Art history vdieo nerding

70 Million by Hold Your Horses ! from L'Ogre on Vimeo.

Not in love with the song. It's kind of eh.. but this video gets my art history heart all a-flutter.

Baldessari sings LeWitt.

Pioneer 10 plaque

YES.

Deitch overload pt. 2

Jeffrey Deitch and MOCA jokes have officially become an internet meme.

"Gilbert own George"

Art Handling Olympics

Ha.

LEGO Falling Water

http://architectgiftsplus.com/learfrllwrfa.html


And I don't have this....why?

Fuck the Clock

Deitch overload

"Why does the Museum of Contemporary Art’s board of trustees dislike art museums?"
- Christopher Knight

Boom, roasted.

Also: MOCA co-chair Maria Bell repeatedly called Deitch an "independent curator." Right.

Fun-A-Day sneak peak

This year I've decided to participate in Fun-A-Day in the Bay, organized by The Art Clash Collective, which will culminate in an exhibition at Rock Paper Scissors in Oakland in February.

In a sort of deranged move, I've decided to do an embroidery-a-day project, stitching the most used fonts by designers onto the fabric I happen to have on hand. Considering that embroidery can be a little time consuming, this is a ridiculous idea.

But here's a couple that I have done.

Life is life

"Every minute of the future is a memory of the past"

In retrospect, that lecture was awesome for showing this video.

Also: STAGS.

Joseph Beuys

A few things:

1. That girl has two-toned pants (leggings?).
2. I think at some point I'll have to dress up as Joseph Beuys.
3. I need to learn German.
4. "Sun instead of Reagan."

Russian Constructivism therapy

"You're just a wonky triangle!"
"I'M A TRAPEZIUM!!"

Ha.

Kara Tanaka

Dissolver: The Filthy Detritus of Transmigration, 2008
acrylic, aluminum, fiberglass, motor, wood
149 x 84 x 84 in.

Detail of Dissolver: The Filthy Detritus of Transmigration

Pining Wind (Fragmented on the Night Sea of Eternity), 2008 (still from video)
orbital satellite body, stupa, video

Crushed by the Hammer of the Sun, 2008
mechanical sculpture, silk skirt
91 x 84 x 84 in.

I am a Vessel in the Void (Between Charon and the Moon), 2006
glass, light, paper, poplar
82 x 50 x 45 in.

Detail of I am a Vessel in the Void (Between Charon and the Moon)

Kara Tanaka is a Los Angeles-based artist. Tanaka received her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 2008, BA from the University of California, Irvine in 2005, and a Postgraduate Diploma from Goldsmiths College, University of London in 2006. Recent exhibitions include Mad Amour, a two-person show with Marco Rios at Simon Preston Gallery, New York. Her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions both nationally and internationally and California Biennial (CB08) at the Orange County Museum of Art in Newport Beach.

Tanaka's work was included in A Universe We Can Believe In at the Tecoah Bruce Gallery in the Oliver Art Centre, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA - curated by David Huff, Jackie Im and Josephine Zarkovich.

Tanaka will also premiere a new collaboration with Marco Rios at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in March, titled Death's Boutique.

Larry Sultan

Larry Sultan, California Photographer, Dies at 63

thesis-ing

Dave Muller, NY Sonic Strata (2007)
Artist, DJ and music freak Dave Muller depicts downtown New York through the album covers and book spines that have contributed to the mythology of the city.

Johanna Billing, Coming Up trailer (1999)

Art band

Rodney Graham on guitar, Jeff Wall on drums and Ian Wallace on bass.

Matthew Barney is the Michelangelo of genital art

Amazing article on Matthew Barney in Harper's from March 2000. My title comes courtesy of this text.

an oldie but a goodie

"My art may be post-modern but my vibe is colloquial"