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the big 15!

If you missed the opening, you still have the rest of the month to hit up the new image 15th anniversary show!  Gallery owner Marsea Goldberg has been introducing new emerging artists for 15 years! Trust me that is a long time in the world of owning any business.  My shop show pony is going on 9 years and I swear it feels like 105.  

Her new anniversary show is action packed with the best of the crew's artworks and in the big gallery space next to the orig. location.  If you're claustrophobic then it may have been better you never made the opening, cause it was crammed til it spilled into the alleys and streets.  Not even the security guard could keep it tame.

I didn't even take any pics of my piece in the show, sorry kids- forgot to take any at the event- too amazed by the other work around.

Love this Eddie Martinez!

Chris Lindig posed over a date farmer

Clayton BROS

artists :Jessie SEXY Spears and Kelsey B! in the house

Rebecca Wescott's piece!

chris johanson

the date farmers wall

me and pal artist Albert REyes

alex

new neckface

more neckface

the sassy haircuts

Oh Mickey!

Here's a look at the block

the ladies of miami art basel reunited

the hefty  crowd

Gold puffy lame sculpture by megan whitmarsh

rad artist Megan Whitmarsh & her musician hubby (Dolphin Force!) She is doing the Feb. art show at New Image ART!  the flyer is super cool.  Go and find one.

HUGE judith supine wall hanging painting

Taylor took this picture of me signing my name in this 17 year old kid's sketchbook.  Made me feel pretty special.

Taking it all in

The 2nd Anniversary of art gallery Tinlark was this past Saturday, and I had two pieces in the group show titled "Inspired" .  The show was curated by bloggers who appreciate art and creative folks like myself.  The space is great, located at the cool CROSSROADS of the world corner.

Taylor and Cynthia accompanied me to the opening:

after that show we headed to New Image art gallery for the CLEON PETERSON show!  We were excited to see his new work & run into him 

marsea and me getting down in  the hall, that's artist cleon in the back corner

photographer taylor brittenham contemplating her next shot...

beautiful gallery owner MARSEA Goldberg!  She was looking hotter than ever at the opening.  

DON'T FORGET jan 24th is the big big big New Image ARt 15th anniversary party/ART opening with everyone SHOWING whose ever shown before...plus NO AGE is performing!

can you feel how volatile life is?

my AMAZINGLY talented friend Taylor has just opened her very own Etsy shop- complete with Daisies subtitle:Can You Feel How Volatile Life is?

She just got started with her new shop, so give her a minute to pile up her wares and get them listed.  Let me preface this with the facts:  She has amazing style, appreciates the best architecture, objects, home wares, and has a keen camera eye.  She is crafty too.  Here are some of the painting-like photo prints she makes.

She is also selling off her incredible collection of NEST magazines.  They are highly collectable and feature interesting home decor and architecture.  my favorite thing about them is the incredible covers and strange cutouts or scalloped edged pages.  SUPER SOURCES for mega inspiration

just F-*#$--ing DO IT!

THE SUPER DUPER UPDATE:

Wanna know what I'll be getting myself into in the next few months?

Here's the lowdown-

1.  I'm working on new packaging art for Urban Decay makeup! (the rad company that even has an eyeshadow named after GRIFTERS.)

2.  I'm in a Group show at Tinlark Gallery this saturday  tinlark

just one piece...and then I'm off to NEW IMAGE ART GALLERY  for CLEON Peterson's first SOLO show there!  

 

3.  THEN MARK the CALENDARS kids...The BIG ONE-- the New Image ART 15 year anniversary art show party is Jan 24th!  Be there or be forever square.

It's gonna be an epic line-up of artists past and present.  And it's being held in the huge pristine space next door for your pleasure.  

don't fret that grey line bordering the bottom is simply my impatience at waiting for the image to load.  I get that way when I get excited.

Art, Music, Video 
Saturday Jan. 24th 7-10pm
7910 Santa Monica Boulevard 

4..  March 6 is my big debut art show at Gallery Space 1520 (the new creative experience by Urban Outfitters) .  My show title:

DISAPPEAR HERE: The Art and Fashion of Getting Caught in a Dangle

It will feature all new paintings, sculpture + fashion installation, new music and rad handmade books. The music guests are a surprise- and photographer Taylor Brittenham will be snapping pics in the ART BOX.

The gallery is incredible and is next to amazing art books shop Hennesey and Ingalls, What Goes Around Comes Around Vintage, ALife, Free People and of course a mega UO.  

if you can make it here...

Well, Finally, the Miami blog posting.  This thing crashed on me like 10 times.  

Let's start this off my saying I had a nice time considering it was freezing and the art world is in the midst of a recession.  Lots of fun times hanging in our hotel, getting kicked out of the hot tub for not wearing bathing suits (we forget them) eating bowls of late nite cherrios (the artist diet)...and cuban coffees galore.

We saw more art in 5 days than is recommended for the eyes.  Still seeing spots.

Lots and lots of crazy parties that all seem to blend into a weird blur.  

Me posing in front of the super large Richard Coleman painting at White walls

and Amber too!

Back at base camp: new image art gallery...sweet suzanna sinclair!

NECKFACE was back in miami 

me and megan whitmarsh holding up the corner

SWOONing for SWOON

anthony lister on the left and a cool Cleon Peterson

BAST

kelsey BROOKS!

Clare Rojas

anthony lister

 

Artist kelsey brooks meets a fan.  She was there with her 93 year old mother. Both had downed about 2-3 cosmo drinks.  She then proceeded to tell marsea that her dress made her look like a stuffed sausage. Hmm. ouch

matt and kime

amber and artist gary baseman

frohawk and his posse

the gossip performing at the deitch party

Marsea and her boys club

blackmail

the "fan" came back the next day to oogle over my art

richard coleman 

the deitch party with fette and her man

check out this brave outfit.  It's like a walking rainbow oyster man

glancy telling it like it is

adam wallcavage!! in miami with jonathan levine in the corner

fette's gallery and giggle

check out swoon's boat crew and the exposed ballsack

ok, here's back to the fan, and her disapproving comments for marsea's DVF dress.

at the KILL Your IDOLS-party

rad photos of rock people.  sid and nancy

c.Glancy

no words are needed this for this

papermache madness over at the cinder's gallery!!

todd tourso from FLAUNT

this yellow doily pom pom creation was my favorite

jessie spears gets a serious expensive baptism

marsea's holiday card!

the nike/party with lots of makeout action.  This couple met in front of us (we saw them meet) and proceeded to suck face the entire party.  We all made sure to get pictures near them at different points in the eve.

hannah!

BARR!!

jessie spears prison tattoo 

strippers in the bathroom??

this lady gave me her card in case I wanted to get a pair of these sunglasses

elvis pinata

She's BACKKKKK>>>>>we ran into her everyplace we went

here's her 93 year old RAD MOM

mike Swaney! my pal from Barcelona

Glancy and frosty

mr. brainwash signing posters for us!

JESSIE and her happy pal

amber busts out the bad vibes in the bounce booth

Check out this boy and his pumps riding a bike in miami

date farmers + glitter vampires return

This Saturday you better have the stamina for a full night of art.  You may have to drink a few raw eggs Rocky style and 50 pushups...but you best be prepared for the long haul.

First you will head out early to the New Image ARt GAllery- where you will take in the new works by the incredible art duo- the date farmers.  They are constantly working with discarded and found materials, creating new colorful work.  

