Brooklyn based artist, sound-maker Brad Kahlhamer has been/is be combining almost everything I ever hoped to see in the push and pull where Native American influence meets expressionistic impulse in action.
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Sunday, October 4, 2015
zapping the southwest
I must drop my taser for a moment, as this guy has one pointed directly at my brain.
Brooklyn based artist, sound-maker Brad Kahlhamer has been/is be combining almost everything I ever hoped to see in the push and pull where Native American influence meets expressionistic impulse in action.
All of it, the drawings, paintings, and especially sculptural work, strum my strings.
No more words from me. There are plenty out there online already. However, I suggest just going direct to the source: http://www.bradkahlhamer.net/
Brooklyn based artist, sound-maker Brad Kahlhamer has been/is be combining almost everything I ever hoped to see in the push and pull where Native American influence meets expressionistic impulse in action.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
prvtdncr / bodega vendetta
i have been walking past these two pieces on an almost daily basis (as they are right down the block from where i live), for a...while, and finally took a few photos.
this is some of the best street art i have found, or that has found me, in LA. my mind caught fire immediately, but i had to do some online digging to allow the flames to spread.
from what i can tell, this is collaborative work by prvtdncr (--private dancer) and bodega vendetta... mapping thru several of their related blogs at the speed i was going made it a bit difficult to find the decisive breaks between the artists' work...
but who gives a fuck! this is totally taser and that blog quest i mentioned is totally worthwhile, as it is simply image after image of powerful good. it's easy and fun and goes waaayyyy beyond these two photos here.
do it:
http://bodegavendetta.blogspot.com/
http://www.prvtdncr.org/
http://sweaterqueens-roidz.blogspot.com/
http://www.sweaterqueens.org/
i grabbed some info from catch fire...http://www.catch-fire.com/tag/bodega-vendetta/
where in described as: "tweeker hooker folk art posters”. enough said, now look.
this is some of the best street art i have found, or that has found me, in LA. my mind caught fire immediately, but i had to do some online digging to allow the flames to spread.
from what i can tell, this is collaborative work by prvtdncr (--private dancer) and bodega vendetta... mapping thru several of their related blogs at the speed i was going made it a bit difficult to find the decisive breaks between the artists' work...
but who gives a fuck! this is totally taser and that blog quest i mentioned is totally worthwhile, as it is simply image after image of powerful good. it's easy and fun and goes waaayyyy beyond these two photos here.
do it:
http://bodegavendetta.blogspot.com/
http://www.prvtdncr.org/
http://sweaterqueens-roidz.blogspot.com/
http://www.sweaterqueens.org/
i grabbed some info from catch fire...http://www.catch-fire.com/tag/bodega-vendetta/
where in described as: "tweeker hooker folk art posters”. enough said, now look.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
jeff moerchen's zephyr project (Xerox)....
jeff moerchen is an exciting documentarian, a lover of life, and a great friend and collaborator. jeff's photos are also totally taser factory, and are step-ladder of motivation for my own recent interest in trying to click good and print.
he recently did a xerox installation of his Zephyr collection on this corner in greenwich village.
to view very good work, go here:
Monday, May 9, 2011
calling all band-aid enthusiasts...
i am on the brink of considering myself a band-aid enthusiast...
my favorite band-aids include images of snoopy! this is somewhat carried over from childhood, more specifically a childhood full of blood tests and allergy shots.
however, my love of snoopy has only grown, and i can't really imagine a more suitable mascot for band-aids. something about what mr. schultz did that resonates with the whole child+ouch=band aid, etc.
shawn egg gave me some ninja band-aids a few years back...i tried to call them "bad-ainds", but it didn't catch on in spite of being very, very stupid.
lately, thanks to a small piece of glass hidden below my skin, i've been sporting a band-aid regularly (any clues to where the glass came to be in my body are welcome...i mean, i did black out a few times several years ago, but...)
this trend brought back memories of michelle trachtenberg's character nona on the adventures of pete & pete. nona always had a cast on her arm.
iggy pop also played her father on the show.
i can't really touch that part.
