Dennis Hopper

Fridays in July (there are two left as I write this) Cinefamily in Los Angeles is doing a little Dennis Hopper festival. Sammy asked me to do a drawing of everyones favorite cracked nitrous huffing film icon and auteur for the cover of the program. They are showing truly impossible to find rarities. Stuff that, even in this age where everything can by found in the world of cyber, some of these films can't. It's worth a look.

some things to consider

Some things to consider

What they looked like in 1996

Following are some images from an installation I did as part of my thesis show before finishing undergrad in New Mexico. Before the buttons I simply glued cut out paper to nails. Not pictured: a chair I shot up and destroyed with a shotgun, then put back together and planted grass in. This show was the first incarnation of the work that has evolved into the recent button collage installation here. Returning the gallery to prior form involved hours and hours of spackling.








Immediately after graduation I did some portable versions of the work for a show at a gallery in Gallup New Mexico, at a gallery run by an eccentric Croatian expatriot. I remember a blizzard on my the way out there in which I literally couldn't see the front of my own car. The collages above are made from multiple images, the ones below are single images cut apart and spread out on the nails.

Two shows I would go see if I could

Tonight the first East Coast incarnation of the Post-it show (previously San Francisco and L.A.) opens at Giant Robot NY from 6:30-10. I have several pieces in it (see below). Twenty bucks each. Cash and carry.


Also, Esther Pearl Watson and Mark Todd (who organize the Post-it shows) have work on display at Sandra Lee in San Francisco this month until the 26th. Very worth seeing.

Some things to consider

Six more of said lists can be found here, also two other lists that don't end with food.

This Weekend, Two Events

The citations under Events and Appearences have shifted a bit since first being listed. I'm going to be signing at the Drawn & Quarterly table at Printer's Row Book Fair tomorrow, here in Chicago, Saturday from 2-4. I'll be at the closing brunch reception for Home Gallery's Artist Books and Drawing show on Sunday. It's the first time that Amanda Vahamaki (Finland) and Michelangelo Setola's (Italy) amazing, beautiful gem-like collaborative pencil drawings have been shown in the United States. It's most definitely worth the trip.

Also, I believe I said I would talk a little about my work in the show. So come with questions. There will be wine and pastries.