Artist Paul McCarthy makes an 80 ft. balloon dog.
“A one liner that didn’t need to be made, but thank God it’s not as disgusting as his usual work.” Paul McCarthy’s eagerly awaited ginormous “Balloon Dog” will soon be open to public viewing. Paaaaah! Lucky art fans will be able to see it at the New York art fair this weekend at Randall Island.…
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My famous former UCLA sculpture teacher’s work being removed
I had a few famous teachers at UCLA, and I just happened upon this article in the New York Times that my sculpture teacher, Charles Ray (we knew him as Charlie Ray) is in the news because his sculpture of a boy with a frog is being taken down.
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What is your cultural knowledge?
This is actually another parody of bogus facebook posts. This should tell you nothing about your cultural knowledge, because, I intentionally filled it with silly words like… [don’t wanna’ ruin it for you] …well, there are 24 of them (deliberate ones) if you like this sort of thing and feel like looking for them. Er,…
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Just 5 words
An experiment in social media. I made this picture post for facebook as a parody of the posts about naming words without a letter, such as the following. I was able to see through the ruse and not take the bait. They are so easy that anyone can think of a word and quickly type…
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Photoshopping Asian Aliens
I helped a teacher friend with her webpage design by Photoshopping (new verb) her visage into a screenshot from a 1969 Japanese sci-fi movie featuring Gamera, in which the evil, brain-eating aliens were played by local actresses. The unforeseen result was that, from a Western perspective, aliens looked like Asian women (instead of the aliens…
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Where are all the tourists in Thailand coming from?
Been living in Thailand for 295 days, which is 9 months and 20 days. I only know because I looked at my entry stamp in my passport yesterday. I came in on July the 6th, 2012, ‘n case you were wonderin’. Came across an article about increase in numbers of tourists by nationality (over the…
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On Charlie Rose
(Art Crit) Fashioning art out of people’s discarded dreams.
Artist couple (they’re married and collaborators), sculptor Lauren Was and painter Adam Eckstrom, make art covered in losing lottery tickets from around the globe. They collage the tickets in patterns over objects they build/sculpt, such as this lottery ticket Hummer. They chose a Hummer because many people who win the lottery run out and buy…
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Splashdown in Sukhothai for Songkran
My initiation into Songkran (Thai “new year” and water “play” festival) this year was less than pleasant – a lot less. On reflection, it was “initiation by fire,” in terms of metaphor, but “by water” in reality. I was walking through a marketplace in Sukothai – which mercifully sees a fraction of the number of…
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Seafood Spaghetti Sunday
Much, much, much more to come. Just started this blog recently after spending nearly 5 years behind the Great Internet Wall of China. Will be updating with lots of work and commentary soon. Stay tuned.
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The “Talk Lobster Blog Award” for incisive analysis, satire, criticism…
The “Talk Lobster” award is for outstanding writing that analyses or critiques art, culture, or politics… If you’ve received the award, you can get the simple instructions to install the icon on your theme (in a sidebar) by contacting me through the form below. In the comment section, you can just write “award”. Sorry for…
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