I love living in Salt Lake during the Sundance Film Festival! Not only do we have access to fantastic indie films before the rest of the world, but we can enjoy them without going to Park City and fighting the crowds.
We were able to secure tickets for the first three below and can hopefully waitlist our ways into the last three.
Click on the image to view the trailer.
ODDSAC
Jean-Michel Basquait: The Radiant Child
Enemies of the People
Sins of My Father
Lucky
Get Low
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Tagged Animal Collective, Bill Murray, Cambodia, Enemies of the People, Get Low, graffiti, Indie, Jean-Michel Basquait: The Radiant Child, Khmer Rouge, Movies, ODDSAC, Pablo Escobar, Salt Lake City, Sins of My Father, SLC, Sundance Film Festival, UT
Mask III
One of my favorite classes in college was Arts of Asia. In the Western world, art for art’s sake is a relatively new thing. In times past it was usually commissioned by religious bodies to recreate scenes from scripture or by the aristocracy for portraiture. And while the East had plenty of that, they also created fantastic pieces centered around nature.
Apriori
I’m a huge of fan of Sumi-e painting in which the subject is more representative than realistic and each brush stroke is deliberate.
I recently ran across the art of Adam S. Doyle whose work reminds me of some of my favorite Sumi-e paintings. He uses minimal, but perfectly placed, colorful strokes to create typical Sumi-e subject matter such as birds and fish and not-so-typical subject matter such as teapots and masks. His signature resembles a hanko seal which is a nice touch too.
You can buy a painting at his store or you can get a print from Thumbtack Press.
I’m dying to own Magic Fish!
Magic Fish
Birds of Paradise
Mask IV
Hive
Howl
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Tagged Adam S. Doyle, Apriori, Art, Asain, Birds of Baradise, Brush Stroke, Hive, Howl, Magic Fish, Mask, Minimalism, Sumi-e
What’s better than a robot? A retro robot! And what’s better than a retro robot? A retro robot that blasts music from your iPod through it’s chest, of course!
New York based Lipson Robotics, is the mastermind and creator responsible for these uber cool sculptures. They’re composed of random pieces found at thrift stores, recycle shops, junkyards, retail stores, construction sites and off of the street. Think Bender from Futurama meets a 1957 Chevy Bel Air and they decide to swap scraps. I love the idea of owning something that was created through a scavenger hunt, of sorts. If only the individual pieces could tell their life stories!
You can purchase one at the Lipson Robotics Etsy page. Or if the robots themselves are a little too pricey, you can pick up one of these 80-page books which contain over 100 photos.
O-M-G! My brother and his girlfriend are so amazing. Check out this incredible piece of metallic delight they got us for Xmas! I am in awe. I want to cuddle him while I sleep but I think for my safety (and his) he’ll have to remain on the mantle next to Buddha’s head. A duo made in heaven!
Front
Back
Right Side
Left Side
Home
Next Stop Adventure is Matt Gauck, an artist and illustrator from Portland, OR. I want to live in his fanciful world where robots groom trees and albino sperm whales find themselves wedged in tree tops. I think I love the way he makes use of color in his backdrops as much as the images themselves. Also, my friend Jason wanted me to mention that I like the tiny red speckles in the monster painting below. He thinks that I’m retarded and wants the rest of you to know it too.
It doesn’t look like Matt’s site is working, but if you want to own something as much as I want to own this whale painting, you could hit him up on his Myspace or Flickr account.
Tagged Art, Matt Gauck, Monster, Next Stop Adventure, Painting, Robot, Whale
San Antonio artist, Jennifer Khoshbin, is the creator of these fabulous paper resin deer heads. I know, I know.. you won’t get the thrill of killing a shy peaceful creature from 100 ft away with your technologically advanced weapon, but it’d still look pretty awesome against a dark accent wall. You can purchase her work at her Etsy store, Ruby’s Lounge.
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Tagged Antlers, Art, deer head, Etsy, Jennifer Khoshbin, Resin, Ruby's Lounge
How cool are these Keds by Methane Studios? And they’re customizable so you can enhance (or decrease, depending on your aesthetic sense) their appeal! My studies in art history left me with a real affinity for religious iconography. My stomach’s studies in high fat, nutrition-less foods left me with an affinity for mac ‘n cheese. I really want a pair of the Ganesha design… and maybe a doughnut too.
Covet, customize and buy them at Zazzle.
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Tagged Art, Buddha, Design, Ganesha, Keds, Mac 'n Cheese, Methane Studio, Shoes, Skulls, Zazzle
My heart immediately fell victim to these paintings by JW Caldwell. His figures are minimally detailed and largely faceless, constructed from wild folds that focus your attention on motion rather than emotion. They flip and twist to one side or the other of the canvas, suspended for that split-second before they crumple into a pile of hurt. He coats his broncos with the same bright saccharine-sweet colors as his cowboys, tying them to each other even as they are flung apart.
With its dark background and shimmery blue figures, “Spooked” appears, to me, to be unfolding on the moon. And Moon Cowboys is celebrating with a “yeehaw!”. I also love the colors in “Tossed” (above) and “Yellow Slip”. There’s nothing better than a little candy-dipped Americana!
You can purchase his work at Trifecta Gallery in Las Vegas.
Yellow Slip
Reared
My Hat
Flap
Spooked
Chiara Butista aka MILK is an enigmatic artist from Tucson, Arizona. Her work is insanely detailed and appears to be riddled with symbolism. Many of her subjects, which sport antlers or tentacles, are captured in chaotic, angst-ridden moments which are balanced perfectly by femininely decorated backgrounds and cartoonish animal friends. You could scour these images for hours and still find new details every time you revisit them. Check out her myspace page for more and larger images which show better detail. Her pieces will be available for purchase at her site once it’s functioning.
I totally want to have a painting night where everyone paints one of these cardboard buck busts from Fred Flare.
Battle Bunny 