SOE holiday Party and Wig Contest

Hall of Champions in Balboa Park





It was very silly and we had fun! I forgot about the wig contest and when we arrived at the party almost everybody wore one! Before to go I decided not to take my camera which was really not the best idea because once I was there I wanted to take pictures all the time! Thanks to Kyle's iphone I have a few pictures anyway!








I like that lighted-white haired wig very much - an artist specialized in wigs for drag queens made it. Later in the night he won the contest.

The Garage Gallery: "Lotion + Salve + Mud + Shit = Paint"

On the left paintings by Irene Abraham


Karen Bernauner, Larry Caveney and Bruce Mattis
behind: paintings by Marie Prainito-Winczer.




Maura Vazakas, Larry Caveney, Effi Karakaidos,
me, Richard Gleaves and Irene Abraham.
Behind us paintings by Gary Byrd.


Larry and me - paintings by Irene Abraham.

Last Friday I went to the Garage Gallery for the opening of the exhibition: "Lotion + Salve + Mud + Shit = Paint". Surprisingly colorful and poetic, the exhibition has not much (nothing?) to do with what the title is about... A lot of people showed up and I had a good time.
I even bought a small painting by an artist I did not know before coming to the exhibition: Maria R. Prainito. I do not have a good picture of it but I will post one soon.
I like the energy Larry Caveney puts in The Garage. It looks to me like a courageous adventure, specially these days.

Paintings by: Gary Byrd, Connie Bostic, Irene Abraham, Marie Prainito-Winczer.

The Garage Gallery
4141 Alabama Street #4,
San Diego, CA 92104 US
619-297-603
Larry Caveney: deepseal6@yahoo.com

Art Tap-Out # 2 at Agitprop

Agitprop

A very interesting and entertaining Art Tap-Out took place at Agitprop in North Park last Saturday, december 6!

There were 5 rounds /5 artists:
Andy Hunter
Eric Wixon
Zac Monday
Jesse Mockrin
and the mysterious artist was David White. By the time it was his turn, the battery of my camera was empty so there is no video of the critic of his piece...

Critic: Kevin Freitas / Art As Authority.
Referee: David White - director of Agitprop.


Round 1: Andy Hunter (part 1)


Round 1: Andy Hunter (part 2)


Round 2: Andy Hunter (part 3)


Round 2: Eric Wixon (part 1)



Round 2: Eric Wixon (part 2)


Kevin Freitas with Zac Monday's piece


Round 3: Zac Monday (part 1)





Round 3: Zac Monday (part 2)


Kevin Freitas and Jesse Mockrin's piece


Round 4: Jesse Mockrin

Notes

Cyber Santa

Wishing, 2008, 6x6", mixed media

"Could we skype Santa instead?"
My son (7), while writing his list of toys for Christmas.

Today's notes + Into The Woods

Yesterday I participated in a field trip with my son's class. We went to see "Into The Woods", a strange mix of different favorite Grimm’s fairy tales, where the paths of Cinderella, Little Red, Rapunzel and Jack cross...

San Diego Center for Jewish Culture
4126 Executive Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037
(858) 457 3030

Paintings for the Dada Dinner

September 2008, 18"x18" each, mixed media on canvas.

My "Dada tribute".
Visit the link in my website.

Eat Your Art Out
San Diego Visual Art Network

I bought a painting by Kai One

A few weeks ago I bought a small painting made on a road sign by Kai One, from his last show at Art Produce. I like it very much and I am happy to see the piece every day. I do not buy much "stuff" in general for the house or myself. But art is different! I would cover the walls! Well, they are pretty much covered already!

Thinking about "Walden"

image: Associated Press

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." Henry David Thoreau, Walden

Bret Barrett: Paintings and Kinetics

Bret Barrett: Paintings and Kinetics / An Ecclectric Body of New Work
Opening: December 6, from 6 to 10pm.

Art of Framing
3333 Adams Avenue
San Diego, CA 92116
(619) 296 9786