In Lieu of Anything Truly Substantial Today
I’m going to opt for a slew of pretty pictures. Here are a bunch of photos from the reception for the “Toys” exhibit.
a painting i like but cannot remember the artist’s name
painting by Betsy Stone
painting by Rachel Folsom
assemblage by Bob Markey
view #1
view#2
no dearth of teddy bears
again, don’t remember the artist
“Toys” curator and artist extraordinaire Jane Lund with artist and publisher Arnold Skolnik
This year’s theme provided me with an opportunity to make something fairly uncharacteristic of my work. I turned a Halloween photo of myself into a talking jumping jack toy. Pull the string and my arms and legs fly up. Push the button and my voice says, “Hey you! Ya wanna buy some art? I got somethin’ ta match yer couch!” It’s titled “The Artist and The Fool”. People really seemed to enjoy making me perform.
I’ll try to upload a video of the working piece asap. I’m in NY for the weekend. I left the reception early to head down and now I have limited computer access.
December 18, 2008 at 11:13 pm
[...] Shouldn’t Take Ourselves Too Seriously Here’s that video i said i’d post in this entry about the themed group show (Toys) i’m in. yes, i’m slow. the vid just shows the [...]
December 11, 2009 at 2:57 pm
[...] I have some work in an exhibit that’s up at the Northampton Center for the Arts right now. The themed show is a yearly event organized and curated by artist extraordinaire and all around wonderful person Jane Lund. This year’s theme, “animals in art”, has been interpreted by over fifty artists. I hear there’s quite a variety of work and some very inventive approaches. The reception is this evening and, barring any cataclysmic events, I will be there. Maybe I’ll even manageto snap some photos to share here like I did last year. [...]