Carlos Ramirez and Armando Lerma, also known as the Date Farmers, return to New Image Art for their solo show "Tell Them Willy Boy Was Here." Hailing from Coachella Valley, Lerma and Ramirez create work that echoes Mexican-American heritage rooted in California pop culture. This show combines Native American portraits with the same vivid palate, recycled materials, pop culture references and exquisite attention to detail we've come to expect from the Date Farmers.

With a style that resembles prison art and takes its cue from Mexican American religious icons and a low rider tradition of bold sign painting, the Date Farmers know how to have a good time and often travel across the border, into Mexicali and Oaxaca, to scavenge for materials. With traces of ancient indigenous art, mushrooms, and mescal, the Date Farmers combine familiar pop iconography and corporate logos with figures from comics, folklore and Catholicism. Desert creatures such as coyotes, snakes, and scorpions appear frequently in their works as well as found materials like stamps, bottle caps, hand painted or collaged lettering.

Recently, their huge painting of Barack Obama, entitled "¡Cambio!", appeared in Denver at an art show curated by Obama's committee to coincide with the Democratic Convention they also did a poster for the Obama campaign. Their work is currently showing in "L.A. Paint" at the Oakland Museum of California. Previously this year, their work appeared in "In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor" at the Laguna Art Museum, and they had a solo show at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York City. Over the summer, they were artists in residence at the Palm Springs Art Museum. In early 2009, the Date Farmers will be producing prints with POW-London.

In the project room, "Cat House" will focus on the longoing theme of cats in the Date Farmer's work.

bio: Armando Lerma and Carlos Ramirez joined artistic forces after meeting at a Coachella Valley art gallery in 1998. In 2001 they entered the Los Angeles gallery scene as the Date Farmers with a show at New Image Art Gallery. Using found materials such as discarded signs, wood and corrugated metal, their work echoes Mexican-American heritage rooted in California pop culture. Their paintings, collages and three dimensional sculptures contain elements influenced by graffiti, Mexican street murals, Revolutionary posters, and traditional Oaxacan sign painting (which they were exposed to on a trip to Oaxaca, courtesy of Upper Playground). 

Lerma explains, "Using stuff that was thrown away is Mexican ingenuity. People's idea of art is that it's really expensive and [made of] nice materials, but found objects are so abundant, they're much easier and freeing for us." 

Then you will fly down to the eastside where Annakim Violette is hosting a  HORNY night of animal taxidermy art and performances galore at the SHOW PONY!  She has new works on paper, (and purple frosted cupcakes from Delilah's Bakery)

Her show starts at 7p.m. but goes on til 11:30.  Don't miss this one

WHEEEEeeeeeeeeee!

YO Snow board bunnies and gents- it's official- my snowboard has really really landed.  I got 5 boards to sell -THEY ARE LIMITED Edition only 100 made--also sold at Colette in Paris and select boutiques World WIDE.  So I'am giving the moldy doily fans the first heads up- they will all be signed and come with surprise token rad gifts-

The going rate is $300-  Which is what they sell for at the monument site- but I am including some sweet surprises and SIGNING them- 

BONUS!

Here's the press

Contact me via the blog and you can paypal the money to my [email protected]  account

back to miami!

Guess who is taking a love nap next to my new snow board!?  Oh the cutest of the cutes...Georgie Boy of course.  He is trying to hang with mama a lot before I skip town for Miami and the ART scene.  I 've been working on new art pieces, and finally got to send it all off.  They are all pretty big- 40 inches by 32 inches on heavy paper.  A little darker than I'm accustomed.

I am excited to get away for a lil bit.  I will take lots of pictures of all the cool new art I see.  Looking forward to hanging out with Marsea and my friend Amber.  We had  blast last year.  

Click on the images to see the whole thing

Here's the hotel that I am showing my work at with new image art gallery.

P.S I had a nice page with my art in Nylon mag this month too- so  go and buy it and see for yourself.

I also did a painting for the band Little Joy for L.A. Record which comes out this week too:

XOXO

sending out a broadcast signal, pick up

Thanks for all the sweet confessions and comments lately.  It's always nice to know that my creative friends in cyberspace are on the same magic carpet ride as me.  It really is some universal wave.

Anyway, wanted to share:

I heard recently that the dvd documentary on Alice Neel has finally come out.  It's something that has sort of  haunted me.  I remember watching the trailer for the first time and crying out loud.  It was strange to me then, and I wasn't sure what about her life had moved me.  It could've been her decision to choose painting while struggling as a bohemian mother, or her drive to keep going even when no one acknowledged her work.  I suppose it was that she painted these portraits every day for over 50 years, figuring out the nuances that make up an individual, with the hope that she was communicating with the world.  In case you didn't read my previous posts on Alice Neel, here are some examples of her work and the original trailer (which still makes me want to tear up)

I read somewhere that her grand daughter Elizabeth (born in '75)  is following in her footsteps and creates work with the same passionate energy as her grandma. Alice Neel Trailer

I saw this on a blog recently, and liked what susana said...

I’ve read a comment somewhere about the amazing number of art school students who just want to be “Artists”, without putting in the time or the inclination, it’s the term they want to be, like young girls want to be celebutantes. But I will argue again and again, that this is what an artist is, someone who wakes up every morning, fights their depression, fights their darkness, puts their shoes on and goes to work, without complaint if you can manage it - without even caring if the editors at Photo District News or fill-in-the-blank EVER notice them. (Susana Raab)

Here is an example of her grand daugher Elizabeth Neel's work:

ART + me online

Hey, my art is being featured on Juxtapoz today- via the online gallery the dirtypilot lounge! If any of you think you can create a new artist statement for me that doesn't make me blush or cringe, please let me know. Those things should really just say this Kime Buzzelli makes art, because she really isn't good at anything else other than that she is sort of a lazy slob who likes to sample various pizza slices around town kime buzzelli/juxtapoz!

oh, suzannah!

I received this invite last week, too bad I'm not in Sweden (where the show is).  I adore Ms. Sinclair's work ever since we were in a group show together at New Image Art Gallery.  We got to meet while in Miami last year, she looks as striking as her pretty paintings on birch.

Here's the info- the show is up til Nov 25th.  That gives you time to pawn a few things and book a flight out of the country

SUZANNAH SINCLAIR
SOLO EXHIBITION: EYES FOR NO ONE
October 10 - November 25, 2008
OPENING RECEPTION WITH THE ARTIST: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, 6 - 9 PM

LOYAL is proud to present EYES FOR NO ONE, a new group of paintings by New York 
based artist SUZANNAH SINCLAIR. 

There is a captivating emotion in these elegant watercolor on birch-panel paintings
of female figures. The portraits reveal much more than the physical in a look or
a gaze. Personal yet with an untouchable mystique, the figures are always alone 
and in intimate poses. Sad, proud, hopeful, exasperated, a range of human sentiment
is transfered. The matter-of-fact nakedness of the subjects tends toward confrontational
and examines whether we are more comfortable with the sexual than with the emotional.
The consistency of Sinclair’s style of portraiture brings to mind the haunting and
alluring portrait photography of Horst P. Horst, who said about his photograph "Odalisque",
New York 1943, "I don’t know how I did it. I couldn’t repeat it. It was created
by emotion."

LOYAL
Torsgatan 53
113 37 Stockholm
Sweden
 

Viv-ster does it again

There's something about the plastic taffy like tied up dresses, the sparkle weird tie front pants, the colorform cutout dresses and paper doily like wraps that makes Vivienne Westwood's new stuff- so "her"

I love this tie back dress on the right.  

p.s. Did I ever post these images of my paintings I made for my friend's new house?

