Saturday, January 9, 2010

Waxing On About Cezanne Blue In Black & White

This ad appeared in my pontificating post about kitsch and I thought you might enjoy seeing it, even if you don't want to discuss the meaning if kitsch.

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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Obama And Unicorns



Artist Dan Lacey has found his muse: Barack Obama, frolicking naked with unicorns. Above is, what I can only assume is, a wry and nuanced commentary on the future of medical reform in the United States. My god, it is so clear now what we must do! Thank you, fair artist. By the way, also check out The Obama Art Report.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Dames & Dogs #7


Georgia O'Keeffe and her Chow; photo by John Loengard.

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Creepy Kid Vent Dummies!

Who knew that two Photoshopped shadows would cause my skin to crawl:

As if ventriloquist dummies weren't creepy enough as it is, these are regular children photoshopped to appear to be dolls with articulated mouths. Sure, she looks like a nice, non-homicidal doll now, but just wait until she's been played with by an average child for a couple years:

NOW if lightning or magic gives this doll a life of its own, you better run for the freakin' hills, because it will have no mercy on beings of flesh and bone.

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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Jack Davis Collection

A while back I wrote about illustrator Jack Davis' staggering amount of commercial work, specifically album covers, and just recently somebody commented to say they collect them, too, and have been Flickr'ing their collection for quite some time.

It's unbelievable just how much stuff Davis has done — records, magazine covers, ads, books, it makes his Mad-magazine days seem like a blip on the screen, even though that's his most recognizeable work. The guy has done so much, everybody online who's got his work has something different - I doubt you can ever have a complete Jack Davis art collection.

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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Octomom's Pink Tentacles


She has earned the hearts and minds of all Americans with her courageous journey to build a baseball team with a single womb, Nadya Suleman has now been embodied in this fine work of art, direct from the Collector's Art Mint Foundation and available only through this limited TV offer. Well, no; Daniel Edwards, the guy behind the Britney statue (literally and figuratively) has put together Souleman's likeness with two of the most awesome things ever: tentacles and disembodied baby heads. Get your Lovecraftian piece of art soon: the first 50 have a pre-order price of $199, but go up to $500 after.

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Enstrom In Stereo

The picture is Grace, by Eric Enstrom, set side-by-side at a thrift shop. It almost looks like if you were to cross your eyes and look at them it'd be 3D like some stereoscope:


Dude, that's trippy. I think I even saw the sailboat.

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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

No More Happy Families

Found via Kinsanity, this art collage by Mira Rudio.

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Sunday, November 23, 2008

Black Velvet Painting



Sorry the photo's not so great; but black on black isn't as showy as the colorful costume. So if you're going into the black velvet painting business and you need to photograph them for web sales or whatnot, remember you'll probably need special lighting or something.

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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Kitschy Kistchy Coo -- We're Watching You!



Painting by Dan May.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

You Know What They Say About Artists With Big Noses


Le blog de mister M is au Francais -- which is, along with a few swear words, about all I know in French (sorry, Mlle Pfister, my high school French teacher) -- so I do not know what he says about this art piece... But I'm pretty sure the "big nose" euphemism is internationally understood.

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

The Cobra's Name Is Post-Holiday Tuesday

Gina Tuzzi shows us the tempest in your coffee mug which is returning to work after a holiday weekend.

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Saturday, July 12, 2008

Art From The Stuff In The Bottom Of The Toy Box


Indecent Exposure is a series of 3 vintage flashbulb head dolls by Artsy, at Etsy.

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Ode To Elloh

I am totally in love with art by elloh:





The artist blogs too.

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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Sitting Ork Style


A retro Mork & Mindy paint by number by Craft Master -- which I just wrote a history of, and so discovered this image at the Paint By Number Museum.

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Monday, June 30, 2008

Meet Beaver Greenway

As featured in a page of Dinosaurs of Wyoming:

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Bunny Babbits




via

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Monday, June 9, 2008

Nothing Says, "Welcome, Spring!" More Than A Skull Birdhouse

Stefan Gross presents the "REBIRDY Skull Nesting Box".



