Pick up the phone. Dial (415) 364-1465. Wait for instructions. “Walk, bike, or take public transit to the northeast corner of Liberty Street and Dolores. Listen to the sound of the first tree along Liberty Street. Stand here for a bit and think about rattlesnakes.”
Got it? Now do it. Sound mundane? It’s supposed to be.
Culture
American Illustration 25
Five judges review 6,500 illustration entries to choose the 322 “most striking pictures of the year” in the twenty-fifth edition of American Illustration. This collection, coveted by student and professional illustrators around the globe, marks 25 years of highlighting significant illustration and includes a history of the past issues on trading cards inserted in the back of the book.
My Compliment, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love
My Compliment, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love, a Kara Walker retrospective, presents her better known work (narrative scenes made with cut black paper on a white background) along with collages, ink drawings, paintings, and sketches.
Pretty in Punk
Did you covet the hat with the sewn-in mohawk worn by Depeche Mode’s Martin L. Gore? Well, now you can make your own.
Gamers fiending for the first Crime In Choir To Play Museum; GSL Keeps Busy
Melodic prog outfit Crime in Choir will be performing at SFMOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) on September 13 with NYC-based visual artist Anthony McCall. McCall, who specializes in cinema/projected film, will do projections set to live Crime in Choir music.
Red Bull Seeking Submissions for Art of the Can
Feeling inspired – or just have energy to expend – from that Red Bull you just drank? If that’s the case, hop off the couch and get cracking on some artwork!
The Jesus Lizard (DVD)
Acting as an excellent portal to the past for those that either missed the boat or were too young to experience The Jesus Lizard live, MVD Visual’s DVD release of Touch & Go’s basilisk-loving band provides more than an hour of bona fide mid-90s flashback.
Descry to Feature John Alspach and Terrence Payne
Descry, Rosalux Gallery’s exhibit featuring the latest work from John Alspach and Terrence Payne, will run from September 4-30 with free admission. Alspach, also the owner of the Shiny Robot Art Studio and Gallery, focuses on removing otherwise mundane pieces of urban decay from their environment and reassembling them, often including fragments of old metal signs and billboards.
Rendition: L.A. Aerosol Culture
Running from June 9-30, Scion will display artwork – like the Patrick Martinez piece shown above – of some of Los Angeles’ most prominent aerosol and graffiti artists.
Shepard Fairey, Souther Salazar at Jonathan LeVine
Running from June 23 to July 21, 2007, New York’s Jonathan LeVine Gallery will host an exhibit of Shepard Fairey’s artwork titled E Pluribus Venom. Fairey, best known for his “propaganda engineering” and stencil-esque renditions of Andre the Giant for his Obey Giant campaign, will show pieces that include paintings, mixed media, screen prints, album covers, and more.