 

Look who doesn't  like it when he's disturbed napping on my artwork and magazine tears

CHEAP and PLASTIQUE #7 Almost here!!

I'am so excited for the debut of the latest issue of Cheap and Plastique.  I contributed some artwork for the issue and did a lil interview for it.  My art/pal Elizabeth Huey will also be in the issue. If in NYC- head to the big DEBUT party:

you can buy them using PAYPAL too...

cheap

www.plastiquepeople.com/cheapweb

hot off the press

This Friday night I will be part of a cool event in Los Feliz- you should come and check it OUT! Make something on paper, make something on weird materials

A FreshPressed x Busy-Being Happening Come out and play! Friday Sept.5th 7-10pm 4646 Hollywood Boulevard Los Feliz, California 90027 {323} 663-7374 www.fresh-pressed.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello Friends! Please join us at FreshPressed, a new public screen-printing shop in Los Feliz along with exhibiting artists: Kime Buzzelli, Sean Cassidy, Rory Wilson, Frohawk Two Feathers, and Andy Mueller for a truly unique event. All are welcome especially kids to come and play! Create your own design - borrow & revamp someone else's art and bring home a one of a kind! Hope to see you there! Busy-Being.com & FreshPressed, Screen Shop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cannibal Carnival

Saturday night kicked off the New Image Art debut of NECKFACE's amazing new work. You gotta see it up close, it's truly incredible! Lot's of crazy colorful clowns piled high in clown cars, dragging bouquets of balloons and standing near clown coffins. The outfits he has created for these creepy guys are amazing. Polka dots to the max. If they weren't $6500 a piece I'd score two. The print above retails for $400 and is destined to be a collector piece in no time. On a side note- gallery owner (and personal hero) Marsea Goldberg looked beyond stunning- fresh from her jaunt to Morocco. She was decked out in heels, fancy frock (showing off surfer legs) and a hairdo like Bardot. I think she should be a walking advertisement for the mega power of surfing, yoga and an active sex life. The art show boasted a skate ramp and live action, and the room grew hot and sweaty fast alex and me * if anyone has $6500 bucks I can borrow to get a nice clown car painting- let me know. After that affair we ended up going back to Echo Park and checking out the show at siteLA. Something to do with Quiksilver? it was a group show including all 3-D art And guess who was the D.J.? Mr. Mega Farmer D. David Kramer was in attendance as was my partner of plaid Jared samples some guy's birthday cake. Rumor has it the birthday boy was from Shudder to Think. Whoever he was, he was friends with the guys from Reno 911, and that made Fran a very happy camper.

Girls on film-

I just found out that the art video that I helped style and make art for was not only projected the month of july on a 17 story building...but it can now also be found on YOUTUBE. I also helped do some illustrations for my friend's Elvin and Niki (they're in a band called Blank-Blue). The video was for their song "All the shallow deep" and was directed/created by my pals Akiko and Hashim Bharoocha. It's nice the way they edited the video footage with the drawn parts. I'll post that as soon as I get the chance! Check out the hotel video projection here:

8*8*08 a.k.a. lucky

These are the new handpainted-bedazzled t-shirts I made for the new "SPELLBOUND" show. I sold a bunch on opening night- and had to give some away to lovely ladies who turned out. Phoebe's pal Susie delivered some of the cutest cupcakes I've ever seen. They had feminine frosting appeal. as soon as the show started I was finally introduced to blog reader SAM! She was wearing an adorable cut-out white dress. She had tears in her eyes- and was too nervous to approach me. This of course earned her a handpainted T! It's always nice to know that people check out the MoldyDoily- and are fans of Georgie Boy. Also had the divine pleasure of meeting artist Justin B. Williams (who you may remember I've blogged about in the past) He makes incredible work-layered images and colors and incredible psychedelic stuff. Plus he turned out to have luxurious long hair, and quite a " looker". Who says you can't have looks and art skills all at once? my pic is sort of blurry but he's on the left. here's some of his work to refresh your brain: check out his blog here: http://justinbwilliams.blogspot.com/ here's Phoebe's cool dad (he has a rad gap in his teeth- my fav!) tirra lirra bandmates turned out for the festivities there were a lot of sweet fashionable ladies in attendance Hopper in her hometown-with her new haircut. We later ran back into the stylish lady posse at the RAINBOW. Where we danced in a corner all night. One of them gave me the coolest feather bound earrings. Had to document Mary's purse (cute side pony tail blonde) Her friend Meghan recognized Jay from the previous post. Good eyes Jessica had to return to her desk where her writing must continue The next day Jay decided we need to see the West Side, and have a taste of EDNA's Soul Food. The place used to be a Civil Right's Meeting spot. Upon entering, we were offered a sample buttered biscuit. our table ended up having smothered chicken, collard greens, fried okra, the works GRITTS! We actually heard they have the best layered chocolate cake in the city- but by the time we were done no one had space in the belly Jay and I realized we both had Nerd glasses for the road we ran into some cool low rider American Gothic: We ventured back to Taylor's sweet pad & porch to pass out from eating too much Later we went here for a snack...everyone besides us seemed to have a gigantic fish head on their table We decided we were all too tired to go dancing. Instead stayed in and watched old movies. My head feels like a cold may be on the way.

cover everything

I like the way downtown L.A. looks. It's gritty and creepy in all the right places and covered in pretty layers of colors and disintegrating papers. Right before I left for Chicago...Fran and I ran downtown to pick up my silkscreened new t-shirts. (I will post them later when I find a suitable model) They are RAD. I handpainted them and bedazzled them with ruthless flair. I love SWOON. I love SharkTOOF, and anyone else buried on this wall with luscious colors

windy city

Ok, let me start with a huge apology for the lack of posts as of late. Truth is I'm in CHICAGO, where they recently had apocalyptic storms and internet systems have gone down. I am in a cafe at the moment, where I've discovered that if you sit someplace long enough- cute boys on bikes will emerge minute by minute. Maybe Chi-town is the new place. Anyway- I am here to do an art show tonight at a gallery called HEAVEN. Which opens up my pick up lines to "Hey wanna spend 7 minutes in heaven?" I mean the gallery- where my art is. We are serving pink coconut cupcakes too. (If you can't pull 'em in with art- always default to booze and sweets. src="https://themoldydoily.typepad.com/.a/6a00d834516a2c69e200e553d68fb68833-500wi"> here's one of Phoebe setting up her stuff- and a close up of her BIG neon one: The guy from PAPER RAD's art team is playing with his band on the 3rd floor. I've been having a rad time myself here in the windy city. I met the coolest creative soul yesterday, Jo Jo, who owns this space called JoJo's Closet. It was such a mind explosion entering that studio. We're talking serious eye candy. Word really can't do it justice and as I discovered later, my photos really didn't capture it as well either. This loft space filled to the brim with dolls, handmade spider webs, cast penis molds under pretty bell jars, sparkly magic gems and piles of plush animals. Some serious energy flowing through that space. Here's JoJo with "Lefty" or Sir Left-o-lot. He has only 3 legs, but a lot of spirit the door to the studio JoJo's going to open a second space down the hall to house fabulous costumes and creations. We went over for a sneak peek visit. Some of the giant animal head hats and party monster costumes were mind blowing. I unfortunately didn't document those- boo. we met Jason for lunch at EARWAX. I'll try to keep you more posted while I'm here in Chi-town. xoxo

round 2

Well the L.A. book signing at MELTDOWN went down pretty well. The paper misprinted the date for the event as Friday instead of Thurs. Bummer for my friends who showed up a day later. Not as many folks as the Times Square signing, but some quality fans made up for it. Remember that guy who was friends with Harvey Pekar (American Splendor)? The one that wanted to see Revenge of the Nerds? Yeah, well there were some guys that showed up that were either a.) copying that look b.) too legit to quit. It's sort of hand in hand that some of the comic book fans have extreme OCD, one guy actually applied coats of hand sanitizer gel before shaking my hand and then reapplied it afterwards. A true PRO. You never know what you can catch at Comic-con. Steve and I had a good time talking to people. One guy showed up wearing a t-shirt from my benefit- pretty cool. Denmark pal Gitte showed some love and came by for a copy, as did Matt and Viv. The latest issue of FLAUNT was on the Meltdown magazine stands too. I get to keep a box of like 100 of the comic books, so pretty soon I'll post them someplace if people wanna score one. After the gig, me and my gal pals went to TOI for Thai and then over to the local bar.

