CruzDelaCruz's Art Thoughts'
This is a tumblelog, kinda like a blog but with short-form, mixed-media posts with stuff I like. Scroll down a bit to start reading, or a bit more to read more about me.
Amalia Pica
Under the spotlight (white on white)
2011
Installation with spotlight, motion sensor, paper and paint
Book Sculptures by Jacqueline Rush Lee. Jacqueline Rush Lee is an Anglo-Irish sculptor who lives and works in Oahu, Hawaii (USA).
Photo:
Lake Shore Drive Aerial B and W
Steve Gadomski &
Multiple Web Sources
“It was about 6.15 in the morning. I’m drunk, and I’m high, and I’m in Chicago.
Now, I had just stumbled out of a club, somewhere I didn’t even remember, and I walked to the corner and hailed a cab, and about 5 empty cabs just passed me by, one finally stopped. He was this white, mid-western normal kinda guy, you know the type.
So anyway, I jumped in and I said “hyatt regency please” and he looked at me like I was crazy, and said “where, downtown”? And I said “yeah”!
Now, the whole way down to the Hyatt he kept looking at me through his rear-view mirror with those real, suspicious eyes. I didn’t really mind though, cos a brother like me was just interested in the beautiful Chicago skyline, the way it looked. All sparkly, clean.
As we pulled up to the luxurious hotel, and I paid my fare, the cabby turned around with a curious grin and asked me: “where you going to……..work?”
And I looked back at him and said: “work?…………brother, I’m going to sleep!”
And I grabbed my bag of records and got out.”
Lyrics by
Artist: Steven Mestre, Wilson Santos
Track: Array
Album: Defected D-fused & DigitalMestre Santos,
Daniel Gordon: July 1, 2009, from “Thirty-One Days,” 2009
JVJ: Who are some individuals that have given you major creative inspiration? (Feel free to reference any source of inspiration and influence, not limited to the visual arts.)
DG: What I’m inspired by isn’t always directly apparent in my work, Cézanne, Philip Guston, and de Kooning. Also Alice Neel, and Mary Heilman. Recently, I’ve been super into Matisse–his use of color is so natural and inspired. Steiglitz (particularly his pictures of O’Keefe), Eggleston, and Outerbridge are some favorite photographers. Robert Creeley’s poetry, Pablo Neruda’s Ode to Common Things, Mary Shell’s Frankenstein… I’ve been listening to Kurt Vile a lot lately and I don’t think I’m gonna get tired of him… There are so many things to be inspired by.
JVJ: Who are some artists working today that you find interesting? Or, who are some artists working today that make you feel a sense of urgency?
DG: Well, again, there are so many, so maybe I’ll just talk about one. Jason Nocito is a new friend, and I recently picked up his book, I Heart Transylvania—totally took me by surprise. I’d seen a show of his and really liked it, but the format of a book really allows his images to work together. Sex and death, beauty, darkness… It’s great!
JVJ: Your studio space is clearly integral to your practice. Can you talk a little bit about what makes your studio so specific to your pictures?
DG: Well, it’s become a big mess of images all jumbled up through years of searching, downloading, and printing found material; which is used, and then re-used over and over again. As I cycle through images, and they become more and more deteriorated I find new ways to use old images—and a kind of improvisation is possible.
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yo’ i love the hook on this song…
You ain’t artsier than me…
Cuz you got sideburns and a vintage Tee
said You ain’t artsier than me…
Cuz you pluck a guitar..
that ain’t f-ckin bizarre
You ain’t artsier than me…Cuz you live in Los Felis, bitch you ain’t jesus
You ain’t artsier than me…I got a colorful vocab… watch the low jab.
So what you’re a vegan?It shows in your presence you be geekin’and you be seeking the same lifespeakin the game like the enemy
hang tight
I got a tail about 6 foot 1 by infinityfull of sun, rain and potential energyall you saw were the K-swiss,clean crisp creased jeans means this.
