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All of this is done by a local New York City designer who makes these in his Hells Kitchen studio. I first saw this on a guy walking down the street, and I was filled with envy! Luckily I bought one at a shop downtown, but I just found the website for this designer so I thought I would share it. Support this local designer. (via Label New York)

Richard Milazzo speaks with David Salle

February 17 David Salle with Richard Milazzo In conversation at the New York Studio School

David Salle - Painter; currently represented by Mary Boone Gallery. Richard Milazzo - Critic, curator and writer

Below are some random quotes, commentary and images from the evening.

Richard Milazzo speaking about David Salle's, Satori Three Inches within Your Heart, 1988; described it as "something like Carravagio's Basement." A wonderful mental image that motivated me to drive out to the painting studio after the lecture, and get to work on a painting that I am wrestling with. There was much discussion between the two men about the associations of the work. Milazzo seemed intent on trying to "figure it out" find meaning in the composed pictures. Salle was reluctant to explain the images, but reassured Milazzo that the impulse to find meaning in his work, and in painting is the same impulse that drives Salle when he is looking at pictures. Salle however didn't spend much time focused on the "narrative" of the work. Rather he spoke a bit about the composition of images, on picture planes, in a rather formal way.

"Composing a picture on a picture plane has more to do with page design rather than art history."

Two early birds sitting in the front row with Good Bye D projected onto the wall in the distance.

"What feels like authenticity for one generation, looks like bogus posturing to another."

R/GA a place where I work...

I've worked with R/GA since February 2002, and I've enjoyed most of it, to be continued...

Opening at Eye Level tonight

Eye Level and Victor Osborne
364 Leonard Street, Brooklyn, New York 11211

opening TONIGHT!

Friday, October 3rd, 2008
From 8-11 pm

• RSVP to eyelevel@victorosborne.com
• A real live DJ
• 21+ to attend
• Cocktails provided by SKYY

A conversation with Steve DeFrank

Originally written for ArtCal.net; the following is a conversation between artists Steve DeFrank and Andrew Cornell Robinson. The conversation took place in DeFrank’s Brooklyn studio on Tuesday 16 September 2008.

Introduction
Steve Defrank’s new series of paintings in the exhibition Mirror, Mirror at Margaret Thatcher Projects plumbs the depth of personal myth to reveal deceptively cheerful and malevolent emotions. His paintings depict a saccharine sweet caricatured naturalism rendering images of hidden sexual desire represented by images of degradation such as tree stumps and wooden boards riddled with carvings of phrases such as “Aunt Fancy” and “I Love Cum”. The paintings are playful, but in a mischievous and subversive way and offer a significant departure for Defrank who had developed a signature body of work based on the format of the lite-brite toy.

Steve and I had the opportunity to speak about his work shortly after the exhibition opened.

Andrew Cornell Robinson: You made a transition in your work. You moved away from your signature lite-brite compositions and created this incredibly rich language of painting. Tell me about what was going on as you were going through this transition.
Steve DeFrank: I was doing the lite-brites. It was my gimmick, my shtick. It was beautiful, it gave me many gifts, and what I’d like to say is that my medicine finally kicked in.
Read the entire interview on ArtCal.net

Red Badge of Courage ReVisited

My work has been included in this group exhibition.

Location

570 Broad Street, 9th Floor Newark, NJ

Dates

October 26-November 30, 2008 (time and hours open to the public soon to be announced)

Sneak preview, Fundraiser and Curator’s Tour: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 6pm – 8pm

Reception for public during Open Doors: October 26, 2008 6-8pm

Press Release

The Newark Arts Council is pleased to announce the opening of Red Badge of Courage ReVisited on Sunday, October 26th when it will present new work created specifically for this exhibit by 31 artists from New Jersey and New York in a 14,000 square foot space in downtown Newark .

Curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, the exhibition is based on the life and work of 19th century writer/poet/journalist Stephen Crane, a native of Newark .

Participating Artists

• Agitators Collective
• Remy Amezcua
• Kathleen Anderson
• Ina Archer
• Jane Benson
• James A. Brown
• William Coronado
• Lowell E. Craig
• Evonne Davis
• Andrew Demirjian
• Stephanie Diamond
• Brendan Fernandes
• Matt Gosser
• Adler Guerrier
• Jayson Keeling
• Shaun Kessler
• Nick Kline
• Francesco Longenecker
• Brian Lund
• Cameron Michel
• Ted O'Sullivan
• Rosemarie Padovano
• German Pitre
• Rebecca Potts
• Ryan Roa
• Andrew Robinson
• Jose Ruiz
• Nyugen Smith
• David Smith
• Anna Stein
• Juana Valdes

Although he died young -- at age 28 -- Crane's work and life have inspired many artists throughout the years: His portrait was used by the Beatles on the cover of their album "Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band". The 2001 film The Dark Riders was based on a Crane poem. And there have been a number of film versions of "The Red Badge of Courage," the most famous of which was directed by John Huston and released in 1951. "The Red Badge of Courage" tells the story of a young man’s life as a soldier during the American Civil War.

More than one hundred years after Crane’s death, the artists in the show “Red Badge of Courage ReVisited” will use historical references as a tool to interpret and represent their concerns with contemporary society. Newark is a city rich in history, from the 19th century manufacturing boom through the depression years and past that to the infamous 1960's riots. But today’s Newark is also going through many changes as it is on its way towards becoming a major economic and cultural center again.

Funders and supporters of the Newark Arts Council Artists’ Studios and Available Space Tour 2008 include: lead sponsor JPMorgan Chase Foundation; Prudential Financial, Port Authority of NY&NJ, The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, National Endowment of the Arts, City of Newark , Ivy Realty Group, Star Ledger and NJ TRANSIT.

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