mark your calendars

Sorry it's been awhile since I've posted. Been working like crazy and also trying to get my website slightly updated. I've had kimebuzzelli.com for years and years and have yet to do anything with the domain name. It takes forever to catch up when you get that far behind. So for the new updates: Here's the new press release for the comic I worked on Swindle & Zune Arts present "The Lost Ones" 30 Days of Night’s author, Steve Niles, collaborates with illustrators Dr. Revolt, Morning Breath, Kime Buzzelli and Gary Panter to bring you a graphic novel that will challenge what you think about time and space travel. Duncan, Roxy, Cynthia and Rasheed just want to have a little intergalactic fun. But what starts out as a harmless day of extreme planet jumping turns into a mind-blowing, white-knuckle race for their lives to get back home. Only problem is, home is no longer where they left it. And the alien race, hell-bent on destroying them, isn’t getting any friendlier. Pick up your FREE copy & get it signed by the Artists! Thursday - July 31st - 7-10 PM 7522 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90046 Artists Present: Steve Niles and Kime Buzzelli Saturday - August 2nd - 4-6 PM Quimby's 1854 West North Avenue Chicago, IL 60622 Artists Present: Gary Panter & Dr. Revolt ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- Then I have the invite to pass on for my show with artist Phoebe Fisher in Chicago August 8th and lastly: This saturday at the SHOW PONY: My friend Toni is doing an installation show at the shop from 7-10ish. She is an interesting lady with lots of creative friends. I can't wait to see how she transforms the space.

hello N.Y.C. hello CHICAGO!

(Move over Carrie Bradshaw, there's a new book signing in town.) If you are in the Big Apple and want to come and meet up with me, I will be going to NYC on July 16th til the 19th for my ZUNE ARTS Graphic Novel signing. The actual signing is : Date: Thursday July 17, 2008 Time: 4:00 – 6:00pm Location: Midtown Comics – Times Square 200 W 40th Street (Corner of 7th Avenue) New York, NY 10018 212-302-8192 http://www.midtowncomics.com/ Also in attendance are my collaborating artists Dr. REVOLT, Morning BREATH, and GARY Panter. This should be fun. I will expect some entertaining around the city, some nice outdoor cafe chats, some late night dancing, and some sight seeing tours orchestrated by you! Did I mention I am on the same flight as my gal pal photographer Jeaneen? and that Fran will also be there at the same time!? And that they gave me a HOTEL room? That spells trouble. If you need to contact me, I have a new cell phone number too! You can email me to get that info- at [email protected] Then in AUGUST... I will be flying to CHICAGO to do an art show with artist Phoebe Fisher in WICKER PARK. The actual show is called SPELLBOUND, named after her favorite Siouxie S. song, and is on AUGUST 8th Friday. The space is called Heaven Gallery. Heaven Gallery is a non- profit art gallery devoted to exhibiting the work of new and emerging artists. In 1997 David Dobie established Heaven in the Flat Iron Building in Wicker Park, Chicago. In July 2000, the gallery moved across the street to its current location, 1550 north Milwaukee. So if you live near Chicago- try to venture out to see me there! I am loving my summer art travels, and hope to run into friends along the way. I will be showing all new art work as well as selling off one of kind handprinted and painted t-shirts.

flaunting youth

I've been working the past month on some artwork for the new issue of FLAUNT magazine. I am elated of course, because they are known for having the coolest covers. The issue features young stars Jim Sturgess (21 and Across the Universe) and Anne Hathaway (Devil Wears Prada). The best part is that the cover content was supposed to reflect "Young Love, Heartache- heartbreak- teen angst" my specialty. Here's some sneak peek looks at some of the images and how it may all end up. (By the way- for those fans of "jim" the cover is by no means a reflection of anyone in particular- it's not "your jim" doing naughty things. The cover is simply a reflection of youth and young LOVE. So don't get too crazy and start leaving me more messages about how "Your Jim isn't like that".) I'm excited to see how they tricked out the logo font- because they are always playing around with cool new ways to make the covers POP. One summer the issue came shrink wrapped with REAL SAND. Anyway- this is set to hit newsstands for July, so keep your eyes open next week for it. I'm not sure how it will all look layered together, but it may be something like this... They also usually have a big party to celebrate the issue here in L.A. I think this one is at the end of July.

the BIG picture

That cool ART VIDEO job that I worked on will be having a debut this FRIDAY night in Century City! That's a real 4th of July BANG- fireworks- huge video projections and drinks by the POOL. The Intercontinental Hotel will be screening the film , directed by Ricardo Rivera (with my art and styling) on the entire 17 story side of the building. IF you are not busy it's gonna be a fun party. There is a pool and of course luxury suites. here's a clip: Film clip http://www.klip.tv/gyro/IC/ICshopping_oval_webpreview.mov film clip 2 *********************************************************************** event info--2151 AVENUE OF THE STARS • LOS ANGELES, CA, 90067 • UNITED STATES Front Desk: +1-310-2846500 • Fax: +1-310-2846501

cooler than a 3-Scoop Parfait: Aurie Ramirez

Remember when the Show Pony Ladies participated in the PAPER mag 24-hour dept store event here in L.A.? Well also in attendance were the folks from Creative Growth out in Oakland, CA. They brought a dazzling array of paintings and sculptures from various artists. Their center and gallery space are home to adults with developmental disabilities who communicate their thoughts and ideas through art. I mention all of this because my latest inspirational artist is Aurie Ramirez, a 46 year old Filipino-American woman, who worked for approx 20 years with Creative Growth! I read someplace that she may have suffered slightly from a form of autism and perhaps dyslexia. Whichever the case, she speaks to me. She expresses herself in a colorful language that is dreamy, haunting, fashion inspired and humorous at times.  

Writer and artist Roberta Smith said this about her show at White Columns (New York Times):

Ms. Ramirez, who has a thing for pinstripes, makes extraordinary watercolors that delineate a stage-set universe populated by sometimes androgynous doll-like figures whose cutaway jackets, lacy collars and pink or green pants give them the look of old-fashioned vaudevillians. Their luxurious black hair and white rouged faces suggest a variant on Raggedy Ann and Andy, though they also evoke clowns, hockey masks or clock faces.

These figures cluster in groups, like a theater troupe posing for a group portrait; they inhabit Victorian settings or plainer ones that suggest contemporary California. There are signs of violence and surgical scars; frequent indications of romance, sex and family dysfunction; odalisques reclining before paintings of odalisques.

Ms. Ramirez also isolates her rainbow palette in small striped abstractions. Though there are no indications of it here, the artist, who understands English, speaks in a language of her own devising, which she also writes, filling tablet upon tablet with its somewhat Greek lettering.