So you thought in ———– ?thought-tipper, unzip the zipperno I don’t wear hemp or drink liquorand that don’t make me the man, just a little bit sicker
Spit-kicker with an eye fom the big dipperfrom an island clip emerges a loud whisperand I’m proud of this. it’s my artYou’re doin yoga just to look the part
You ain’t artsier than me…cuz you chop up breaks and you dig in the crates
You ain’t artsier than me…You’re just a trendy lesbian.. dreadlocked thespian
You ain’t artsier than me…cuz you make weed brownies and knit wool hats
You ain’t artsier than me…you pseduo-elitst old-school sap
Don’t let an 808 scare yashake stripes off your shirt and clear the whole areaI’m humanoid tooand if you’re cool with me then I’ll look past avoiding you
…instead of through
I’m down with VWs and flossed-out caddys on 22s too.
I Bang for good foolsI kill for nothingI bill for somethingfamily and peace
hand me the piece I’ll hit it… i’m socialhear my opinion. I’m proud. I’m vocallocal in a foreign placemore digital than dusty but trust me I be tourin space.
you be whorin’ at a comfortable paceyou be skippin a chore just to jump in the raceI be bumpin my bass like you collect comicsI’m not weird. I’m honest
You ain’t artsier than me…
cuz you only read books, don’t watch tv.
You ain’t artsier than me…cuz you shop at whole foods in open-toed shoes
You ain’t artsier than me…cuz you speak real soft and drink chai tea
You ain’t artsier than me…I recycle too… I’m kinda like you
I just look cleaner. grown demeanorwear deoderant… registered voter andtree hugger too… not in these clothesme lovin you but it’s gotta be both ways
most days I’m earthy, stay grounded…often it’s a paper chase.. I’m well roundedstraight to faceit’s all boundlessi’ll make a sound universally dope
overcome adversityreshape the worst of medo it for the love and release it commerciallylike a blockbuster started at sundanceyou can’t stop man you only get one chance
presentation is keyhesitation ain’t meinnovation is my A R Tdedication is freeoccupation is meinnovation is my A R T
You ain’t artsier than me…cuz you drive a hybrid and carpool with three
You ain’t artsier than me…cuz you a sixteenth mexican, you ain’t ethnic andYou ain’t artsier than me…you’re just a broke-ass poet with the same old cadence
You ain’t artsier than me…we was conscious first… welcome to earth
DIEDRITTEDIMENSION,
JVA/Prison 2011,
Duesseldorf Rath, Germany
Sight Unseen
06.30.10 — BY JILL SINGER
When he was an art student in the ’80s — in Kassel first, and then Berlin —Markus Linnenbrink worked primarily with grays and blacks. “I had no idea what to do with color,” he admits. “And honestly, I was a little afraid of it.” Which is ironic, considering that for more than a decade, the German-born, Brooklyn-based artist has built a body of work that centers around thick streaks of color — painted in stripes on gallery walls, poured in puddles on the floors of art-fair booths and installations, and dripped in lines down the face of his canvases. “Somehow a field trip to Italy where we spent three weeks painting outside got me into the idea of color, but I had a long period where I would mix, like, red and green. I feel like I had to walk through a lot of dirt and mud to get to the brightness. (….)”
Actor Pro-Skater: Fabian Alomar
On location in East L.A, California with Actor/Pro-Skater Fabian Alomar.
Photography
Juan L. Cruz (CruzDelaCruz)
via: Secretly Timid
Full Bio : (via gabrieldaw.com)
Gabriel Dawe was born in Mexico City where he grew up surrounded by the intensity and color of Mexican culture. After working as a graphic designer, he moved to Montreal, Canada in 2000 following a desire to explore foreign land. In search for creative freedom he started experimenting and creating artwork, which eventually led him to explore textiles and embroidery—activities traditionally associated with women and which were forbidden for a boy growing up in Mexico. Because of this, his work is subversive of notions of masculinity and machismo that are so ingrained in his culture. By working with thread and textiles, Dawe’s work has evolved into creating large-scale installations with thread, creating environments that deal with notions of social constructions and their relation to evolutionary theory and the self-organizing force of nature.
After seven years of living in Canada and gaining dual citizenship as a Mexican-Canadian, Gabriel moved to Texas to pursue graduate school at the University of Texas at Dallas where heworked on an MFA in Arts and Technology. His work has been exhibited in Dallas, Houston, Montreal, Toronto and Barcelona.