Via A Tad Too Much Tan For Taupe.

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Friday, April 4, 2008

"Lowbrow, No-Brow, Pop Surrealism" -- Our Kind Of Thing

From Brooklyn Dispatches, by James Kalm:
“You know, I’m completely ignorant of that artist’s work. I try not to pay any attention to art history.” I heard these words from a slight, young European artist, a lock of hair strategically hanging across his left eye, just frazzled enough to be chic. I wanted to smack him upside the head; thought better, maybe just a headlock and some nuggies. It wasn’t like I was talking to him about some cult figure from Albania or Bushwick. I was referring to Robert Rauschenberg, the Robert Rauschenberg. I’d bumped into this kid after closing time on a Sunday afternoon in the “Killing Room” at a Williamsburg gallery.

Where the following video can be found...
James Kalm ventures out east to visit an exhibition which melds the influences of Graffiti, Surrealism, science-fiction illustration and cartoon art titled "Pop Subversion". Curated by Andrew Ford, this exhibition inhabits an undefined realm that many young artists currently find themselves in, between the street and the gallery, the comic book and the hallucinatory dream. Features an extended interview with Andrew Ford.

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Will She Make Underpants From Maps Of France?

Artist Elisabeth Lecourt uses maps of cities to create clothes (to put on your walls, not your bods).



Via Craftzine Blog.

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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Everyone Needs A Demon Pig Mask


This free Demon Pig Mask Poster is from Fuzzy Balls Apparel, which, as the artist says, "sounds like I am saying 'Fuzzy Balls of Peril'." Hence the name of the pig mask poster.

While there, scroll for more free goodies and then click about, wildly, to see all the other madness.

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Sunday, February 24, 2008

In Lieu Of Cards, Send Art



Why send a card, when you could send art? Why send it as a paper gift, when they are suitable for framing?



By Jellygnite at Etsy.

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Illinois On A Stick



Illinois On A Stick, just one of the many states on sticks available by Erick Maldre -- and if you don't see the state you'd like on a stick, he does custom work.

I'd say he would sell cart-loads of this work at Lambeau Field -- better yet, if it was edible.

You can find more of his conceptual, original postmodern art at Etsy. And check out his blog, Etsy Art.

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Put That Cephalopod In Your Glass And Read It

Columnist pal Collin, aka ResonantFish, has created creates art.



This particular piece is for the Coptopus cover (Front, back, what's the diff? It's a cover people!) and I for one love it. I wouldn't touch it if a serving wench brought it to my table, but on a cover it's quite delicious.

Collin wants INPUT, DAMMIT!, so give it to him.

Note: This post is my input :p

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Dad Sketching On A Cake

Stephen's dad, an amateur artist (as the cake on the right shows) . Stephen wanted to know what, exactly, his dad was trying to draw on these cakes. His dad tried his best to explain, even drawing new versions, but with no luck. After a long search, and with some humorous help from his dad, the book his dad learned cartooning from was discovered. Memory is a fun filter: when it loses things, those things cease to be real, no matter how relevant it was.

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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Accordion Playing Cow in Space?



Music Cows.

That is all.

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Monday, November 19, 2007

I Love The... Crusty Artist

My new favorite crusty artist is Timothy Ray. I met Timothy at the NMVA's Art Burn on Saturday and yet it wasn't until I read more about him that I discovered his inner-true-crusty-artist self.

Timothy Ray on the Herd About The Prairie buffalo event:
On the one hand, this project has been repeated so often with so little variation, that one cannot be blamed for saying “Oh, no. Not again” On the other hand, these projects are enormously popular, easily out-drawing even the most important museum exhibitions. So even though it is corny, trite, and represents a feeble effort to raise cliché to the level of kitsch, one must participate. Otherwise, if one simply opts out, he doesn’t get to make these statements.
Which I find really amusing -- mainly because I didn't dare utter such a thing when our daughter, Allie, had a part in painting a buffalo. Mommy-work collides with my true aesthetic response. It's not that I don't find her work or the other artistic bison messages interesting, or even non-art; I support the arts (nearly) as much as I support my kids. But damn if Ray doesn't speak the truth of such events & 'opportunities.'


