Deichkind is a crazy German dance/electro/rap hybrid of awesome. I have an extremely limited grasp of German, but I love their aesthetic attitude, the syncopation of their rhymes, and the variety of their output.
Check out a few of their fantastic videos:
1,000% YES!
Worked on the investment mold for my bronze with Chris again a few days ago. Above is the “before” picture… and below is a pictorial of the process.
This was one of about 12 iterations of the same process. Eventually the wax will be entirely coated with the investment and a fine silica sand. In a week or so we’ll aim at the actual bronze pouring. I’ll have pictures of that as well!
Well, I’m still moving forward on the Iconoclast painting. It’s now rounding the final corner and I’m feeling the tensions and densities that I was aiming for coming out. Above is a detail showing the working, building, statement and restatement across the structures of the head and upper body. Below is a full shot of the piece. I’ll add some statement regarding the reasons for the piece and what I’m aiming at with it once it has announced its completion… probably a couple weeks.
Neko Case‘s voice is something beyond description. You need to experience it. Go to NPR right now and listen to her concert recorded in April 2009.
Mark one up for sharing music: a few years ago a friend burned mix of Neko’s music for me. I now own most of her stuff – and I paid cold hard cash for it – because it’s all good work and worth every penny.
My favorites are a few from Blacklisted, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, and Middle Cyclone – her latest. Here they are (with a few linked to YouTube videos of live versions):
From “Blacklisted” – Ghost Writing
From “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood” – Star Witness and Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
From “Middle Cyclone” – Prison Girls and The Pharaohs
My wife and I got to see Neko in Kansas City this past July; it was awesome. You should see her, too.
Andrew Wyeth, Sea Boots, tempera on panel, 29 b y 19.5 inches, 1976.I’ve got a new short essay up over on Neoteric Art. The piece is called “A Few Days With Wyeth” and is about the trip I made out to Philadelphia for the Wyeth retrospective there in 2006. Read the piece at Neoteric and let me know if I got too sentimental or overzealous.
I’m included in a curated exhibition at Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, MA. Click the image for a PDF of the announcement flier for the show.
VOX Feature on my work, Plato Play by Jessica Davis.
Audio slide show here.
Columbia Daily Tribune Article, “Articulation, orchestration” by Aarik Danielsen.
Photos by Calin Ilea
Awesome
Today I began preparations for making my first bronze work. I brought my wax work to Chris Morrey (a just-graduated MFA in sculpture from the University of Missouri) for approval/adjustments. We worked together to clean up the piece a bit (later on I’ll describe why I wanted this piece to have the form it does) and develop a strategy for the sprue system that will deliver the molten bronze to my form. I’ll update here as we continue – I’m excited!
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