I like that on the Creative Growth site itself Aurie's work states that she is categorized and influenced by...

 sophisticated, delicately rendered watercolor and ink compositions create an ever-expanding fantasy world where fragments of 18th century dandyism, neo-Victorian decorum, psychedelia, Venetian masquerade, Glam Rock sex and Punk fetishism are repeated and transformed. Aurie's work has been inspired by her interest in the Adams Family, and the rock band Kiss. Most recently Aurie has exhibited her work in shows at White Columns and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, ABCD in Paris, and Collection l’Art Brut, Lausanne. **YOU have to click on these to see entire image-my typepad settings cut off the goodness that lies to the right of the frame These are from a semi-recent show at the Jack Hanley Gallery:

Creative Growth Art Center began in 1974 in the Oakland, California, living room of psychologist Elias Katz and educator Florence Ludins-Katz. With the belief that art is a universal means of expression, and one that people with disabilities could use to communicate and contribute to society, the pair provided art supplies and workspace to a handful of adults with disabilities. Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Creative Growth established a gallery in 1980; like the studio, it was the first of its kind.

For more than 20 years the studio and gallery have operated in concert out of a warehouse in Oakland’s Auto Row. Curatorial manager Jennifer Strate O’Neal calls it the “homestead” of a now-flourishing creative community. The studio itself has blossomed into a daily workshop for 148 artists working in mediums that range from pottery, weaving, and woodworking to film and painting. 

Scattered with good stuff

I put that last post on hold, (the one about me scoring the next cover of FLAUNT mag!) because I revealed the cover and the art and then felt like it was unfair since it's not coming out for a little while. So for the few people who saw it that one day it was posted, Shhhh. IT will be revealed again when it's closer to publication. And since I have a lot of good news lately to share about all the fun projects/jobs I've been given this summer, remember that graphic novel that I helped collaborate on? Well it's coming out June 26th! It's for the cool Microsoft/ZUNE Arts. (did I ever mention that Bill Gates and I are born on the same day?) I'm flying to NYC July 17th to do a book signing. You can check out my big video debut here: ZUNE ARTS link (my movie can be watched by clicking MOV under my picture). Be kind and don't comment on how homeless I appear- or how silly my recorded voice sounds. This is how I look in it... sans makeup and beauty sleep There is a book signing event next saturday the 28th for my friend Jennifer's book debut "VINTAGE L.A." The SHOW PONY has a nice two page spread in it. IF you feel like dressing up fabulous in vintage and heading to Fred Segal for the signing, you could win a free copy or other prizes. Click invite to read it all. I've been finding all kinds of strange and fascinating things that for some reason I want to show you. They are not connected, do not make sense huddled in a blog group, and yet the randomness of finding them all, somehow groups them into some nice family unit. I recently bought a cool tote to take to the Farmer's Market to get produce. It's massive and has a gigantic FOX on the front. That's the model on ebay showcasing it. they have all kinds of cool images, from giant magazine covers, to early Madonna, Johnny "sweet" Depp, Bjork, and some other goodies- If you think you need a gigantic tote or t-shirt- check out the rest of their shop: http://stores.ebay.com/VinVan77-Rock-T-Shirts VIN VAN77 Stuff I saw this hanging lamp for sale on ebay last week, $699 dollars of pure magic As if this post wasn't scattered enough, let me show you some new art that I love- this one is by Justin B. Williams- I haven't mentioned it much, but I am going back to Ohio-my hometown, next week. I'll try to keep you posted on some good finds out there. And...scene. Promise to get more organized with my brain- and thoughts for next post.

dance hall days

The past three days I've been working on a video art set. The grand debut video will be projected on the side of a 17 story hotel in century city on the 4th of July! I promise to give the details and maybe you can swing by the party and dip in the pool. I was in charge of styling props and clothes and they will be using some of my art for stop motion stills. It was fun because the style was reminiscent of the film Daisies. Girls running through hallways giggling and causing a frenzy. They were telling secrets while the poor men were stoic and simply pawns in their party. Some of the shots were taken in the presidential suite which we all decided was big enough to fit all four of our apartments in. Seriously the main room was insane and the balcony looked over the city. The bathroom was big enough to shower all of us at the same time. Back at base camp (which was so far away in this massive hotel, that it took us each 10 minutes to get from the elevator to the door!!) Franny did the hair and J.C. did all the hairdoos. I had to have my pal Taylor do a lot of ironing and hustling. But on the plus side we all finally got to eat all of the snacks at a hotel mini bar and not have to pay for it. We were in a sweet suite and weary when it wrapped. Today we shot a whole day of stop motion objects that will be added to the backgrounds and such on the final film version. Did I mention the shoot was also done with underwater cameras in a pool and floating clothes and a long dolly scene (like the shining) where the camera cruises down the halls following the girls while they run with scarves and push men out of their way? One of the models was from Project Runway, she was Kane's model and super sweet. Her voice and personality reminded me of a cross between a young Carol Burnett and Shelley Duvall Nice.

here's the final video! HOTEL ART projection

Shhh... Sneak peek

intergalactic space drama, what will happen to the LOST ONES?

R.I.P. Rauschenberg

Oh no, another one of my favorite prolific artists has passed! A mastermind of all mediums, Robert Rauschenberg transcended all boundaries of art. He was known to be a printmaker and set designer, a painter, a photographer as well as compose and choreograph. According to the news, Rauschenberg suffered from heart failure at his home in Florida on Monday, he was 82.

I was always fascinated mostly by his unusual object installation sculptures, with overlapping paint and prints. My favorite when I was a student was BED. When I moved to California, my friend Kutmah and I went to see some contemp art show, and it was one of the pieces. I got very close to it, and my heart was pounding. I was excited to see it up close in all it's tattered glory. There was this energy being put out by being so close to his work. I can't explain it. It made me aware of reckless abandon and to not dismiss common objects as less beautiful. (very similar to Duchamp) Don't tell anyone, but I reached out for the first time in a museum and touched it. I know, I know, very classless of me.

How can you forget "Monogram" the piece with the stuffed GOAT!?

In the New York Times article by Michael Kimmelman there is this quote by the artist:

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“I really feel sorry for people who think things like soap dishes or mirrors or Coke bottles are ugly,” he once said, “because they’re surrounded by things like that all day long, and it must make them miserable.”

The remark reflected the optimism and generosity of spirit that Mr. Rauschenberg became known for. His work was likened to a St. Bernard: uninhibited and mostly good-natured. He could be the same way in person. When he became rich, he gave millions of dollars to charities for women, children, medical research, other artists and Democratic politicians.

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He also stated “Screwing things up is a virtue,” when he was 74. “Being correct is never the point. I have an almost fanatically correct assistant, and by the time she re-spells my words and corrects my punctuation, I can’t read what I wrote. Being right can stop all the momentum of a very interesting idea.”

MOOSE!

This cool Dutch contemporary art magazine asked me recently to participate in their latest issue. The final six page spread is in full crazy color (also has a nice interview) it's available now by going here:

http://www.mijnwebwinkel.nl/winkel/hellomoose

The issue also has a nice layout with FAILE!