From his Studio Crawl note we glean more about Ray's views on art:
If you're looking for ducks, cute children or fall landscapes, try someplace else. There is lots of that out there.



Oh, he's so damn wise. He describes the reason why I avoid many art shows. I've got cute kids at home. I collect ducks. Fall happens for many months -- every year. With art, I want something new. Something... else.

It can't be wrong to covet an artist's work for his personal crusty-factor; it's like the living artist's statement.

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Friday, November 2, 2007

Cheeto-tinis, Anyone?



Britney & her Cheeto-tini is just one of Doodle Whore's creations.

Found via SpreeMail.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Honoring Old Vegas Hotels

Art inspired by the vintage matchbook art from the 1950s and 1960s, by Cherry Capri.

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Spiders Made From Stolen Scissors

Ever wonder what happens to all those pointy objects that are impounded at the airports? Some turn into....

HALLOWEEN NIGHTMARES!!!!!

If spiders made out of scissors doesn't make your skin quiver with horror, you're not doing it right...or something like that. Remember, those scissors were taken away from airline travelers, which means these scissors are terrorists. Turning them into spiders is only empowering their horrible, violent spirits. Run, run while you still can. (via)

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Thursday, October 18, 2007

(Don't) Just Eat It

Jason Huntley made Michael Jackson out of breakfast cereal, mostly "Oreo O's" because "it provided the darkest brown and the lightest white." He calls the piece Breakfast in Neverland, maybe because Just Eat It reminds us all more of Weird Al Yankovic.


Dig the use of what I (and Donte) presume to be Alpha Bits to spell King of Pop.

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Monday, October 15, 2007

That Sad Little Piece Of Folk Art

You've been dying to know, haven't you, about what I did bring to be appraised...

Well, (drum roll) here it is:



Officially known as a woolie, this charming art piece had a much higher appraisal than I could have imagined. Mine is definitely not as old, nor as 'clean' in short tight stitches, as most woolies -- and valued accordingly (mine at $150, most others over $4,000) -- but it was lots more than I had paid ($4). And lots more than the estate sale had it priced at ($40). I figured the $40 had to be too high because, as Daddy says (when I mention estate sale and antique shop prices), "Well, it's still there... It didn't sell because the price is too high."

While doing research on woolies (for this wild and woolie article, full of history and fact) I began to seriously ponder my woolwork.

It certainly makes sense, given what I now know, that this particular American made woolie would be made later than most British woolworks -- so the circa 1930s-50s decree makes sense. Americans made few woolies, and those they did were made later (which also matches the later trend towards larger stitches). And being painted, it likely was created by a retired sailor. Which accounts for both the larger size and again, the later time period.

But it still seemed rather more 'primitive' or 'naive' than the other woolies I was seeing in photos...

Upon closer inspection though, there are many charming details which impress upon me that my woolie is authentic -- and the sailor had great artistic flair.

The flames & smoke are consistent with a boiler fire, which shows at least some rudimentary ship knowledge. And the flames on the lines are also most precise. The iceberg is reflected in the waters -- waters which have a choppy impressionistic quality, rather like a Monet. Clearly this sailor-artist was workin' it in this piece.

So I'm most proud of it, and even more charmed than when I first purchased it. The appraisal value is cool to know, but secondary.

Then again, if I had not brought it in to the appraiser, how would I know what it is called? I needed to know the name 'woolie' in order to research it. And find more of them.

Which brings me to two points.

First of all, I apologize to my woolie for calling it a "sad little piece of folk art." It is grand and I love her.

Second, while I am not likely to over-estimate the monetary value of my stuff (it's just not in my nature to do math -- and round up -- where the main issue is charm), I don't think I will ever again be so anxious about attending such events like Trash or Treasure. Or even getting appraisals.

We originally planned to only bring one thing each, but after a fab first round, we brought several more items the second day.

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