Monthly Archive for August, 2010

Calendar. 08.31.10.

By c-monster on August 31, 2010 in Assemblage, C-Monster, Calendar and Sculpture. Closed

Pour des dents d’un blanc éclatant et saines, 2005, by Jeroen Diepenmaat. Part of the exhibit The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl, at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, opens Thursday. (Image courtesy of the Nasher.)

NYC: A closing party for Tunneling, a group show, at Famous Accountants in Bushwick, this Saturday at 6pm.
NYC: A Fraction of the Whole, street artist Elbow Toe discusses his art at the New York Public Library, mid-Manhattan branch, Wednesday at 6:30pm on the 6th floor.
NYC: ACM, Mansaray, Rigo 23 and Stas Volyazlovsky, at Andrew Edlin Gallery, through Friday.
Oakland: Mary V. Marsh: Everyone Needs a Story, at Mercury 20 Gallery, opens Thursday. Opening reception on Friday at 6pm; artists talk on Saturday at 2pm.
L.A.: Mathias Merkel Hess, Anneta Kapon, Assemblage (Group Projects), Devils Tower LA, at Las Cienegas Projects, opens Saturday.
Seattle: Erik Eley, Look Out, at Platform Gallery, opens Thursday.

Tags: Jeroen Diepenmaat, nasher museum of art, pour des dents d'un blanc eclatant et saines.

Today you’ll find me at ARTnews.

By c-monster on August 30, 2010 in Announcements, C-Monster and Conceptual. 2 Comments

Asco’s Spray Paint LACMA, 1972. (Image courtesy of Harry Gamboa Jr.)

Hey Folks:

Taking the week off because it’s the freakin’ end of summer and I’ve got work comin’ out the hoo-ha. In the meantime, may I kindly direct you to ARTnews magazine’s September issue, where I’ve got a story on Chicano art — one of the most challenging pieces of writing I’ve ever done.

So, if you want to learn all about what went down in the photo above (that’s really LACMA and it was really sprayed) and you’re keen on reading about a crew of artists who you may not know, but whom you should…then, by all means, click right here. Or, better yet, pick up the mag, which is on newsstands now.

xox,
C.

Tags: artnews magazine, asco, harry gamboa jr, september 2010, the new chicano art.

Best. Video. Ever.

By c-monster on August 27, 2010 in C-Monster, Sublime ridiculosity and Video. 8 Comments

Thank you, Weary Gunfighter.

Tags: body rolls, leslie hall, tight pants.

Over at Gallerina.

By c-monster on August 26, 2010 in C-Monster. 3 Comments

Magaly Solier, in The Milk of Sorrow, opening this weekend in NYC. (Image courtesy of Olive Films.)

Hey Folks:

As usual, you can find me over at WNYC today, talking about late summer happenings, including a lovely Peruvian film — with incredible footage of Lima’s environs — opening in New York this weekend (see the image above). Do. Not. Miss!!!!

xox,
C.

Tags: claudia llosa, gallerina, magaly solier, the milk of sorrow.

The Digest. 08.25.10.

By c-monster on August 25, 2010 in Art, C-Monster, Sublime ridiculosity and The Digest. 2 Comments

Artwork Ahead. Snapped in Sydney, Australia, by the highly attentive Chris Baron.

Profile pictures, Slavic style. (It Really Makes You Think.)
Today’s Political Must-Read: An eye-opening profile of the billionaire Koch brothers, and their behind-the-scenes funding of fishy “think” tanks. The Smithsonian should be pretty embarrassed about the bit on the last page. (Find the reference right after the drop cap).
Go, Dick Cavett and Roger Ebert.
When art doesn’t imitate life: Killing ants in the name of art.
Ansel Adams trust sues over negatives.
On shady art dealing practices. (Arts Journal.)
Eli Broad’s private show palace to land in downtown L.A. Related: Christopher Knight on the history of private museums and Christopher Hawthorne on Diller Scofidio’s architectural design. If you’re gonna read one story about this, read Hawthorne.
Thank the Lord of Overpriced Convention Center Catering: ‘wichcraft to take over Armory Show food contract. This doesn’t mean I will stop lobbying for a taco truck.
Scientific evidence shows that ancient statues were pretty tacky. (An Xiao Mina.)
Richard Prince and Takashi Murakami team up for Britney Spears magazine cover. Forget Work of Art. Surely this trifecta represents the end of civilization? (@streetartblog.)
The photographs of Tema Stauffer.
Have been enjoying Timothy Buckwalter’s image essays.
Yayoi Kusama, baby approved. (@MattressFactory.)
The first digital camera. Looks like it only weighed 30 lbs.
Bruce Davidson and other photographers’ ‘80s subway pictures. (The Doree Chronicles.)
The map as art.
Not new, but interesting: Jonathan Lethem and Philip Lopate deconstruct Susan Sontag.
Today’s Graff: Aryz in Barcelona.
A totally weird stone house in Portugal.
Minimalism in Legos. (@ARTnewsmag.)

Tags: artwork ahead, austrialia, signage, sydney.

The Day in Bad Ideas: Shining Path Montessori School, for your budding little ideologue.

By c-monster on August 24, 2010 in C-Monster, Los Angeles and San Suzie. 5 Comments

We’re not making this up.