Dark HAND: tonight

Remember way back when I did that post on artist Shary Boyle? (How can you forget her mysterious macabre & dainty sculptures?) Anyway, she is performing tonight at the Silent Movie Theatre in collaboration with the FAMILY shop.
This sounds GOOD:

Famiy Presents Dark Hand and Lamplight LIVE
Thursday May 1st at 8pm at The Silent Movie Theatre
Toronto-based artist Shary Boyle and musician Doug Paisley formed Dark Hand and Lamplight in 2006 as an opening act for Will Oldham's California tour. This collaborative performance features Lamplight singing and playing guitar while Dark Hand creates live drawings and animates pre-drawn images on an overhead projector. Choreographed to the lyrics and music, Dark Hand projects her artwork onto a screen, the wall, Lamplight, and other available surfaces.

Last seen at the Hammer Museum in 2006, where an unsuspecting audience had their minds blown, this shouldn't be missed!

FAMILY
[email protected]
323 782 9221
Buy Tickets http://www.cinefamily.org/calendar/events.html#dar

I'm all YOURS

WOW, according to an email I received earlier today, Trendcentral reported today that I'm an "artist to watch". Isn't that super nice? I guess that I need to hurry up and get this artist studio back in tip top shape and get back to the drawing board.

Here's the actual clip from it:
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Kime Buzzelli: Among a certain crowd of bohemian cool girls in LA (and elsewhere due to the popularity of her excellent blog, The Moldy Doily, Kime Buzzelli is an icon. In addition to having some of the best style in town and selling covetable wares at her pioneering Echo Park boutique Show Pony (recently remodeled), 38-year-old Buzzelli is also a brilliant painter. Although she is inspired by fashion models, Buzzelli's dreamy, colorful works that feature psychedelic flapper gypsy hippie girls are so much more exciting than the photo editorial of any magazine. And we're not the only ones who think so: Vans tapped her to design a line of clothes and shoes that will be released next year.
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Heads up to my sweet blog world fans who read this and always make my day with comments (you know who you are) I really appreciate you die hard darlings.

I'm gonna post some art for sale later today- around 6p.m. west coast time- so keep a lookout

www.kimebuzzelli.etsy.com

Cleaning house

I have to do it. Again
In my effort to get my studio space more spotless, I am selling some of the paintings that are currently around my table. These gems need loving homes and frames and can be all yours by going over to my etsy site:

www.kimebuzzelli.etsy.com

Affordable because I have to stop hoarding, and gathering more clutter.
Consider this my "crazy Gideon" phase. Here's a sneak peek:

sunshine all over the place

this blast from the past is from 2002 or 2003? Whoa how time flies. This was the old block, Echo Park Ghost town. The previous landlord would get balloons to lure customers to come to the street.

for the love of doily

This past March 21st, The Luggage Store (ART gallery) featured the AMAZING duo Monica Canilao & Swoon. The show, titled Feral was documented PRE- art opening on FecalFace art Blog. Check out the amazing sneak peak pics of them setting up. They holed up in the space for a week, eating in there as well as building, sewing and painting directly on the walls. I've always adored both of these great women artists and admire their individual styles and materials, so naturally I am excited that they created a show together.

Somebunny loves you

Sometimes I wish I was still a kid just so that I could receive one of these in the mail, preferably from a grandparent. Unfortunately all of my grandparents have passed on. Remember when illustrators created cards like this with animals that were too cute for words?
If you are masterful at making deviled eggs, please let me know

Not to make my family back in the midwest bummed, but it's about 88 degrees here in Echo Park, and I had to slather on sunscreen. I may even wear a sun hat later with my dress. I will say, burying eggs in mounds of snow can't be too much fun.
Happy egg day

Bittersweet Symphony

Last night we all went downtown to see our friend Sarah and her contribution to the Art Print Show at Poketo. The gallery is in a renovated warehouse space and is home to all types of collaborations with artists. Here was the flyer:

Here she is with her OWL print

David seems to be turning into a sourpuss here. He was also approached the minute we arrived by a guy who recognized him the night before at the Little Joy. That's right folks, you heard it here first, David hit up the old LJ. Anyway, the guy complimented his t-shirt from the night before and then went on to say he is a huge fan of his blog too. WOW, david has a blog fanclub now. Got me thinking, maybe I should make MoldyDoily Fan Mail and glossy pics.

we all decided to go to Little Tokyo and karaoke, maybe I should say "return to the scene of the karaoke crime". I am not going to name any names here, but look at that Ray Stevens song and you can guess

Here's Fran actually sweet talking Whitesnake "here I go again..." in an almost folk implosion way. It took a few of us time to even guess what she was singing because her shy voice is almost strictly audible to dolphins

We signed David up for "Bittersweet Symphony", but he wasn't having it. He went outside and avoided the calling.

These girls came up after all of us and killed it with their rendition of "AFrica" When you actually see the words to that song on the screen, you can't help but say...Huh? Good thing our friend's dad is actually in the band TOTO so I can ask the true meaning. According to Wikipedia:

"Africa" is a song by rock band Toto. Its story is told from the perspective of a man in Africa awaiting his female partner's inbound flight. The protagonist looks forward to their time together during the rainy season as it grants a reprieve from his normal responsibilities. The song's catchy chorus incorporates metaphor for his determination to guard his time with her: "It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you / There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do / I bless the rains down in Africa / Gonna take some time to do the things we never had".

Get Loose

Still cleaning, so I apologize for the lack of luscious posts. I promise that when this big remodel is done, there will be lots of great things to talk about.
sometimes when I look back at the paintings in my art vault from years and years ago, I can't remember what provoked me to make the work in the first place. I am getting rid of a lot of these blasts from the past on my etsy site: kimebuzzelli.etsy.com

5 or 6 of them sold earlier this week, so it seems they must have some appeal out there. Take into consideration that they are from a long time ago and that they have moved around my place many times. Some of them were created for the NICE and CRUDE art show I did at the L.A. Erotic Museum of ART in 2004.

This one had a little something to do with not putting up anymore with being taken for granted or advantage of. I remember thinking that these women needed to get a move on to a better place-

it's finally here! Bring on the POWDER

All of those weeks of waiting, and now the time has come to introduce my first sporty creation: the MONUMENT board named "LOVELESS"
The best part of the board is the place where it states "Sorry is for Suckers"

Ah how true.
Check out my impromptu love affair photo shoot with my snow board. Did I mention that I had no idea these things were so gigantic! It's as tall as me, seriously I thought they were the size of skateboards.
I think it comes out later this year

Art Director for MONUMENT Boards C.Glancy on the left, and his slick trade show merch skills involved driving a muscle car into the show room and leaning the boards up. Hot.

stated on the website:
"Not only did we unveil our new product line, we also unveiled a new logo as you can see. Next year's artists include Kime Buzzelli, KR, Owleyes, Thom Lessner, and Todd Tourso. The feedback was overwhelming, with compliments coming from industry peeps and retailers on the work that was put together for next year's line. It's flattering when a design director brings over his whole team of designers to look at our boards from another company."

Watch Out Winfrey

There's a new OPHRAH in town and she's an artist. Sure she spells her name a little different but who wouldn't? Her last name is SHEMESH, and she hails from Israel. Her first solo show will be held at FREIGHT and VOLUME (this is her 3rd show in NYC) is titled "I and Thou "

23 Feb - 29 Mar 2008

the following info is from the article in re-title:
"Ophrah Shemesh's subjects are simultaneously submissive and empowered. She addresses notions of objectification, narcissism, and the male/female psychodynamic. Her figures appear with an ambiguously fixed stare - never directed or confrontational, but always to a third party - or to oneself looking inward. These portraits could be considered eloquent depictions of either loneliness or independence. " David Freedberg

Shemesh's newest suite of paintings I and Thou are based loosely on the poignant '70s art house film Night Porter, a tragic love story starring Charlotte Rampling who turns tables, years later, on her Nazi captor. But these iconic male and female images only use the film as a starting point, in their almost Balthusian investigation of transcendent themes of love, strength and vulnerability, opposite attraction, domination and submission, and ultimate redemption between the sexes.

