and founder of the awesome McSweeney’s Publishing Empire. If you find yourself in Amsterdam It’ll be worth a look, here’s the details: A Perfect Day – 10-24 February 2012
Westergasfabriek (Openbare Verlichting)
Pazzanistraat 27, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Painting in Progress (detail) (Taken with Instagram at 14th Ave @ Judah)
No longer a work in progress.
‘Apology #10’ - the latest in a series of mixed media drawings entitled "I Can’t Apologise Enough".
The series so far can be viewed in all it’s glory here: http://bit.ly/xGvArS
Fat Ticonderoga & W.I.P (Taken with Instagram at 14th Ave @ Judah)