San Suzie sent this photo along to me this morning and, well, I just can’t resist imagining their sales pitch:

At Shining Path Montessori, we take brainwashing seriously, which is why we’ve named this Los Angeles pre-school after an Andean terrorist group renowned for its brutally violent tactics. In combination with off-hours re-education at Potemkin Village Day Care, we’ll get your little Maoist zealot ready for graduation to Red Brigade Elementary and, ultimately, Long March High. Shining Path Montessori: For when you want only the best for your pillager-in-training

Seriously, though: What the fuck are you guys thinking???

Tags: Los Angeles, shining path montessori.

Calendar. 08.24.10.

By c-monster on August 24, 2010 in C-Monster, Calendar and Museums. Closed

Katrina U Bitch, by Richard Misrach. Part of exhibitionUNTITLED [New Orleans and the Gulf Coast 2005]: The Photographs of Richard Misrach, at the New Orleans Museum of Art, opens Saturday. (Image courtesy of Richard Misrach and the New Orleans Museum of Art.)

Seattle: Playboys and Killjoys, a group show featuring Raymond Pettibon, Sara Greenberg Rafferty, Eric Yahnker and others, at Ambach & Rice, opens Saturday at 7pm.
L.A.: Supernatural, at Jancar Gallery, in Chinatown, through Saturday.
L.A.: Martin Durazo, Pain Management 100, at 18th Street Arts Center, in Santa Monica, through Sept. 24.
NYC: Convergence NYC at the 69th Regiment Armory, in Manhattan, from Saturday through Sunday.
NYC: Manuel Acevedo: Keys of Light, at the Bronx River Arts Center, through Aug. 28
NYC: Amalgamations, a solo show by Eddie Ochoa, at Pandemic Gallery in Williamsburg, opens Friday at 7pm.
London: Alice Neel at Whitechapel Gallery, through Sept. 19.
Amsterdam: Ariane Roesch, Playmates, at PS Projects Space, through Aug. 31. (Harry Gamboa.)

Tags: exhibitionUNTITLED, new orleans and the gulf coast, new orleans museum of art, richard misrach.

Photo Diary: L.A.’s trendiest tanning salon. (I’m serious.)

By c-monster on August 23, 2010 in C-Monster, Los Angeles, Sublime ridiculosity and Travel. 6 Comments

The last time I was in L.A. I got an impromptu tour of L.A.’s trendiest tanning salon, an expansive, pseudo-industrial spot in the heart of Beverly Hills, where Posh and Becks and Jennifer Aniston and lots of names I don’t recognize, all pile in to get sprayed and get baked. (Not good baked. Baked baked — as in laying around inside light pods cultivating unnatural bronze sheens.)

Needless to say, I was rapt. I also stole a pile of packages filled with disposable tanning underwear. Which I’m wearing right now.

Tags: beverly hills, Los Angeles, sun styles, tanning salon.

The Digest. 08.23.10.

By c-monster on August 23, 2010 in C-Monster, Graffiti, New York, Street Art and The Digest. 4 Comments

Un gato. (Photo by Yvonne Connasse.)

Hey Folks: The flood situation in Pakistan is grim. Crops, livestock and infrastructure have been wiped out. (See Boston’s Big Picture to get a glimpse of the disaster.) Please consider pitching in via a reputable organization such as Oxfam. Every little bit helps.

It’s not just the Pacific. The Atlantic also has a swirling garbage patch.
The true cost of oil.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude project in Colorado seems to be on the skids. You can send a comment in support of the project at Over The River. You’ve got ‘til Sept. 14. (Arts Journal.)
The Art Industrial Average is Low: Chelsea Art Museum temporarily shuts down.
Van Gogh painting stolen from Cairo museum.
Making art out of apps. (Arts Journal.)
The Day in Celebrity Art: James Franco gets reviewed in the New York Times (by Roberta!) and a slideshow of Bob Dylan’s paintings. (L.A. Times.)
Picasso fabric.
Fred Kaplan pays tribute to jazz photographer Herman Leonard, who passed away earlier this month. That shot of Dexter Gordon is all kinds of wonderful.
The photography of Flo Fox. Fascinating story.
Art Fag City wants your fart art sounds.
Not sure how I missed this spectacularly grim piece of art merch: The Andy Warhol Electric Chair watch.
Photographer and AP drop claims against each other in Shepard Fairey case. Presumably leaving them more energy to go after Fairey.
Chernobyl street art. (Grazie, fabrye.)
Today’s Graff, Morse Code Edition: Line Line Dot, in L.A.
The McMansion of my dreams.
Tracking trends in fantasy book cover art. Swords, big. Fog/mist, on the rise.
Tadashi Kawamata’s Pompidou huts. Like architectural nests.
From the Department of Whoa: A pallet pavilion.
Marie Osmond reciting dada poetry. Oh fuck yes.

Tags: Street Art, un gato, Yvonne Connasse.

Outta here.

By c-monster on August 19, 2010 in Announcements, Books and C-Monster. Closed

Over at Gallerina today. Find me there.

On an unrelated note: In case you’re into readin’ and travel and Africa, my pal Dan Morrison is having a bookish get-together at Idlewild Books in NYC on Friday evening at 7pm for his new book The Black Nile — which was just named a “hot read” by the Daily Beast. Smokin’!

Tags: gallerina, wnyc.

Monthly Archive for August, 2010

Calendar. 08.31.10.

Today you’ll find me at ARTnews.

Best. Video. Ever.

Over at Gallerina.

The Digest. 08.25.10.

The Day in Bad Ideas: Shining Path Montessori School, for your budding little ideologue.

Calendar. 08.24.10.

Photo Diary: L.A.’s trendiest tanning salon. (I’m serious.)

The Digest. 08.23.10.

Outta here.

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