Category: art
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In The Post
Time to catch up on a couple of things that I forgot or missed. The Proof is a free newspaper in Chicago filled with random articles, comics, poetry and etc. The only payment is towards the shipping and subscription costs. The other interesting fact is the person behind it all, is keeping the submissions open,…
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Front Gallery Exhibition
Before heading to a friend’s place for some zine assembly, I decided to head to The Front Cafe for the Centenary Collaborative Exhibition. A couple of friends and acquaintances had put up pieces as part of a celebration that this town is now a hundred years old. I took some photos of what was there,…
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Recent Books
Here’s some recent books that I picked up. I should have given them their individual posts, but I’ve been busy. The Faith of Graffiti It’s a book containing the eponymous essay by Norman Mailer about the early days of graffiti in New York, along with it’s writers. An interesting read, although long-winded by today’s standards,…
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Megalo
So today, I took advantage of the recently purchased Megalo membership and learn to do some screen printing. So basically, I turned this set of hieroglyphs that I drew while I was at work and turned it into this: Pretty neat. I’ll probably give these out to some friends, whoever wants them. The whole screen…
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The Batman Follies of 1929
I am waiting in the lobby before the show begins, thinking about how Batman has evolved over the decades. I remember the Batman movie when it was directed by Tim Burton. This helped spawn the Batman The Animated Series was a Gotham set in an art deco eternity, the sleek lines of a golden age,…
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Art, Not Apart
I had some apprehensions on going to Apart (that’s Art, Not Apart) on the weekend. My problem with art festivals, and a larger chunk of the arts world, is that it’s pretending to be more than it really is. People readily apply labels like post-modern, transgressive and zeitgeist to things that are getting more praise…
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Hobart Visit – MONA
Over the last week, I visited some friends in Hobart and among the first and last things that I saw was the art collection housed in the Museum of Old and New Art. Because its a thing you have to see twice to get a real feeling for what is happening behind the battlements of…
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Street Art Workshop
Down at the Belco Art Centre, the May’s Street Art Exhibition is on display and as part of the event, there was a couple of workshops on today. I was most interested in the Street Art workshop and a chance to meet two people in particular, Byrd and Abyss. It was cool to see them…