The Story of the Band-Aid:
Back in 1920, this newlywed was living in New Brunswick, New Jersey, with her husband Earle, and though married life agreed with her, housekeeping did not. Not that she didn't try. When Earle came home from his job as a cotton buyer at Johnson & Johnson, Josephine would always have dinner on the table. Unfortunately, she'd also have several cuts or burns on her fingers. Without an adhesive bandage, Josephine had no easy way of bandaging her own cuts. Earle had to cut pieces of adhesive tape and cotton gauze and make a bandage for each wound. This happened day after day-and, day after day Josephine needed more bandages. They were in a real bind.
Finally, after several weeks of kitchen accidents, Earle hit upon an idea. (Luckily for Johnson & Johnson, his idea was not to go out and hire a cook.) No, Earle sat down and prepared some ready-made bandages by placing squares of cotton gauze at intervals along an adhesive strip and covering them with crinoline. Now all Josephine had to do was cut off a length of the strip and wrap it over her cut. In a way, it was a mother who was responsible for the invention of the BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandage.
Earle soon told his boss at work about his new invention and soon the first adhesive bandages were being produced and sold under the world famous BAND-AID® trademark. Earle was eventually rewarded with a position as Vice President in the company, where he stayed until his retirement. As for Josephine, history does not record whether she ever mastered the art of accident-free cooking. But we do know she had plenty of BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages available just in case. Earle Dickson may not have realized what a cutting edge product he was inventing, but it certainly stuck around.
my favorite band-aids include images of snoopy! this is somewhat carried over from childhood, more specifically a childhood full of blood tests and allergy shots.
however, my love of snoopy has only grown, and i can't really imagine a more suitable mascot for band-aids. something about what mr. schultz did that resonates with the whole child+ouch=band aid, etc.
shawn egg gave me some ninja band-aids a few years back...i tried to call them "bad-ainds", but it didn't catch on in spite of being very, very stupid.
lately, thanks to a small piece of glass hidden below my skin, i've been sporting a band-aid regularly (any clues to where the glass came to be in my body are welcome...i mean, i did black out a few times several years ago, but...)
this trend brought back memories of michelle trachtenberg's character nona on the adventures of pete & pete. nona always had a cast on her arm.
iggy pop also played her father on the show.
i can't really touch that part.
The Story of the Band-Aid:
Back in 1920, this newlywed was living in New Brunswick, New Jersey, with her husband Earle, and though married life agreed with her, housekeeping did not. Not that she didn't try. When Earle came home from his job as a cotton buyer at Johnson & Johnson, Josephine would always have dinner on the table. Unfortunately, she'd also have several cuts or burns on her fingers. Without an adhesive bandage, Josephine had no easy way of bandaging her own cuts. Earle had to cut pieces of adhesive tape and cotton gauze and make a bandage for each wound. This happened day after day-and, day after day Josephine needed more bandages. They were in a real bind.
Finally, after several weeks of kitchen accidents, Earle hit upon an idea. (Luckily for Johnson & Johnson, his idea was not to go out and hire a cook.) No, Earle sat down and prepared some ready-made bandages by placing squares of cotton gauze at intervals along an adhesive strip and covering them with crinoline. Now all Josephine had to do was cut off a length of the strip and wrap it over her cut. In a way, it was a mother who was responsible for the invention of the BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandage.
Earle soon told his boss at work about his new invention and soon the first adhesive bandages were being produced and sold under the world famous BAND-AID® trademark. Earle was eventually rewarded with a position as Vice President in the company, where he stayed until his retirement. As for Josephine, history does not record whether she ever mastered the art of accident-free cooking. But we do know she had plenty of BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages available just in case. Earle Dickson may not have realized what a cutting edge product he was inventing, but it certainly stuck around.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
eraser zine by: sean solomon
i met sean solomon a few weeks ago at a group art show we were both participating in at the catalyst art space here in l.a. he was awesome enough to hook me up with a complimentary copy of his zine "eraser"...and it is totally taser factory! i love zines so much that i've become pretty skeptical, but this one definitely makes the cut for me! it 's funny and refreshing,and it's not often that i get the op. to laugh out loud. sean is a rad young man, and i can only see this project, as well as his others, getting better and better.
check out the eraser zine website here: http://www.eraserzine.com
you can find the eraser zine itself, as well as other sean products.
you can find the eraser zine itself, as well as other sean products.
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