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Reflective Upload - Phase 1

Thu Oct 15, 2009, 7:53 PM
Having had adequate "cool-off" time from artful academia, and having discovered contentment with being the "designer daddy who once made Art" I have decided it is time to share the work of last summer - that is, summer '08, folks. I didn't make jackcrap this summer... Not in the "Art" sense anyways.

Prominent among these uploads is my temporary wall drawing from June of 2008. To this day, I am deeply indebted to MTZ and the managers of Commerce Street for the generous use of that wall... Anyhow, it was a long-standing dream fulfilled and it was great to get it out and seen in Vegas... Now the rest of the world can have access to it in some form.

Hey! remember how I always wanted to work on a Mac desktop... All thanks and praise be to my employer!

Final thoughts: In line with coming to terms with the non-art, irrelevant, "Gypsy" nature of my work, I still say it possess no meaning beyond itself - it's the physical record of the movement of my hands, with marks and colors arranged in clever, but ultimately insignificant ways. It was my selfish, albeit pleasurable way of passing the time - akin to any masturbatory act... Further to this, anyone who seeks meaning in these or other images does so at their own risk and at the cost of their own time - if you need to find meaning in an image I made, it's probably time to re-evaluate your priorities, mate! Go for a long walk. Get a real job. If you're really feeling sassy, get married, adopt a puppy, hell... have a child with someone you care about - then ask yourself where meaning lies. It certainly isn't embedded in strokes and splatters of a piece of "Art", that's for certain.

Anywhooo... enjoy the (not-so) new imagery folks!

-G

  • Mood: Tired
  • Listening to: Squirrel Nut Zippers
  • Reading: Tutorials on Lynda.com
  • Watching: my new 32" LCD moniter - yeah!
  • Playing: the tambourine - shake it!!!
  • Eating: leftover za - aka, "mana"
  • Drinking: Water

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  • Current Residence: CoMo
  • Interests: Arts Education, Tradtional/Experimental/Hybrid drawing or painting. Musical performance - Brass!
  • Favourite band or musician: Troubled Hubble
  • Favourite genre of music: Contemporary Symphonic
  • Favourite artist: Lee Bontecou, Tim Hawkins
  • Favourite photographer: Dorthea Lange
  • Favourite style of art: Contemporary / Post-modern Surreal or Eclectic
  • Operating System: Mac Pro Quad Core
  • MP3 player of choice: iPhone
  • Favourite game: Wii Play
  • Favourite cartoon character: Cowboy Bebop's Spike
  • Tools of the Trade: Tissue Paper, Higgins Ink, Elmer's Glue - That's what EVIL art is made of!

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Comments


:iconblackcatcutie:
Ay, Mr. B!
You look professional in that there picture.
Quite.
:iconeimhin:
Dig the new ID. And thank you for the squid appreciation. : )

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And all is one.
"You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts... and in much of your talking, thinking is half-murdered."
:icondesertstar23:
I love your work, I'm really excited about what you're doing. Especially the collage pieces- you've found your own way of doing collage that for me (not a collage person) makes me rethink it. It looks like you are unearthing drawings, like fossils, from the layers of the background... And thanks for the fav, while I'm ranting. Much appreciated!
:iconjuarezandanocamina:
your Figurative Spherism reminds me so much the mexican style... maybe... more contrast... maybe

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-"El hombre anda, no camina"-
:icongraven-images-426:
Thanks - Gracias

Could you list artists of this "Mexican Style"? Links to pictures of the style?

I would love to see this and discover these connections... Thanks!

-G
:iconjuarezandanocamina:
Of course!!

Angel Zárraga
Diego Rivera
Saturnino Herran
Rufino Tamayo
Olga Costa
Angelina Beloff (Diego Rivera’s first wife)
Dr Atl
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Jose Clemente Orozco
Alfonso Michel
Carlos Orozco Romero
Federico Cantú
María Izquierdo
Remedios Varo
Gilberto Aceves Navarro
Francisco Toledo
Jose Luis Cuevas
Agustin Portillo
Agustin Castro Lopez
Alberto Castro Leñero
Daniel Alcalá
Romualdo García
Vicente Rojo
Rodrigo Pimentel
Lorena Mata
Kati Horna

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-"El hombre anda, no camina"-
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:icona-q-u-a-r-i-u-s:
hello
oh, you have so much interesting works...

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dive, dive, die with me, underwater butterfly...

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