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Drawing Contemporaries
May 15, 2009
Opening reception: Thurs., May 21, 6PM – 8PM (I won’t be in town for the opening – but go anyway!!)
Drawing Contemporaries, curated by Eyebeam senior fellow Michael Mandiberg, is an exhibition of works on paper made by a peer group of new media artists who all make drawings, either as a primary object, or as an experimental step in their process. The artists often use computers or algorithms as a logic structure or drawing aid in a way that is foregrounded in these works. Many of these artists are Eyebeam affiliated, but all are contemporaries whose influences upon each other can be traced in this exhibition.
Darren Kraft uses powdered graphite to photorealistically reproduce icons and logos associated with consumer and political culture; Eyebeam senior fellow Steve Lambert and Julia Schwadron write personal and poetic messages of hope which they leave taped up in public places; Michael Mandiberg uses the laser cutter to etch and carve works on paper that incorporate text, history and design; Marisa Olson performs Google image searches for obsolete technologies, and traces their contours directly off her laptop screen with a mechanical pencil; and Lee Walton creates elaborate indexes of possible graphic marks which are algorithmically used to document events as they occur. His subjects range from from pedestrian traffic to sports games.
Eyebeam is located at 540 W 21st St, and Eyebeam’s public hours are 12-6 Tuesday through Saturday
Poets and Painters
December 12, 2008
Along with other artists in The University of Iowa School of Art & Art History, and poets from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and with the support of The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies – I recently helped to complete a “broadside” collaboration between poets and painters.
The project founders and organizers are Ben Estes, Ben Kopel, and Tammy Petro.
Please visit the new website: www.poetsandpainters.org to view the collaborations. They are really beautiful.
This is the collaboration between myself and poet Anne Marie Scipioni.
Treasure Chest Opening Party Friday Dec 12th, 2008
December 09, 2008
I’ve got some work in another show at Metaphor Contemporary Art in Brooklyn.
TREASURE CHEST A Holiday Group Show
featuring works by:
David Atkin . Pooja Bakri . Shawn Bonsky Hovey Brock . Gabe Brown . Mia Brownell . Cara Enteles . Loren Gohara . Callie Danae Hirsch . Eung Ho . Susan Homer . Ketta Ioannidou . Mary Judge . Julian Jackson . Yunmee Kyong . Rene Lynch . Manfred Mayerle . Jeff Sims . Julia Schwadron . Josette Urso . Lindsay Walt . Charles Yuen
I won’t make it to the opening, but it looks like it should be a fun party – check it out!
December 12 2008 – January 18 2009
382 atlantic avenue, brooklyn, ny 11217 718.254.9126
Of Great And Mortal Men – c.d. release
December 08, 2008
I’m honored to be a part of the project, “Of Great and Mortal Men – 43 songs for 43 U.S. Presidencies.”
On September 9, 2008, Standard Recording Company released the release of a triple CD Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 U.S. Presidencies, a collection penned by songwriters J. Matthew Gerken (of Nice Monster), Christian Kiefer, and Jefferson Pitcher (formerly of Above the Orange Trees). The set features a slew of special studio guests including Califone, Rosie Thomas, Bill Callahan (Smog), Alan Sparhawk (Low), Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon), Marla Hansen (Sufjan Stevens), Steve Dawson (Dolly Varden), Vince DiFiore (Cake), Monahans, James Jackson Toth (Wooden Wand), and Tom Carter (Charalambides).
My work is included along with a group of artists who were invited to illustrate each song, for each president. Mine was Grover Cleveland!
Check out the c.d. here: OF GREAT AND MORTAL MEN
