Black Hole took Burns ten years (94-04) to finish. A great story and it's worth picking up just to flip through the illustrations. Black Hole aint his first rodeo. He was first published in Art Spiegelman's comic magazine RAW. Cover for RAW #4 Iggy Pop's Brick By Brick. Dr. Meadows, my teacher/adviser in college had a poster of this illustration in her office. she was a hip hip lady.
I was introduced to this artist by my friend Jeff Carter while driving back to our old home town in his beat up ford ranger. His sister had just been wed to graphic artist. A real nice guy, drove a BMW and always kept his hair short. like a good guy should, he let his girlfriend ride shotgun. i piled into the back of the cab which had no seats. trying to make the trip as comfortable as a six foot grown man crammed into a 2'x4'x5' space can i laid my body down on my back and used a shoe box for a pillow. in the front pocket of my shirt was an undeveloped roll of film with her picture on it. she sat on a 1997 Chevy corvette also known as the "C5". when describing the "C5", road testers used the word "refined", which was not how previous Corvettes were labeled. Before high performance meant a sacrifice in comfort. she could get up to 172 mph, went 0-60 in 4.72 seconds, and had cup holders.
you missed it, it missed you. the second annual Pacific Pinball Exposition at the Marin County Civic Center Exhibition Hall in San Rafael, CA on October 3, 4, and 5, 2008. My old pal Ed Cassel displayed "The Scuba", a painting he has been working on for the past three months and i have to say he knocked out of the park. well done ed. your hard work really paid off.
Scuba - Gottlieb 1971 Design by: Ed Krynski Art by: Art Stenhol Painting by: Ed Cassel Acrylic on Canvas 109"x91"
Sky Raider - United 1958 Design by: Dale Gun Art by: Unknown Painting by: Dan Fontes Acrylic on Canvas 112"x96"
Three Nights of TERROR. This is a poster i have recently finished for PLayland. They are premiering the first of many, Haunted Museum, open from 7:00 to 10:00 pm with the last guests admitted at 9:15. Tickets will also be on sale at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach starting Saturday, October 4th. Admission is $10 in advance. Call now to reserve a space at (510) 932-8966.
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If you have ever wanted to build a chilling, thrilling haunted attraction, this is your chance. The organization is starting the planning right now. They are also looking for volunteers who will be able to host
This is a recording from Steve Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians" during 1974-1976. After The triumph of "Music for 18...", Reich's life was never quite the same again. In his own words:
"this was the crossover piece par excellence, unintended, malgre lui. When the peice was released, Bob Hurwitz said, "Why don't you play this at the Bottom Line? We'll arrange it." So I did. In the first year, 18 sold 100,000 copies. In terms of press, the fact that David Bowie went to the opening at the Bottom Line was a big deal - so yes, it was definitley the piece that changed my life."
This was also Riechs first piece of music to be labeled, minimalism. He never liked being labeled a minimalist composer and even today, twenty years later, minimalism is still used to corner his music. His most recent work falls under the label 'post-minimalism'.
Here's to David Bowie and his good taste in music. This is a recording from his 1972 album Hunky Dory titled, "Queen Bitch". David Bowie - Queen Bitch
I had a chance to relax and do some drawing last night. Arya is involved in a group show at the North/South Gallery of CCA showing from the 23-27 of September. The gallery is featuring a handful of artist who participated in class over the summer in Italy. This show is a culmination of the work each student did while there and it's worth checking out. graphite on sketch paper, 24"x18"
