Like having your own personal insider.
On Friday I had a very impromptu opportunity, in the form of a CellSPACE Sew-Op benefit, to hang all my panels on a wall. A real one.
Once our renegade sewing group-in-residence, the CellSPACE Sew-Op is undergoing a reboot by Ariel, an energetic newcomer with a decidedly unCellSPACE-like sense of determination. By sheer will, she arranged a lineup of artists, musicians, and DJs to appear at the warehouse to conjure $10 contributions from visitors. The night before, she offered me a space to show and so I got the chance to test run this nearly done project. Of course the wall changes everything, but I thought the stuff looked decent.
I was surprised how little I had show for eight months of printing. There are four copies of everything, but the project still seemed a lot more ambitious in my head, I think.The next day at the Ocean Beach, I was reminded how a real artist executes the exploration of scale:
“Surfers and dog-walkers heading onto San Francisco’s Ocean Beach Friday found themselves in the company of 100 wooden Indians on horseback, with face-paint and feathered spears glittering in the morning sun. The life-size plywood cutouts lining the beach just below the Cliff House are the work of Western artist Thom Ross, who based the richly colored tableaux on a famous black-and-white photo of Buffalo Bill Cody and his Wild West Show.” The Chronicle
This was impressive. But the the pieces were a lot more interesting from behind.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
by the way, next time something like this comes up, you should consider inviting your friends. aka as me.
September 19th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Even if it was $10 to get in?