Back when I was in Dallas this March for a business trip, I attempted a visit out to The Public Trust gallery. I sent an email prior to the trip but I never received a response. When I had made it to Dallas, made the trip out on my first day because I would have been too busy with work to make a visit. Bummer. It was closed and I remember seeing half-filled wine glasses on the front counter. It had the look of going to a party a day late. I was staying at the Fairmont and there weren't any cabs around. The hotel provided a complimentary car service who were super nice about driving my dorky ass around. I was really disappointed. I mean, whenever will I be back in Dallas? I did catch a reception at the Nasher Sculpture Center that I would highly recommend. It's indoor and outdoor.

Love these bronze headless statues by Magdalena Abakanowicz (thanks random photo from Flickr):
















and Jonathan Borofsky's "Walking to the Sky":

Atencion

Man, I'm psyched. The Bronx, one of my favorite bands, are putting out two albums. One album will be their classic dirty rock and the other, dirty mariachi. Having just returned from Mexico, this is just too fresh!



On the subject Mexican-influenced music, support Mexican artists, Date Farmers. Viva Senior Obama!

I'm back.

I'm back. My March through August has been pretty hectic. I've been to Dallas, DC, Chicago, Michigan, London and my vacation in Mexico.

I forgot to finish up my top 5 of 2007 and now I can't even remember. I can't remember #2 but my # 1 was the Ignite What's Next tour. Great show no matter what kind of work Choe, Saber and Retna were producing. I don't have anything new to post, I've been out of sorts lately. I did catch Banksy's Cans Festival and pictures are up on my Flickr.

Top Shows of 2007 # 3

If you've been patiently waiting (or even waiting at all) here's my # 3.

Shepard Fairey's "E Pluribus Venom" (out of many, poison) at Jonathan Levine Gallery. I know this one's a bit predictable but this was his most ambitious to date at that time. Particularly, all of the large works shown at a separate exhibit (DUMBO exhibition space in Brooklyn) were incredible.

There's a reason why he's had numerous solo shows for 2007. It's also a bit hard to say much since now it feels like he's over saturated us with his works.

I'm trying to imagine the transaction: "Um, I'd like to buy this 11' X 16' foot mural..."

















Or:

"Hmm, I'd like a giant mural for the side of my house."

For 10 Dollar, Everyting You Want

10 dollars buys you a deal of a print from Deth P. Sun at Rowan Morrison Gallery. Seriously, it's an awesome print and you won't get a better price than this:





















Finally, check out one of the best Morning Becomes Eclectic broadcasts performed by M.I.A.

Top Shows of 2007 # 4

#4.

"Charity By Numbers" at Corey Helford Gallery.

Good cause, good artists, good shit. Essentially taking what Banksy has recently popularized, artists retouched works of those paint by numbers styled pieces.

All strong work was shown from top artists like Mark Ryden, Camille Rose Garcia, Audrey Kawasaki, Dave Kinsey, Jeff Soto, Luke Chueh, Sage Vaughn, Ron English, Sam Flores and Tim Biskup.

One of my favorite pieces from the show by Camille Rose Garcia:









Closeup:

More blogs

I'm going to put my #4 of '07 together. In the meantime, I've added some artist and gallery blogs if you've noticed.

Enjoy this video. Another gem I found on You Tube today:



I'm not a huge R.E.M. fan but this is just too good.