- 2 Aug 07
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A Curb Painting Progress Update
The previously posted curb painting (really a storm drains painting) with another storm drain painting. The paintings are each 9 X 16 inches.
The Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting is rewriting the proposed rules that recently concerned many in regards to the potential need of obtaining permits and insurance bonds for filming on the streets of New York by casual photo and videographers. Here is a link to the New York Times article.
Update: The little tomato plant in a previous post is no more. A seeming victim of street cleaning.
The previously posted curb painting (really a storm drains painting) with another storm drain painting. The paintings are each 9 X 16 inches.
While out taking pictures of storm drains recently, I came across this in my neighborhood. It may be hard to tell amid all the debris, but this little tomato plant is growing in the gutter, or at least it is not dying having managed to survive for over a week.
At some point, a street sweeper will take it away, but for now it seems to be doing well.
The Cinema has lost two influential directors recently. On July 30th, both Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni died.
I recently posted a circular composed image of a curb; explaining that the actual painting would be more like the image below the circular image. Well, here are some images of that painting during the initial painting process. It might surprise some that I don’t have a typical way of working. This painting is a less common way for me to work. Normally I cover the entire surface with paint, intending that things will get fixed on subsequent layers. There will multiple layers, but hopefully some of what I did yesterday will exist in the final painting.
I laidout the image with yellow transfer paper
…then I started applying paint.
More later.
…coming to LA this fall and another orginating here that I am highly anticipating.
The first to opens is Gordon Matta-Clark: You Are The Measure at the MOCA Grand Ave. location. The exhibition starts on September 16th and ends on January 7th. It was organized by the Whitney Museum’s Elisabeth Sussman and Sondra Gillman.
The Hammer Museum has the second exhibition which is titled Francis Alÿs: Politics of Rehearsal and runs from September 30th to February 10th. It was put together by UCLA, Department of Art, Chair and Hammer Adjunct Curator, Russell Ferguson.
One of my gallerists in New York sent me a link to the animation attached to this page of a xenon flash lamp, and I thought I would pass it along.
Additionally, people should go to LACMA (I would go after 5pm (except wednesday when they are closed)) and see the Dan Flavin exhibition.
Actually read below before clicking on the link.
The city of New York is considering changing the regulations for film permits—by considering, I mean changing the rules unless public support can sway them against it. This would potentially affect artists, casual photograper/videographers and tourists. The concern is mostly with interpretation of the proposed rules which limits the amount of time spent at a location as well as the amount of people involved.
Occasionally I think about painting on panels without four right angles. Alec Soth recently posted some circular photos and requested more examples from others on his blog. This is my mockup.
The actual painting I am working on is more like this.
Instead of safe driving, I took this picture on 101 north yesterday.