Naughty naughty.

Behave

the artful weekend

This past Friday, Mr. Scheid invited me to the EchoPlex to see his friend Annie's band ST. VINCENT. Before the big show we first headed over to SUGAR salon to see a closing art show. The place was jumping with people and super cool art pieces created by an art duo. There was this amazing bedazzled mobile floating in the front window, which on closer inspection revealed the components to be bound animals and dolls. It was very Joshua Tree dream catcher cool.
The walls had large painting collages and a handpainted deer statue.

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Too bad we ate already, because the catering looked DIVINE! Seriously the best food I've laid eyes on since being in Italy. The pizza looked like the kind my Northern Italian grandma used to make. I found out it's from this new place called ANDIAMO(Silverlake), which will deliver organic meals fast! They also are eco-friendly and all of the packaging is environmentally sustainable.

back at St. Vincent, I finally got to hang out with David's friend MARY. The show was incredible. They had this crazy FX Screen that showed the band breaking down into electric rays and streaming psychedelia

SATURDAY: Of course had to attend the SWOON art show at New Image ART Gallery. Just like I knew it would be, walls and walls adorned in breathtaking AMAZING cutouts and drawings. There was even a long boat in the space with curling paper swirls of water.

Marsea and the female artist SWOON

Kutmah invited us to a house party he was DJing

We all danced to New Order, Joy Division, The Pixies, etc...

NINA Cherry was in full effect

Opening Night

It's been tough posting, while on the travel path, so here's the quick low down
pertaining to the art show, the opening night and the aftermath. Did I mention that we were fashionably late and by the time we arrived I had already sold 4 things! Ohio rules.

I made new stationary sets!

while I painted the walls, little Lukas mastered the alphabet in the window of the gallery

Colleen from the Mahan Gallery wearing her new Petrosa tiger

this lucky lady scored the Patty Boyd piece

here's Tara, who drove up from Cinti to come and visit

my friend barbara and her new man drove all the way from cinti

these two guys approached me to say they really liked my work. They also kept referring to me as Kim-A, or accentuating the "e" at the end of my name in a elite French way. I told them that was cool, and perhaps I would change it to that so that people would assume I was an important artist

this picture makes me look like I have a muffin top, ouch

after the show we headed over to Andyman's Treehouse. That's right a bar with a giant tree growing up and out of the middle of it.

there was sort of an Elvis, Johnny Cash theme, and a band called the "whiles" entertained. The whole thing sort of gave me the strange feeling that I had time travelled to a moment in my college days.

we promised we would say hello to our old haunt "Larrys" Our old home away from home. The bathroom had a whole new set of art student graffiti.

Seems like old times, hysterical laughter and risk of ruining our pants. We were minus our trademark tape recorder that chronicled our past exploits, but still looking for fun.

The Dynamic Duo Debut Again

It's been more than 5 years since Danielle and I have had the priveledge to show our artwork side by side, so if you are anyplace near Columbus Ohio, please come by and say hello. Danielle has created a whole new collection of dreamy necklaces. My favorite is the Stevie Nicks with the dangle gold dust tassle. This trip has flown by, and transported me into a time warp of nostalgia and bliss. I could do without the minus windchill factor. Tomorrow, wish me luck, as I venture home to the family.

I'm Here, brrrr.

So yesterday played out like a scene in a movie (La Bamba- Almost Famous...) where your delayed plane may never leave the ground and the wind conditions are too bad to risk landing. When the pilot informed us that it may not be possible to land in Columbus Ohio, due to the 40 mile per hour winds, I took his knowledge to heart.

Cut to me- in a tiny tiny propeller plane in my own single seat row- withstanding insane turbulence and shaking white knuckles. The woman seated near me got sick, the babies on the plane crying. An amusement park ride to end all rides. Then we seemed to fall from the sky and teeter back and forth before barely landing straight on the runway below coated in rain.

Ahhh, to be back in my home state OHIO.

I'm safe and cold in the 24 degree weather going to check out the gallery space for the first time.
here's the sneak peek of some new stuff

If in Ohio, Feb 2, 08

electric lady land
february 2–23, 2008

on february 2, 2008, the mahan gallery will proudly present electric lady land, an exhibit featuring the works of kime buzzelli and liz markus. the exhibition reflects on the narrative works of both artists, posing questions about the importance of abstraction, definitive cultural standards, and hopeful utopian devices.

the portraits take an interesting perspective. both artists use the premise of nostalgia, a generation removed. since the work is contemporary and unhindered by the cultural stereotypes of the sixties, it analyzes extreme generalities used by history to flatten the decade. new questions are raised about the distinct characters that immediately unify time and ideology.

male and female figures are both represented. male forms take on lavish masks, warping the portraits into intensive expressionistic splashes. females pose and stare back toward the viewer, empowered and confident sketches, surrounded by bits of encapsulating, definitive stories.

the imagery is of course only referential to the past. made and displayed in present day america, widespread effects of the fashion, drugs, and apparent enlightenment of the sixties are again credible. citing fashion magazines, green lifestyle shifts, and modern music revivalists, it is easy to notice how histories run parallel to one another.

originally from columbus, oh, artist kime buzzelli, now lives and works in los angeles, ca. an artist of many trades, buzzelli's work clashes between the sunny disposition of colors and decoration, and a melancholy mood revealed in illustrated facial expressions. she attempts to narrate the existence of the contemporary woman exploring the nature of free love. the use of bright explosive colors, an appreciation of the flower child, and a shadowing of fashion illustration, leaves the viewer blushing and feeling awake in a daydream. kime's paintings and installations have been exhibited internationally. her work has been published in next by laird borrelli and vintage l.a. buzzelli's illustrations have been featured in lula, bust, paper, w, front desk, juxtapoz, and bpm. buzzelli's clothing has been featured in elle, venus, jalouse, w, apparel news, wwd, and visionaire. buzzelli has recently returned from showing at artbasel, miami.

liz markus "takes a pop-art approach to the tradition of color-field painting, markus finds a successful territory between the abstract and figurative. central to this group of paintings is the emergence of an "easy rider" figure from the fields of controlled color washes. a combination of motorcycle rebel and bearded hippie, this iconic figure with aviator sunglasses is used by markus to portray an overseeing spirit of freedom and to bring back the forgotten ideals of peace." (galleri loyal, 2007) markus' work has been show internationally and is apart of many private and public collections including the whitney museum in new york city. her recent exhibitions include: tyler gallery, philadelphia, galleri loyal, stockholm, ziehersmith, new york, and artbasel, miami.

please join us for the opening night reception and gallery hop,
saturday, february 2nd, 6–10pm.

the mahan gallery presents the work of contemporary artists in a variety of media, including painting, photography, and sculpture. gallery hours are tuesday–saturday, 11am–6pm and by appointment.

mahan gallery | ph: 614.294.3278
for more information please visit www.mahangallery.com

in the middle of something

JAzzy and I went down to the Berhouse gallery to see Jessie Spears new solo show. The humor and vibrant color circles were at an all time high

Yusuke checking out the show...

bills never looked so good. Jessie said she turned her student loan envelopes into a happy affair

at this point of the night...enter the bad girls

Britt and the rest of the bad girls begin behaving badly. ( Choreographed dance sequences on Echo Park Ave and speeding down the sidewalks in grocery carts til they spill into a pile of laughter on the curb.)

we ended up back at the building eating crackers and cheese at Britzys pad.

