Category: Arts
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Another Flea Market
Fine art for 7 bucks I was determined when I got home yesterday, to find out the origin of the phrase flea market . According to Oxford Dictionary experts: Flea Market comes from the French marche aux puces, a name originally given to a market in Paris. The fleas were thought to be in the…
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Trader’s World
Ohio’s Largest Family Shopping Mall I’m not sure what constitutes a “family” shopping mall, but I always thought Trader’s World was a big flea market. It was the perfect weather for driving up I-75 and wander around building after building of… stuff. I was hoping to find some old paintings I could vandalize. Sadly, most…
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Clearing House
A post about Beautiful Losers that never made it out the door Back in March of last year was the Beautiful Losers exhibit at the Contemporary Arts Center, but it was also the night of the stellastar* concert. I never got around to getting these photos posted. Also never posted: • 49 day roadtrip from…
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Oh my chicken soup with ramble
Yeehaw for scanners, but I’m going to need to get some fresh pens I’ve almost depleted the stockpile from the heavy snow—it’s down to canned goods now. Yesterday, I broke out the Chicken Soup with (wild) Rice which seemed appropriate for a chilly (albeit rainy) day. As I stirred the pot, I drifted back to…
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Mie Yim
Ni-Na-No by Mie Yim (first name pronounced Mee YAY) 2004, 11’10” x 35′ My friend Art was telling me about their new exhibition at the JCCC Gallery of Art the other week, and he sent me a thumbnail of a piece he thought I’d like. Made with pastels on the wall of the gallery, the…
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Northside graffiti
In the alley off Hamilton Ave. Encouraged by the Beautiful Losers exhibition and recent posting by BlackCustard, I thought this piece of work just around the corner from my digs warranted closer inspection. Getting up close, I was blown away by the sheer amount of detail. Things I never noticed even walking by. See a…
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Change of Life
Left: Movie Star Junkie (Detail), 1997. Photo by John Waters Right: John Waters, Los Angeles, 1994. Photo by Greg Gorman
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Beautiful Loser
Mixed media installation on 1979 Ford delivery Truck Barry McGee and Josh Lazcano Dave and I were productive monkeys today, getting business in order, watering plants in the studio, and tackling piles of papers. Wandering around downtown for lunch, nonplussed with the options, we stumbled across the installation outside the CAC. I’ve determined that I’ll…
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An Evening with Dame Edna
The Dame fishes for shoes from audience members Complimentary tickets in the corporate suite were too good to pass up, at the request of my mom and brother, so tonight I breezed through the 100 miles back to Cincinnati for an evening show. The drive home was spectacular as dusk and I fell upon the…
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Four Seasons in One Day
Crashpad (complete with little towels and mints) The day began with a run through tour of the Cincinnati Art Museum while the weather was still a bit springlike and t-shirty. Hitting the Cincinnati Wing along with some of the modern, European and American rooms, Art and I absorbed as much as we could on a…