Apr 30 2009
Archive for the 'Painting' Category
Apr 24 2009
The New Museum Presents: Younger Than Jesus
What do 50 artists from 25 counties aged 33 and under have in common? They are mostly Younger than Jesus. The quirky idea is one of the most dynamic of its kind with each artist having a distinct mission apart from any stylistic theme. The exhibition is currently running through June 14.
New Museum
235 Bowery
New York, NY 10002
(212) 219-1222
Featured links:
(Younger Than Jesus homepage)
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(Younger Than Jesus blog)
(Whitehot Magazine feature)
Enjoy the show from the Outskirts!
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Apr 22 2009
Featured Video: A Photorealistic Painting Using Photoshop
Enjoy!
Photorealistic Painting in Photoshop - Emily Rose from daniel hammonds on Vimeo.
Paint from the Outskirts.
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Apr 17 2009
Featured Video: Phil Hensen’s Burger Grease Art
Painter Phil Hensen unveils his Mona Greasa masterpiece. And you thought it couldn’t be done!
Uploaded by YouTube member FletcherMartinATL (More at BurgerGreaseArt.com).
All things are possible on the Outskirts!
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Apr 16 2009
Featured Painting: Rooster Zebra Contemplating Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Matt Forderer (2002)
Archived from December 1, 2008
Rooster Zebra Contemplating Grilled Cheese Sandwich
2002
4′ x 6′, Oil
In the Collection of
The Dobrins.
Denver, Colorado
The Outskirts is usually a place for the absurd, the unusual and the rebellious. Yet this painting entitled quite specifically Rooster Zebra Contemplating Grilled Cheese Sandwich just may win First Prize for overall Outskirtishness! It is simply what its name describes: some kind of rooster-zebra hybrid who has wandered out of an unknown jungle to ready himself for intellectual gymnastics over a sandwich made from what appears to be toasted, white bread and melted, yellow-American grilled cheese as the culinary question mark hovers precariously in space and time as the viewer awaits the rooster zebra’s decision as to whether he will eat the sandwich or let it drift curiously toward Planet X.
About the Artist
Born in San Antonio Texas October 7th, 1964 and raised along the west shore of Lake Erie in Toledo, Ohio and LaSalle, Michigan, Matt Forderer’s Paintings and Collage show his enthusiasm for nature and the organic. Compositions are filled with surrealistic imagery and symbolism.
Since moving to San Diego in 1986, he has found endless inspiration in the coastal region and desert. A self taught painter he cites as his growing list of influences many of the original surrealists including.Dali, Ernst, Magritte, Tanguy, Matta and Miro. Other influences include Rosenquist, Motherwell, Raucshenberg, Chuck Close, Alex Grey.
“I consider it a great gift that I have the ability to create surrealistic imagery and worlds never seen. I also consider it my duty to continue to explore this insight and bring as much of it as possible into fruition through my paintings, collage and future creative outlets. I owe a great debt the to the original surrealists who have pointed the way.In my work I am not trying to convey a specific message, rather I am just trying to establish balance, to set the viewer at ease and encourage new thinking and contemplation.” - From Forderer’s website
Rooster zebras run freely on the Outskirts!
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Apr 02 2009
Photo Feature: ArtsyTime.com’s List of America’s Best Magazine Covers
Also featured at Waxing Poetically
Magazines must do many things. Like all media, they must inform the reader of an intended message. They must have a targeted readership. But paramount to any of these, magazines must grab readers’ attention - without it, those glossy little pieces of paper just won’t sell.
ArtsyTime.com presents a look at the covers of the past 40 years or so withe beautiful trip down Memory Lane.
Note: There are several grammar and syntax errors on the page. However, I felt the images were worth showing.
(See the photos).
Magazines from the Outskirts
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Mar 30 2009
Brandon McConnell’s Amazing Space Paintings
This man’s talent is really out of this world!
Uploaded by Youtube user hafiezismail
This one really is from the Outskirts!
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Mar 26 2009
A Colorblind Design
Remember how your sister would always tease you for your colorblind fashion sense? Well, she may not have thought of this scenario…. Watch this!
Colorblind Creation - video powered by Metacafe
Colors from the Outskirts are kickin’!
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Mar 20 2009
Outskirtish Art in Bodypaint
From the ancient art of Hindu henna to the most isolated tribes of Africa, bodypainting has endured in many cultures and it is even penetrating Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue for now the eleventh consecutive year. This clip features 2008 model Jessica Gomes.
Painted bodies love the Outskirts!
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Mar 16 2009
A Gallery and Timeline of Schizophrenic Painter Louis Wain
This video was also featured at Waxing Poetically. As I suggested there, it may be proof that mental illness does have an upside.
Uploaded by YouTube user calbff
Mental illness has landed in the Outskirts
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