BOXY: the new black

In the past cardboard used to get a bad wrap, but artist Jessie Spears has put it back on the map. She has been making the world a more colorful place one pom pom at a time. Her first SOLO art show is this Friday down the street from me at the new gallery BERDHOUSE
If you are in or around L.A. you should come and check it out.

TOKION : Japan

The latest issue of TOKION Japan has a cool vinyl cover featuring JUN TAKAHASHI from UnderCover fashion label. The magazine has an awesome heavy matte paper spread on LOS ANGELES too. Lucky for me, my art and shop were featured in it, along with the DUB LAB guys and the HIT N RUN silkscreening crew, B+ the photographer, Carlos Nino & Mia Doi Todd, POO Bah Records, and Andrew Lojero.

me in a picture with the interviewer and the cute photographer Akiko Bharoocha

here's some of her colorful photos she snapped of me and my work

The cover shows the great art by JUN TAKAHASHI, an artist/designer who is known for his unique and punk aesthetic in the fashion world and now it seems his strange taxidermy like specimen installations. The work is reminiscent of French artist Annette Messager, although a little less sweet. Often the work is displayed in bell jars or in giant glass enclosed cases (like store windows)

A writer for the New York Times mentioned visiting the studio of Jun Takahashi. "I found Jun in a large loft-like room where the spreading limbs of a tree trunk occupy one corner. It would be an amazing place to think and work. There were three desks with Macs along one wall, a bank of d.j. equipment at the other end, and in the center was a long white, glass-topped table with partitions lined in silver glitter paper. Jun, who had on a black leather jacket and jeans, is somewhat shy but very friendly and conversational. We talked for awhile about Kawakubo and Comme des Garcons, and when I mentioned how much I liked his winter collection, for its clarity, he smiled and said he thought maybe his work was becoming recognizable. He spoke about the difficulties of satisfying his own desire to make interesting things and keeping up with the six-month cycle of the fashion shows, and said he sometimes thinks about focusing on his stores (he has 30 in Japan) and skipping the Paris collections altogether. I said I hope he doesn’t stop showing in Paris but that I understood his desire to break a pattern. I don’t think he’s really decided anything but at least he has the freedom (and courage) to question what he’s doing—and why. "

There is a 5 page spread on out-there writer/director HARMONY KORINE too. But hey, I don't know Japanese so I can't read a thing!

here's some older fashion pics of JUN's crazy fashion shows- remember my previous 2006 post- where I commented that his outfits are perfect for that BAD DAY look- no one can see you and you can go out annonymously. GEEZ...where has Jun been when Ms. Spears needed to avoid the press?

the cute and the creepy

Mari Kubota, a member of Osaka based art project digmeout makes mysterious cuteness. Her swirling dollybirds are painted in dreamy gouches and watered down paints. Just goes to prove my theory that all seriously cute (Kawaiiii) things are created in Japan. If you purchase a matchbook, every tiny match head will be a cute smiley face, if you get a plastic bag with dishwashing gloves the packaging will feature darling animal faces happy to clean.
Mari was interviewed by Ping Mag and revealed some of her inspirations and secrets.

"When or where does inspiration hit you mostly?"

Often when somebody tells me off and makes me feel down, I start painting. There is something about the act of painting that comforts me and somehow cools me off. Also, the ideas sometimes come from dreams I have at night or memories. I’m sure you have experienced something impressive, such as scenery you saw as kid, reappear in your dreams, haven’t you?

more...MARI KUBOTA interview

PLEASE check out her awesome paintings here:
MARI KUBOTA

capturing mr. whimsy

For those loyal MOLDY DOILY readers, you may recall awhile back when I posted on the passing of genius illustrator and master craftsman Bjorn Wiinblad. The artist known for his decorative ceramics and magically characters has always been a favorite among collectors. To catch my previous post on him go here:R.I.P.Mr Whimsy

Now some of his pieces are available on ebay at this shop. You can see his crazy plates and colorful posters:

Wiinblad on ebay

Acccording to the ebay shop's Bio and those unfamiliar with the artist-
"Apparently, multi-artist Bjørn Wiinblad is gifted with a sparkling fantasy putting him in the position to create exuberant masterpieces of ceramics, which during the years have enthused people across the globe. There is no doubt about his significant position within the decorative art and craftwork. His design is strongly personal and often has a touch of Oriental inspiration.

In 1998, when Bjørn Wiinblad celebrated his 80 birthday, the exhibition place Sophienholm in Lyngby north of the Danish capital Copenhagen dedicated a special exhibition to his works through time. For the exhibition a catalogue with text written by Bjørn Wiinblad himself was published.

A peculiar tradition in Wiinblad’s family was that the youngsters usually got an education as typesetter, only to find out which line of business they would actually choose later in life. 17 years old Wiinblad followed this tradition and became a typesetters apprentice in 1935. Luckily he left this path as a technical composer of newspaper pages and became an artist.

To become a designer was a natural choice for Bjørn Wiinblad who already as a child was renowned for his creative mind. Before Christmas he was always busy drawing, painting, cutting and pasting astonishing gifts for friends and family.

Apparently, his calling is to create designs that makes the world a little bit more beautiful, a little more inspiring, a little more funny and often much more colourful. In doing so, he works in many different areas, for example with ceramics, porcelain, glass, posters, decoration for the theatres as well as textiles. In his own words, working with many different kinds of art is “a permanent search for the uncertain – to be a beginner – so that I must exert myself to meet the requirements of the different tasks”. This shall be seen contrary to the artists seeking perfection in one specific area.

As a fresh educated typesetter Bjørn Wiinblad joined the school of graphics at the Academy of Art with the aim to become an illustrator. A coincidental meeting with a fellow student changed this plan. The student took Wiinblad to a ceramics workshop where he was invited to decorate a newly thrown clay bowl. “I never forget the moment, I took the cow's horn in my hand and started to decorate – it was big and fortunate moment. When I left the workshop, I knew that I had experienced something special”, Bjørn Wiinblad writes in the above mentioned catalogue.

At this time, his preferred work became the decoration of large bowls with cow horn paint, where after pottery tradition clay colour was applied directly on the potsherd.

This was followed by an ambivalent period where Bjørn Wiinblad tried to continue his graphical studies and simultaneously by all means tried to work with ceramics. He was happy when he got the opportunity to work solely on his own projects at the workshop of ceramist Lars Syberg in Tåstrup near Copenhagen.

In 1945 Bjørn Wiinblad for the first time exhibited his works to the public. The exhibition consisted of ceramics, naturalistic portraits, children's books that he both illustrated and wrote including a complete illustrated edition of Aladdin. In retroperspect this was an important turning point for his future career. In this frame he became acquainted with Jacob E. Bang, who just had been promoted to art director of the faience factory Nymølle. This was Wiinblad’s first contact with industry and also the beginning of a “fortunate collaboration”. .

At Nymølle Wiinblad made the finest pen drawings, which was copied to the production by in general monochrome copper engraving. This was a low-cost decoration technique, and items from this period can be found in almost every danish family.

In 1957 Bjørn Wiinblad was discovered by Philip Rosenthal, who was looking for new designs for the Rosenthal factory in Germany. He invited Wiinblad to Germany, which was the beginning of a collaboration that in Wiinblald's own words became "the most important and fortunate in my life”.

Since 1952 Bjørn Wiinblad had his own studio

Bjørn Wiinblad died in 2006. "